African Champions League 2014 - GROUP STAGE - 4Th MATCHES - Troussier secures a victory in first game as Sfaxien coach

Fixtures & Results
Group A    
• 27 July: Vita Club vs El Hilal
• 27 July: Zamalek vs TP Mazembe
Group B
• 25 July: Al-Ahly Benghazi vs Entente Setif 0:2
• 26 July: Sfaxien vs Esperance 1:0

27 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - IVORY COAST - Didier Drogba - Chelsea re-sign club legend on free transfer

The Ivory Coast international was voted Chelsea's greatest ever player in a poll of fans in 2012 and has spoken of his close ties to the Blues. His 34 goals for Chelsea in European competition remains a club record, as do his nine strikes in nine cup finals.

26 Jul 2014
COACHES - TUNISIA- Troussier ready to inspire CS Sfaxien

Sfaxien chairman Lotfi Abdennadher was thrilled at capturing a coach who rose to prominence by winning three consecutive Ivorian titles from 1990 for Asec Mimosas. "We have never had a coach of his level, experience, ability and vision. Talking with Philippe I quickly realised we were on the same wavelength," he said.

26 Jul 2014
COACHES - SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa set to name new coach

Queiroz coached South Africa for two years from 2000 but was sacked after qualifying the side for the 2002 World Cup. He has been in charge of Iran since 2011 and took them took to the World Cup in Brazil, where they were eliminated at the group stage.

26 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - IVORY COAST - Serge Aurier joins Paris St-Germain on loan from Toulouse

The 21-year-old right-back played in all of his country's matches at the World Cup in Brazil.

25 Jul 2014
Transfer - Senegal - midfielder Guirane N'Daw joins Metz

N'Daw, who has played 44 times for his country, started his career in France with Sochaux in 2002.

24 Jul 2014
COACHES - IVORY COAST - Renard among names on coach shortlist

The 45-year-old Renard ended his second spell as Zambia coach in October 2013 to take over at French club Sochaux for the second half of the Ligue 1 season. 

23 Jul 2014
Transfer - Algeria - Midfielder Yavine Brahimi signs for Porto

The 24-year-old French-born attacking midfielder has agreed an $8.7m (£5.1m) deal with a $67m (£40m) buy-out clause.

 

23 Jul 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND - first leg - all results

SATURDAY'S MATCHES
• Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau 2:0 
• Uganda vs Mauritania 2:0 
• Sierra Leone vs Seychelles 2:0 
SUNDAY'S MATCHES
• Lesotho vs Kenya 1:0 
• Tanzania vs Mozambique 2:2 
• Congo Brazzaville vs Rwanda 2:0 
• Benin vs Malawi 1:0 

21 Jul 2014

AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2014 - GROUP STAGE - 5TH MATCHES - Leopards stun Coton Sport as Nkana beat Al Ahly

AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2014 

GROUP A
Coton Sport vs AC Leopards 0:4 
Asec Mimosas vs Real Bamako -:-

GROUP B
Nkana vs Al Ahly 1:0 
Etoile du Sahel vs Sewe San Pedro 0:1 

 

Congolese side AC Leopards left Coton Sport of Cameroon stunned in Saturday's African Confederation Cup fixture, winning their Group A match 4:0 in Garoua.

A second-half hat-trick from Kader Bidimbou and a Cesaire Gandze strike gave Leopards the victory which helps them close the gap on leaders Coton Sport to just two points with one round of group matches remaining.

Elsewhere, Egyptian giants Al Ahly missed out on the chance to secure their place in the Confederation Cup semi-finals.

The Cairo 'Red Devils' lost 1:0 away to Zambians Nkana on Saturday.

The win for Nkana was sealed by a second half penalty from veteran Billy Mwanza to keep their hopes of progressing alive.

Etoile du Sahel 0:1 Sewe San Pedro

A draw in the Group B clash in the central city Kitwe would have been enough to clinch a last-four place for Ahly, winners of a record 18 African titles.

It was sweet revenge for the Zambian club after Ahly triumphed 2:0 at home against Nkana in May through goals from Amr Gamal and Mohamed 'Gedo' Nagy.

Gedo sprang to international prominence by repeatedly coming off the bench to claim five goals and finish as the leading scorer in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, won by Egypt.

But he was seriously injured in the match away to Tunisians Etoile du Sahel and did not travel to Zambia.

His absence partly explains the paucity of goals with Ahly managing only five goals in five games and relying heavily on a tight defence to keep them top of the table.

Ahly have eight points from five matches, Nkana now have seven in the second-tier African club competition which offers a $660,000 first prize.

Ivorians Sewe San Pedro have also closed the gap on the leaders. 

They now have six points after a shock 1:0 win away to former African champions Etoile du Sahel on Saturday night.

Baudelaire Essis Aka scored the only goal for the visitors in Sousse.

The result leaves Tunisians Etoile bottom of Group B on five points with one more round of group matches remaining.

Bottom-of-the-table Ivorians Asec Mimosas have home advantage over Malians Real Bamako on Sunday and each side needs maximum points to have a realistic chance of overtaking second-place Leopards.

 

10 Aug 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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