TP Mazembe duo Rainford Kalaba and Eric Nkulukuta would miss this Sunday’s Orange Caf Confederations Cup clash against Mozambican side Muçulmana on Sunday in Lubumbashi. The Zambian midfielder in suffering from a hamstring problem while Nkulukuta has kept sidelined as a precautionary measure after just returning to training following a hamstring strain. Nkulukuta picked up the injury on April 20 during their ...

Orlando Pirates defender Thabo Matlaba says he is unfazed by the tough Orange Caf Champions League draw that has seen his side drawn in Group A alongside AC Leopards from Congo Brazzaville and African heavyweights Zamalek and Al Ahly from Egypt. Chiefs shocked TP Mazembe on two legs to reach the group stage of the competition for the first time since 2006 and would be looking to create another upset in the ...

Cameroon top flight side; Coton Sport of Garoua play their group phase of the 2013 Orange CAF Champions’ League in group B following the draws that were conducted yesterday by the Confederation of African Football. The Cameroonians will be clashing with Recreativo Libolo (Angola), Sewe Sport (Cote d’ Ivoire) and 2012 losing finalists, Esperance Tunis (Tunisia). Meanwhile, Egypt’s two representatives; Zamalek ...

DR Congo based TP Mazembe has suffered a massive blow following the resignation of their coach Lamine Ndiaye. Ndiaye called it quits after the Lubumbashi side was eliminated from the CAF Champions League.. The clubs website quoted the club's President Moses Katumbi, disclosing that Ndiaye has decided to step down .The team is expected to get a new coach in the few coming weeks to replace the Senegalese. ...

North Africa would be well represented in the round of 16 of the Orange Caf Confederation Cup with out of the 16 teams involved. Tunisia lead the North African challenge with three representatives ; CS Sfaxien, CA Bizertin and Etoile Sportive du Sahel. On the other hand, Algeria (ES Sétif and JSM Bejaïa), Morocco (FUS Rabat and FAR Rabat) and Egypt (Ismaïly and ENPPI) would equally be hoping to rewrite their ...

Al-Ahly assistant coach Mohamed Youssef has been promoted as head coach of the team, officials of the Egyptian club said Wednesday. Youssef steps in the shoes of Hossam El-Badry who stepped down at the weekend after guiding the club to the group stages of the Orange Caf Champions League. El-Badry is joining Libyan club Al-Ahly Tripoli on a one-year contract after hinting that a lack of funds to strengthen ...

Orlando Pirates coach Roger De Sa has described their Orange Caf Champions League return game against TP Mazembe as a shame for football. A 10-m Pirates side lost 1-0 to the Congolese outfit but still progressed 3-2 on aggregate to the group stages . Upon returning to South Africa, De Sa described the game as a shame to football, alluding to controversial decisions made by the referee. "The game its self was ...

Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa has decribed his Man-of- the –Match performance against TP Mazembe as simply amazing. Meyiwa’s heroics helped Pirates knock TP Mazembe en route to the group stages of the Orange Caf Champions League. Despite conceeding once, the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper denied Mazembe several scoring opportunities to score the all-important seconmd goal as he saved two penalties to ...

Second leg round of 8 matches of the Orange Caf Champions League are taking place across the continent this weekend. All the results : ES Setif (Algeria) – AC Leopards (Congo) : 3-1 (1-3) 4 pen 5 ES Tunis (Tunisia) – JSM Bejaïa (Algeria) : 1-0 ( 0-0) Recreativo Libolo (Angola) – Enugu Rangers (Nigeria) : 3-1 (0-0) Sewe Sport (Cote d’Ivoire) – FUS Rabat (Morocco) : 0-0 (1-1) Stade Malien (Mali) – CotonSport ...

Tanzania’s wealthy club Azam FC  were  eliminated from this years continental action after going down 2-1 to Morocco’s  FAR Rabat FC  in their return second round tie staged at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah. During the first leg encounter played in Dar es salaam, Tanzania a fortnight ago, both teams settled to a barren draw which appeared to be a massive boost for the Morocco side. The Tanzanian’s sailed ...