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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As RS Berkane and Zamalek SC prepare to lock horns in the second-leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup final, the two coaches vying for the title - Moine Chaabani and José Manuel Gomes - have become the centre of attraction thanks to the tactical acumen. Chaabani, [...]
©- - 17 may 2024 - 05:59:20 - thread Sports (452 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - As Al Ahly and Esperance prepare to clash in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final, the spotlight falls on the contrasting coaching philosophies of Marcel Koller and Miguel Azevedo Cardoso, CAF Online reports. Koller, the experienced Swiss tactician, has masterminded Al Ahly's quest for a record-extending 12th [...]
©- - 17 may 2024 - 05:54:38 - thread Sports (424 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's U-17 side, the Black Starlets, on Wednesday thrashed Cote d'Ivoire 5-1 in their WAFU B U-17 Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Accra. In the match played at the University of Ghana Stadium, Joseph Narbi scored a first-half brace to put Ghana in the lead. Godfred Sarpong scored [...]
©- - 16 may 2024 - 09:56:30 - thread Sports (150 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ahead of this weekend’s blockbuster line-up that sees Africa’s top clubs battle for CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Champions League top honours, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and PUMA have unveiled a new match ball: OLA. CAF's Communications Department said OLA will be used this weekend [...]
©- - 16 may 2024 - 08:06:21 - thread Sports (170 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - TotalEnergies CAF Champions League reigning champions, Al Ahly SC, are on the cusp of extending their record and rubber-stamping their dominance as African club football kings. The Egyptian giants face formidable Tunisian side, Espérance Sportive de Tunis on Saturday evening in the first leg of the TotalEnergies [...]
©- - 16 may 2024 - 07:27:03 - thread Sports (430 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - As Tunisian giants  Espérance Sportive de Tunis host their Egyptian counterparts Al-Ahly in the first-leg of the final of TotalEnergies CAF Champions on Saturday, the Tunisians will be seeking to capitalise on their home advantage. Meanwhile, the Egyptian giants aim to assert their dominance before the return [...]
©- - 16 may 2024 - 07:12:53 - thread Sports (500 words)


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women's Football Department and Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF) kicked off a women's football coaching workshop with African Women’s National Teams coaches in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, CAF's media outlet reported. Th workshop, attended by 32 coaches (16 from [...]
©- - 16 may 2024 - 06:52:13 - thread Sports (389 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Defending champions Nigeria gear up for a daunting task as they head into the WAFU B Under-17 AFCON qualifying tournament that starts in Ghana on Wednesday. Hosts Ghana kick-off the competition as they headline Group A where they are joined by tough contenders Cote d'Ivoire and Benin. The [...]
©- - 15 may 2024 - 11:30:06 - thread Sports (308 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Excitement is growing in Zanzibar as it prepares to host the second edition of the CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental finals on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 featuring Zonal Winners from across the continent. The finals will be held at the Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar [...]
©- - 15 may 2024 - 05:40:32 - thread Sports (284 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - As Egypt's Al Ahly and Tunisia's Esperance de Tunis prepare to lock horns in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final, a fascinating subplot has emerged - the rise of two goalkeeping prodigies who have been instrumental in their respective sides' journeys to the showpiece event, according [...]
©- - 15 may 2024 - 05:33:15 - thread Sports (574 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Espérance Sportive de Tunis and Al Ahly SC – the record holding and defending champions of the  TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, will meet in the first-leg of the final on Saturday in Rades. The first leg final is scheduled at Stade Olympique de Rades at 19h00 GMT [...]
©- - 14 may 2024 - 13:11:20 - thread Sports (239 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouadhibou FC etched their name into the annals of Mauritanian football once again, clinching a record-extending seventh consecutive league title with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over ASAC Concorde on Sunday. The slender win was enough to seal Club Orange's domestic dominance, fending off a spirited challenge from [...]
©- - 14 may 2024 - 07:35:20 - thread Sports (240 words)


