FIFA rankings - Egypt makes big leap in latest rankings

Egypt have climbed up more places than any other African country in Fifa's latest world rankings for March.

14 Mar 2014
2014 World Cup - warm up - Ghana

Ghana Sports Minister Elvis Ankrah is confident the team will prepare in the right way for a successful World Cup.

12 Mar 2014
2014 World Cup - warm up - African sides ready

All five of Africa's World Cup finalists are in action this week as they continue their preparations for this summer's tournament in Brazil.
(Algeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Nigeria)

5 Mar 2014
stars in Europe - Yaya Toure's incredible journey

He won the Champions League and two La Liga titles while with Barca. Toure also won league titles in Greece and England, and domestic cups in each country too. According to the people who know him best, Yaya Toure always had the ability and ambition he needed to make his journey from a barefooted boy footballer to one of the best players in the world. 

22 Feb 2014
stars in Europe - AC Milan set to sign Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien

Chelsea have agreed a deal with AC Milan to sell midfielder Michael Essien to the Italian side. Essien has flown in for talks and a medical with Clarence Seedorf's underachieving Serie A club.

25 Jan 2014
NATIONAL LEAGUE - TUNISIA - COACH - Ruud Krol appointed as new Esperance coach

The 64-year-old former Dutch World Cup captain joined the Tunisian side only a day after leading CS Sfaxien to glory in the Confederation Cup with a 3:2 aggregate win over TP Mazembe. Krol's departure ends a successful year at the club in which he also led the Tunisians to a first league title in eight years in May. "It was my decision to leave. 

20 Jan 2014

AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2017- PLAY-OFFS - 2nd leg - all results

TP Mazembe 

The African Confederation Cup holders, TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo, booked their place in the group phase of this year's tournament with a 0:0 draw away to JS Kabylie in Algeria on Sunday.

Mazembe - who won the home leg of their play-off 2:0 last weekend - held off Kabylie's challenge to continue the defence of their crown.

There was a big shock in Abidjan as former African Champions League winners, Asec Mimosas, were knocked out by CF Mounana of Gabon.

Mimosas went into their home leg needing to overturn a 2:1 deficit from the first leg, but despite fielding a side including the likes of Burkina Faso star Aristide Bancé, the match ended 0:0 with Mounana going through 2:1 on aggregate.

Also on Sunday, Platinum Stars of South Africa squeezed past another Ivorian side AS Tanda to progress 5:4 on penalties after their tie had ended 2:2 on aggregate.

The South Africans went into their home leg in Rustenburg trailing 2:0 overall, but fought back to take the tie to spot-kicks and book their place in the group phase.

It was much more straightforward for another South African side, SuperSport United, who overwhelmed Liberia's Barrack Young Controllers 5:0 in Pretoria.

A hat-trick from Jeremy Brockie helped SuperSport United take the tie 6:1 on aggregate.

Sudan's Al Hilal Obeid defeated Ports Authority of the Gambia 3:0 at home to progress 4:1 on aggregate.

 


Confederation Cup fixtures:

 

1st leg 8 April 2017
Young Africans vs MC Alger 1:0

2nd leg 15 Apr
MC Alger vs Young Africans 4:0

• Mouloudia Alger win 4:1 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
TP Mazembe vs JS Kabylie 2:0

2nd leg 16 Apr
JS Kabylie vs TP Mazembe 0:0

TP Mazembe win 2:0 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
AC Léopards vs Mbabane Swallows 1:0

2nd leg 15 Apr
Mbabane Swallows vs AC Léopards 4:2

Mbabane Swallows win 4:3 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
FUS Rabat vs MAS Fez 2:1

2nd leg 15 Apr
MAS Fez vs FUS Rabat 1:1

• FUS Rabat win 3:2 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
Enugu Rangers vs ZESCO United 2:2

2nd leg 15 Apr
ZESCO United vs Enugu Rangers 3:0

• Zesco United win 5:2 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
CF Mounana vs ASEC Mimosas 2:1

2nd leg 16 Apr
ASEC Mimosas vs CF Mounana 0:0

• CF Mounana win 2:1 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
Rail Club du Kadiogo vs CS Sfaxien 1:2

2nd leg 14 Apr
CS Sfaxien vs Rail Club du Kadiogo 2:0

CS Sfaxien win 4:1 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
Bidvest Wits vs Smouha 0:0

2nd leg 15 Apr
Smouha vs Bidvest Wits 1:0

• Smouha win 1:0 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
CNaPS Sport vs Recreativo do Libolo 1:1

2nd leg 15 Apr
Recreativo do Libolo vs CNaPS Sport 0:0

1:1 on aggregate - Recreativo Libolo win on away goals

1st leg 9 April 2017
KCCA vs Al-Masry 1:0

2nd leg 15 Apr
Al-Masry vs KCCA 1:1

1:1 on aggregate - KCCA win 5:4 on penalties

1st leg 9 April 2017
Gambia Ports Authority vs Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1:1

2nd leg 16 Apr
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid vs Gambia Ports Authority 3:0

Al Hilal Obeid win 4:1 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
AS Port-Louis 2000 vs Club Africain 1:2

2nd leg 15 Apr
Club Africain vs AS Port-Louis 2000 4:2

Club Africain win 6:3 on aggregate

1st leg16 Apr
Rivers United vs Rayon Sports 2:0

2nd leg 22 Apr
Rayon Sports vs Rivers United -:-

1st leg 9 April 2017
Barrack Young Controllers vs SuperSport United 1:1

2nd leg 16 Apr
SuperSport United vs Barrack Young Controllers 5:0

SuperSport United win 6:1 on aggregate

1st leg 9 April 2017
AS Tanda vs Platinum Stars 2:0

2nd leg 16 Apr
Platinum Stars vs AS Tanda 2:0

2:2 on aggregate - Platinum Stars win 5:4 on penalties

1st leg 9 April 2017
Horoya vs IR Tanger 2:0

2nd leg 15 Apr
IR Tanger vs Horoya 3:0

Al Hilal Obeid win 4:1 on aggregate

 

 

16 Apr 2017
(BBC Sport UK)

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