STARS IN THE UAE - MOROCCO - ASSAIDI MOVES FROM LIVERPOOL TO DUBAI

Liverpool winger Oussama Assaidi's disappointing spell at Anfield is over after he joined Al Ahli Club in Dubai.

13 Jan 2015
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - BONY JOINS MAN CITY

Wilfried Bony - Swansea agree £28m deal with Man City

12 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - SOUTH AFRICA - COACH MASHABA CALLS UP GCABA

Orlando Pirates defender Ayanda Gcaba was called up to replace injured team-mate Patrick Phungwayo for South Africa's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squad on Sunday.

12 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - SENEGAL - SADIO MANE INCLUDED IN SQUAD

Senegal coach Alain Giresse has included Sadio Mane in his final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations despite his calf injury.

11 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - CAMEROON - FINKE STICKS WITH CORE GROUP

Cameroon coach Volker Finke has kept faith with the players he used in the qualifiers in his final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

10 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - CONGO - LE ROY FINALISES SQUAD

Congo coach Claude LeRoy has finalised his squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after cutting three players from the provisional list.

10 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - TUNISIA - MIKARI & TOUZGHAR CUT FROM SQUAD

Striker Yoann Touzghar and defender Yassine Mikari have not made it into Tunisia's final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

10 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - SQUAD ANNOUNCED

Africa Cup of Nations hosts Equatorial Guinea have included 14 players who were born in Spain in their final 23-man squad for the tournament.

9 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - ZAMBIA - KALABA TO LEAD NATIONAL TEAM

Zambia coach Honour Janza has given the captain's armband to Rainford Kalaba after naming his 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

8 Jan 2015

AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 - PRELIMINARIES - 1st leg - results so far

African Chamopions League 2015

 

Moroccan club Raja Casablanca made an impressive start to their 2015 African Champions League campaign by winning the first leg of their preliminary round tie 4:0 against Congolese visitors Diables Noirs.

A couple of late goals sealed a convincing victory for the three-times former African champions, with Adil Karrouchy and Abdeljalil Jbira scoring in stoppage time.

Ivorian Kouko Guehi had put Raja ahead on 10 minutes with Nigerian Christian Osaguona adding a second.

Raja should comfortably survive the return match in Brazzaville this month to set up a potential round-of-32 fixture with South Africans Kaizer Chiefs.

Moghreb Tetouan, the other Moroccan challengers for the biggest prize in African club football, are in trouble after a 2:0 loss to CO Bamako in Mali.

Abdallah Diarra scored both of Bamako's goals, converting an early second-half penalty and scoring from a free kick that caught goalkeeper Mohammed El-Yousfi napping.

Defeat continues a run of disappointing international results for Moghreb, who were shocked by New Zealanders Auckland City last December in the Club World Cup in Morocco.

Al-Ahly Tripoli edged Egyptians Smouha 1:0 in a fixture moved to Tunis because of escalating Libyan unrest.

Mohamed Al-Ghannoudi converted an early second-half penalty for Ahly, who are coached by former Dutch World Cup star Ruud Krol.

Ghanaians Asante Kotoko received a walkover after Sierra Leoneans East End Lions withdrew.

The preliminary round continues this weekend with former title-holders Enyimba of Nigeira taking on relatively weak and inexperienced opponents, Buffles Borgou of Benin.

Enyimba, continental champions in 2003 and 2004, were expected to go far in the competition last year. But they lost at home to Real Bamako of Mali and a second leg recovery could not prevent an early exit.

Kano Pillars, the other half of a twin-pronged Nigerian challenge, tackle Al-Malakia in South Sudan.

The northern club are guided by Okey Emordi, coach of Enyimba when they retained the Champions League title in 2004.

The South African challenge will also be strong.

It is 20 years since Orlando Pirates became the only South African winners of the competition, and they - along with Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns - will also believe they can go all the way this year.

An attractive east African fixture pits Azam, who ended the Young Africans and Simba's monopoly of the Tanzanian title last year, against vastly experienced Sudanese visitors El-Merrikh.

 

 

14 Feb 2015
(afrofootball_bl)

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