The Al-Ahly coach was never going to put on an exhibition. This was him against Hans-Dieter Flick: two equals staring at each other across a chessboard
The team could cap an incredible year if they can overcome England in a three-match Test series
As much as Mbekile is a flag-bearer for his province, his transition from Sundowns to Pirates hasn’t been easy.
Sundowns’ defeat to AS Vita once again highlighted the local flaw of placing more emphasis on trickery than putting the ball in the back of the net.
After tepid home displays South Africa’s three representatives are likely to bow out of Africa.
Chiefs will have to be creative and Downs will be well-prepared for their next round in the Champions League.
Coach Pitso Mosimane, with a large pool of players, has embraced the continental mission.
Kaizer Chiefs face a massive test of character if they want to advance to the group phase of the African Champions League.
Happy Jele and Andile Jali won’t be playing in the African Champions League return match in Egypt this weekend, but the Bucs ship hasn’t sunk yet.
The rapidly changing fortunes of Bucs coach Roger de Sá are becoming the stuff of legend – but the story is still being written.
The Buccaneers, who secured a crushing 3-0 win over Egypt’s Al Ahly in their first-leg clash in Cairo, are set to play Tunisia’s Esperance.
Ghana’s club Berekum Chelsea has denied being offered money by four-time winner TP Mazembe to lose their final African Champions League group game.
Premier Soccer League chief executive Stanley Matthews has revealed plans to change South Africa’s football season and align it with the calendar.
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/ 16 February 2012
Orlando Pirates need to remain wary of their opponents if they are to capture their second Confederation of African Football title.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf condemns Zamelek fans who invaded the pitch and attacked the referee during football match against Club Africain.
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/ 10 December 2010
South African soccer may suffer more from lack of participation in Pan-African club competitions than football authorities realise.
SuperSport United must defy the odds this weekend to beat Heartland and boost the image of South Africa in the African Champions League.
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/ 11 February 2010
Walter Rautmann dropped a bombshell on Wednesday by quitting Mbabane Swallows ahead of their African Champions League clash with SuperSport United.
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/ 11 September 2009
Nigerian challengers Kano Pillars and Heartland can clinch African Champions League semifinals places with home victories this weekend.
SA soccer suffered another setback when Premier Soccer League champions SuperSport United crashed out of the African Champions League.
Ajax Cape Town got their African Champions League campaign off to a winning start with a victory over Zimbabwean side Monomotapa United on Saturday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Big-spending and hyper-ambitious Sudanese club Al-Merreikh are in trouble just one match into their 2009 African Champions League campaign.
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/ 23 December 2008
Egypt confirmed their place among the giants of African soccer by winning the major national team and club competitions this year.
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/ 16 November 2008
Egypt’s Al Ahli won the African Champions League for a record sixth time on Sunday after beating Coton Sport of Cameroon 4-2 on aggregate.
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/ 19 October 2008
Egypt’s Al Ahli will meet Coton Sport of Cameroon in the African Champions League final after both sides won their semifinal, second leg matches.
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/ 17 October 2008
Striker Stephen Worgu claims Nigerian club Enyimba will stun Egyptian giants al-Ahly on Saturday and qualify for the African Champions League final.
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/ 18 September 2008
The struggle to reach the African Champions League semifinals goes down to the wire this weekend with seven clubs hoping to join al-Ahly of Egypt.
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/ 15 September 2008
Egypt’s Al Ahli made sure of top place in their African Champions League group but had to come from behind to draw 2-2 with arch rivals Zamalek.
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/ 1 September 2008
Asec Abidjan and TP Mazembe Englebert won their first games in the group phase of the African Champions League on Sunday.
Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan made a dream return home to Cairo on Sunday, scoring a stunning winning goal as Al Ahli beat Zamalek 2-1.
Mamelodi Sundowns crashed out of the African Champions League despite beating Sudan champions Al-Hilal 1-0 at Atteridgeville’s Super Stadium in a hard-fought third-round, second-leg tie on Sunday. There was no score at half-time. Al-Hilal won 4-3 on aggregate.
It was heartbreak for Jomo Cosmos at Orkney’s Oppenheimer Stadium on Wednesday when an injury-time goal by Mamelodi Sundowns substitute Bryan Aldave plunged Ezenkosi further into the Absa Premiership relegation quagmire and earned Downs a 1-0 win.