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NATIONAL TEAM - SIERRA LEONE - COACH - SESAY REPLACES MENSAH AS COACH

It is the latest development in the row between the country's football association and sports ministry over who is qualified to be the coach.

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12 Oct 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results National teams
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 3RD MATCHES - all results

Algeria beat Malawi 2:0 in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday to be on the verge of booking their place at the final in Morocco.

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11 Oct 2014
Africa Cup 2015 CAF Featured
2015 AFRICA CUP - MOROCCO - Africa Cup of Nations should be postponed after Ebola outbreak

The biennial competition is scheduled to be held between 17 January and 8 February 2015.

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10 Oct 2014
Coaches National teams
NATIONAL TEAM - GHANA - COACH - Patrick Kluivert on five-man shortlist for Ghana job

The other candidates are ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant, former Italy midfielder Marco Tardelli, Swiss Michel Pont and Spaniard Juan Ignicio Jimenez.

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9 Oct 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers National teams Squad
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 3RD MATCHES - EGYPT - Elmohamady pulls out of Egypt squad

The 27-year-old was injured during the English Premier League side's 2:0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday. Hull said the right winger/full-back is suffering from "a back spasm". 

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9 Oct 2014
Coaches National teams
NATIONAL TEAM - MAURITANIA - COACH - Corentin Martins appointed as new coach

The 45-year-old succeeds his compatriot Patrice Neveu, who was sacked in August after the team exited qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

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8 Oct 2014
Club Stars in Europe
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - Manuel Pellegrini never doubted Man City midfielder YAYA TOURE

Match stats:
Yaya Toure has scored in his last three Premier League games against Aston Villa.

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7 Oct 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers National teams
NATIONAL TEAM - CAMEROON - The next generation can shine after Eto'o era

Cameroon's next generation of forwards can shine in the absence of Samuel Eto'o, says ex-player Patrick Mboma.

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6 Oct 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Coaches National teams
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - COACH - KESHI CONTINUES

The never-ending story - Talks between Keshi and the NFF over a new contract have been on and off since July.

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4 Oct 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers National teams Squad
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 3RD MATCHES - GHANA - COACH KONADU NAMES SQUAD

Konadu will take charge of the team until a successor to Kwesi Appiah, who left in September, is appointed.

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3 Oct 2014
african-champions-league-2018 Fixtures+Results

AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018 - QUARTER-FINALS - 1ST LEG - ALL RESULTS

 
Entente Setif vs Wydad Casablanca 1:0
 
Horoya vs Al Ahly 0:0
 
Primeiro de Agosto vs TP Mazembe 0:0
 
Espérance vs Étoile du Sahel 2:1
 
 
REPORTS
 
• Entente Setif vs Wydad Casablanca 1:0
 
Holders Wydad Casablanca will have to overturn a 1:0 first leg deficit against Entente Setif if they are to reach the semi-finals
 
Entente Setif of Algeria seized a narrow advantage in their African Champions League quarter-final against holders Wydad Casablanca by beating the Moroccans 1:0 in the first leg of their tie.
 
Senegal-born Isla Daoudi Diomande scored the only goal on 16 minutes in Setif on Friday.
 
It gave the Algerians a slender lead ahead of the return match next Friday in a showdown between clubs who have each won the competition twice.
 
Victory for Entente was unexpected as they had the least impressive record of the eight survivors in the premier African club competition.
 
Setif lost three matches en route to the last-eight stage whereas Wydad were among six clubs beaten only once, with another challenger having suffered two defeats.
 
There could have been more goals during the second half of a match watched by a capacity 25,000 crowd.
 
Goalkeepers Abderrahmane Boultif of Setif and Yassine el Kharroubi of Wydad allowed crosses to slip from their grasp without being punished.
 
Naim Aarab squandered the best chance of a Wydad equaliser when he found himself unmarked only to head over.
 
Wydad hope to become only the fourth club after Egypt's Al Ahly, Enyimba of Nigeria and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo to successfully defend the title.
 
 
• Horoya vs Al Ahly 0:0
 
Meanwhile, Ahly boosted their chances of reaching the semi-finals by forcing a 0:0 draw away to Horoya of Guinea in a cagey clash that delivered few scoring opportunities.
 
The best two fell to Salah Mohsen who failed to score when one-on-one with Mali-born Horoya goalkeeper Germain Berthe and later missed the target after being set up by Moroccan Walid Azaro.
 
Amadou Wonkoye of Horoya had a genuine penalty appeal waved away and team-mate Daouda Camara wasted a good chance with a miss-hit shot into the side-netting.
 
The other quarter-finals are set for Saturday with Primeiro de Agosto of Angola hosting TP Mazembe and Esperance at home to Etoile du Sahel in an all-Tunisia affair.
 
 
• Espérance vs Étoile du Sahel 2:1
 
Esperance have edge over rivals Etoile in quarter-finals
 
Esperance edged rivals Etoile du Sahel 2:1 on Saturday in an African Champions League quarter-final first-leg showdown between two Tunisian clubs.
 
All the goals at the Olympic Stadium in Rades came from defenders during a weekend when no strikers found the net in the premier African club competition.
 
Chamseddine Dhaouadi put Esperance ahead after only two minutes, Ammar Jemal equalised just before the half-hour and Sameh Derbali snatched the late winner.
 
The narrow win leaves the most intriguing of the last-eight ties delicately balanced ahead of the return match in Sousse next Friday.
 
 
• Primeiro de Agosto vs TP Mazembe 0:0
 
The other Saturday quarter-final, a dour struggle between Primeiro de Agosto of Angola and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ended 0:0 in Luanda.
 
There was an electric atmosphere in Rades where Dhaouadi nodded twice former champions Esperance ahead from a free-kick before another centre-back, Jemal equalised.
 
Etoile looked like they might sneak a draw until full-back Derbali struck after 77 minutes.
 
There was far less excitement for a near-capacity crowd in Angola as Primeiro and Mazembe struggled for goals. 
 
The home side wasted a good chance when Nigerian Akinfenwa Ibukun fired wide from the edge of the box on 19 minutes after a careless clearance by Ivorian goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo.
 
Mika Miche should have put Mazembe ahead later in the opening half when Primeiro got themselves into a tangle, but his close-range shot was blocked by a defender.
 
There were also no goals in the first match on Friday with Horoya of Guinea held in Conakry by record eight-time African champions Al Ahly of Egypt.
 
A few hours later, Senegalese midfielder Isla Daoudi Diomande scored early to earn Entente Serif of Algeria a 1-0 home win over title-holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco.
 
The African champions qualify for the 2018 Fifa Club World Cup during December in the United Arab Emirates, where Real Madrid will be the star attraction.
 
 
DID YOU KNOW
 
2017 Champions: Wydad Casablanca
2016 Champions: Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
2015 Champions: TP Mazembe (Congo DR)
2014 Champions: Entente Setif (Algeria)
 
 
16 Sep 2018
(afrofootball.com +wikipedia)

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