African Champions League 2014 - group stage - 2nd matches - fixtures

DR Congo rivals to meet two weeks after tragedy.

African Champions League 2014

• 23.-25.05.14: TP Mazembe (DR Congo) vs AS Vita Club -:-
• 23.-25.05.14: Zamalek  (Egypt) vs Al Hilal -:-

• 23.-25.05.14: Al Ahli Benghazi (Libya) vs Esperance -:-
• 23.-25.05.14: Entente Setif (Algeria) vs CS Sfaxien -:-

 
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20 May 2014
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Malawi, Benin, Namibia and Mauritania begin with victories - Malawi began their campaign to reach the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco with a 2:0 win over visiting Chad on Saturday.

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2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 1st round 1st leg - fixtures & results

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Sunday's Results: 18.05.2014

   Liberia vs Lesotho 1:0 
   Kenya vs Comoros 1:0 
   Madagascar vs Uganda 2:1 
   Libya vs Rwanda 0:0 
   Burundi vs Botswana 0:0 
   CAR vs Guinea-Bissau 0:0 
   Swaziland vs Sierra Leone 1:1 
   Tanzania vs Zimbabwe 1:0 
   Mozambique vs South Sudan 5:0 

Saturday's Results: 17.05.2014

   Mauritania vs Eq Guinea 1:0
   Namibia vs Congo 1:0 
   Sao Tome vs Benin 0:2
•    Malawi vs Chad 2:0

 

19 May 2014
African Champions League 2014 - group stage - 1st matches - results

AS Vita Club beat Zamalek in the African Champions League first group match.

19 May 2014

2015 AFRICA CUP - CAF - SOUNDS OUT ALTERNATIVE HOST OPTIONS

AFRICA CUP 2015

How the Ebola outbreak has affected African football

• Sierra Leone has suspended all football matches in the county

• CAF has placed bans on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone hosting any international football

• Seychelles forfeited their Nations Cup qualifier rather than host Sierra Leone

 

Last week, scheduled hosts Morocco asked CAF to postpone the January tournament because of fears over Ebola.

"CAF wrote to us and indicated that Morocco had given strong indications they would pull out if CAF did not change the date," Ghana Youth and Sports minister Mahama Ayariga said.

South Africa have been sent a similar letter, seen by BBC Sport.

CAF has stated there are no changes to the schedule of next year's tournament and it would discuss the Moroccan health ministry's request on 2 November before meeting Moroccan officials the following day.

Speaking in an interview with Ghanaian radio station Citi FM, Ayariga added: "CAF also indicated that it was firm on the tournament dates but they will meet the Moroccan authorities and take a decision at that meeting.

"But in the meantime they are writing to a number of countries that they think have the capacity to be an alternative venue… in the event of Morocco actually pulling out."

Almost 4,500 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in west Africa at the start of the year.

While Moroccan youth and sports minister Mohamed Ouzzine said on Thursday his country had not withdrawn as hosts, he reiterated that they will follow the lead of the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has advised against big gatherings in the fight against the Ebola outbreak.

"Our concern is the health of Africa, and based on WHO reports and guidelines, we have to listen," Ouzzine said.

"Zero safety does not exist, but one has to take the necessary precautions so that the coming tournament will be a football feast, bringing together our African brothers, but given the current Ebola situation we don't think such a feast can take place as expected.

"We are talking about the Africa Cup of Nations where we are expecting between 200,000 to 400,000, even one million spectators to converge in Morocco.

"I don't think there is any state or any country that has the necessary capabilities to monitor, check and control the current Ebola situation when faced with these numbers.

"This is our real problem.

We don't have a problem with visiting teams, we have a problem with visitors."

Ouzzine believes the situation is critical and pleaded for a decision to be taken for humanitarian rather than financial reasons.

"If there are fears about the loss of funding and financial commitments, we can always find solutions to these issues - but today is not the day to discuss these things," he said.

"We will discuss these things when we meet with CAF - and we might even debate other options. 

But I beg you, what's the significance of the financial losses compared to human losses? A human being is priceless.

"I can tell you that we will reach a definite decision during our meeting with our brothers from CAF."

 

17 Oct 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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