Berkane, Morocco (PANA) - Coaches of RS Berkane and Zamalek are winding up their players for even better showing in the second-leg of the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup in Cairo, Egypt, next Sunday. RS Berkane of Morocco edged Zamalek of Egypt 2-1 in the first-leg final played at [...]
©- - 13 may 2024 - 19:28:37 - thread Sports (328 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigeria, Senegal, and Morocco took significant strides towards the 2024 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup as qualifiers were played at the weekend, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Communication Department reported. In Bamako, Nigeria's Flamingos seized the initiative against Burkina Faso with a crucial 1-1 away draw on Saturday in the [...]
©- - 13 may 2024 - 06:51:07 - thread Sports (239 words)


Berkane, Morocco (PANA) - RS Berkane of Morocco on Sunday beat Zamalek FC of Egypt 2-1 in the first-leg of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup final match played in Berkane, Morocco. Issoufou Dayo converted a penalty for the Moroccan team in the 13th to put them ahead. Adil Tahif doubled the lead [...]
©- - 12 may 2024 - 21:11:08 - thread Sports (127 words)


Berkane, Morocco (PANA) - With less than 24 hours to the much-anticipated 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup final between Morocco’s RS Berkane and Egypt’s Zamalek SC, African football awaits in great anticipation to see who between the two sides will emerge victorious in the double-leg final. On Sunday, 12 May, the [...]
©- - 11 may 2024 - 14:26:40 - thread Sports (493 words)


Berkane, Morocco (PANA) - RS Berkane of Morocco will host Egyptian giants, Zamalek, in the first-leg of the final of 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday. The stakes are high as both teams vie for the title, with the Moroccans seeking to capitalise on their home advantage against the formidable [...]
©- - 11 may 2024 - 07:07:40 - thread Sports (349 words)


Berkane, Morocco (PANA) -The first leg of the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup final will kick-off in Berkane, Morocco, between Morocco’s RS Berkane FC and Zamalek SC of Egypt on Sunday. The match is a repeat of the 2019 final between the two clubs. This season marks the 21st edition of the competition [...]
©- - 11 may 2024 - 06:54:52 - thread Sports (366 words)


Gauteng, South Africa (PANA) - The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) held its inaugural COSAFA Awards on Thursday to celebrate the region’s top achievers for the year 2023. The red carpet was rolled out for the Southern African stars in both the men’s and women’s divisions, while also recognising [...]
©- - 10 may 2024 - 10:29:43 - thread Sports (365 words)


Clairefontaine, France (PANA) - Guinea on Thursday picked up the final ticket of the 2024 Men’s Olympic Football tournament in France when they beat Indonesia 1-0 in their play-off match in Clairefontaine, France. Ilaix Moriba’s first-half penalty proved decisive in a tense encounter at Clairefontaine and was enough to send Guinea to be [...]
©- - 09 may 2024 - 17:43:13 - thread Sports (266 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Africa’s leading higher learning institution, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cairo, Egypt. The agreement will see the University of Cape Town provide bespoke courses and programmes as an Africa [...]
©- - 09 may 2024 - 07:57:32 - thread Sports (435 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Members of the CAF Department of Safety and Security met on 7 May 2024, with the National Safety and Security Officers from the 54 CAF Member Associations to discuss Safe Stadium initiative during African football events. The aim of the meeting was to standardise match safety and [...]
©- - 08 may 2024 - 07:48:37 - thread Sports (300 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Winners of the 2019 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, Egyptian football powerhouse, Zamalek SC, are eager to end what could be a five-year wait to lifting a continental title. The Egyptians are preparing for the final once the appeal of Algeria to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]
©- - 08 may 2024 - 07:42:30 - thread Sports (575 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Captain Andre Ayew has thrown his weight behind Ghana's emerging crop of players, insisting that the Black Stars will bounce back from their recent struggles to reclaim their status as an African powerhouse. The former African champions are preparing to face Mali in their 2026 World [...]
©- - 08 may 2024 - 07:16:45 - thread Sports (537 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A number of young and aspiring football coaches have greatly benefited from CAF’s innovative youth football competition, the CAF African Football Schools Championship (ASFC). Now in its second successive season following the successful rollout of the inaugural pilot edition, the benefits of the programme have extended beyond [...]
©- - 08 may 2024 - 07:06:08 - thread Sports (392 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Less than a month remains before Zanzibar kicks off the much-anticipated 2024 CAF African Schools Football Championship finals as 12 teams equally split between Under-15 boys and girls representing the six CAF Zonal Union champions will compete for the ultimate African crown. The CAF African Schools Football [...]
©- - 07 may 2024 - 06:31:41 - thread Sports (510 words)


Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - Algeria has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision taken by the Confederation for African Football (CAF) in a disputed semi-final tie between Union Sportive Medina d'Alger (USM Alger) of Algeria and Club Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RS Berkane) of Morocco. CAS said in [...]
©- - 03 may 2024 - 11:24:34 - thread Sports (528 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has sanctioned Algerian club USM Alger 0-3 for failing to play the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup second-leg semi-final match against Moroccan side Renaissance Berkane in Morocco on 28 April 2024. This means RS Berkane qualify for the [...]
©- - 03 may 2024 - 08:41:26 - thread Sports (362 words)


TJohannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Mamelodi Sundowns FC reaffirmed their leading position as South African football kings on Thursday evening with a seventh successive league title after thrashing Kaizer Chiefs 5-1 at Soccer City in Johannesburg. The reigning African Football League (AFL) champions, who saw their second TotalEnergies CAF Champions League [...]
©- - 03 may 2024 - 07:58:48 - thread Sports (329 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Malawi striker Tabitha Chawinga and Nigerian goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, have been named the best player and best goalkeeper respectively in the French women's league. Chawinga wasted no time in making an impact upon her arrival in France after joining Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) from Inter Milan in less [...]
©- - 01 may 2024 - 07:39:07 - thread Sports (175 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new generation of young African match officials is set to be unearthed, thanks to CAF’s innovative youth football competition, the CAF African Schools Football Championship. The second season of the CAF African Schools Football Championship recently concluded its Zonal Phase where 12 winners, equally [...]
©- - 01 may 2024 - 07:32:04 - thread Sports (319 words)


Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Following a successful kick off to the CAF Club Licencing Regional Workshop 2024 in Mauritania, Algeria is playing host to the second leg of the ongoing workshop aimed at reaching all 54 CAF Member Associations. The four-day workshop will see 12 French-speaking nations gathered at the north [...]
©- - 01 may 2024 - 07:25:40 - thread Sports (330 words)


Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Egyptian Under-17 Boys National Team are the new champions of the Union of North African Football (UNAF) after a 1-1 draw against Algeria concluded the weeklong competition that took place from 24 – 30 April in Algiers. The round-robin tournament, which brought together hosts Algeria, Egypt, [...]
©- - 01 may 2024 - 07:18:01 - thread Sports (241 words)


Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The second-leg semi-final CAF African Confederation Cup match between Renaissance Berkane of Morocco and Algerian side USM Alger has been cancelled as the dispute over a map on the Moroccan team's shirts that includes Western Sahara rages on. On Sunday in Berkane, Morocco, only the home players, [...]
©- - 29 april 2024 - 07:50:38 - thread Sports (273 words)


Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Egyptian club Zamalek on Sunday reached the final of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup competition when they thrashed Dreams FC of Ghana 3-0 in their second-leg semi-final match played at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. Zamalek qualified on a 3-0 aggregate after their first-leg tie in Cairo one [...]
©- - 28 april 2024 - 18:03:07 - thread Sports (358 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Four African clubs -- Wydad (Morocco), Al Ahly (Egypt), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) and Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) -- would represent the continent at the FIFA Club World Cup in the US in June and July and next year. Tunisian side Espérance Sportive de Tunis and South African club Mamelodi Sundowns secured [...]
©- - 27 april 2024 - 08:54:22 - thread Sports (386 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The roars of delight from Al Ahly's players and fans told the story - the Egyptian giants had pulled off a remarkable comeback to crush DR Congo's TP Mazembe 3-0 on Friday night and book their place in yet another TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final. With the [...]
©- - 27 april 2024 - 05:36:07 - thread Sports (380 words)


Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Tunisian giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis reached the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League when they beat South African club Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 in Pretoria the second-leg of the semi-final in Pretoria on Friday night. Having ground out a 1-0 first leg win in Tunisia, they [...]
©- - 27 april 2024 - 05:35:39 - thread Sports (261 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - North African giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis and Al Ahly SC of Egypt reached the final of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League on Friday when they beat Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and TP Mazembe of DR Congo respectively in their second-leg semi-final matches. Espérance, who beat Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 in [...]
©- - 26 april 2024 - 22:01:41 - thread Sports (133 words)


Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Espérance Sportive de Tunis head coach, Miguel Cardoso has heaped praise on the electrifying atmosphere displayed at African football stadiums, the Communications Department of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said. The Portuguese-born coach was speaking in Pretoria ahead of his side’s highly anticipated TotalEnergies [...]
©- - 25 april 2024 - 17:12:53 - thread Sports (315 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Zanzibar has been selected as the host nation for the CAF African Schools Football Championship finals 2024. The second season of Africa’s largest youth football competition finals will be hosted at the recently refurbished Amaan Stadium between 21 – 24 May 2024, a statement issued by the [...]
©- - 25 april 2024 - 17:04:42 - thread Sports (335 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Anticipation has been mounting for a showdown in the second-leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League semi-final, Al Ahly and TP Mazembe at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Friday. Following a tense goalless draw in the first leg held in Lubumbashi, both teams are set [...]
©- - 25 april 2024 - 12:20:51 - thread Sports (277 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Mamelodi Sundowns will host Esperance Tunis at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium for the crucial second-leg of their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League semi-final clash. With Esperance Tunis holding a slender 1-0 lead from the first-leg in Rades, all eyes will be on Mamelodi Sundowns as they aim to [...]
©- - 25 april 2024 - 12:03:26 - thread Sports (389 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has awarded Moroccan football club, RS Berkane, 3-0 victory over Algerian side USM Alger, in their first leg TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup first-leg match semi-final match in Algiers which did not take place. A statement said the [...]
©- - 25 april 2024 - 11:52:34 - thread Sports (351 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup first-leg semi-final fixture on Sunday, 21 April 2024, between USM Alger and RS Berkane in Algiers, Algeria did not take place as scheduled. "The matter will be referred to the competent bodies," CAF said in a statement posted by its Communications Department. It gave [...]
©- - 22 april 2024 - 05:15:23 - thread Sports (113 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ghana's Dreams FC held Egypt's Zamalek FC to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup semi-final match on Sunday in Cairo. The Ghanaian side, who are playing in the competition for the first time, will leave the game the happier side after restricting [...]
©- - 22 april 2024 - 05:07:51 - thread Sports (101 words)


Lubumbashi, DR Congo (PANA) - Reigning African champions, Al Ahly SC, will be happy to take a 0-0 draw to the return leg of the semi-finals after holding five-time champions, TP Mazembe, to a goalless draw in Lubumbashi on Saturday in the first leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League [...]
©- - 21 april 2024 - 14:43:31 - thread Sports (419 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian side Esperance took a slender 1-0 advantage after the first leg of their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League semi-final against South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday night. The pivotal goal came four minutes before half-time when Brazilian striker Yan Sasse rounded goalkeeper Ronwen Williams before slotting into [...]
©- - 21 april 2024 - 14:33:15 - thread Sports (234 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of the first-leg semi-final matches of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League matches played on Saturday. Esperance (Tunisia) 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 0-0 Al Ahly SC (Egypt) -0- PANA MA 21April2024 [...]
©- - 21 april 2024 - 05:12:10 - thread Sports (64 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals will kick off this weekend. In the Champions League, Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) will host Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), while Al Ahly SC (Egypt) will travel to Lubumbashi to face TP Mazembe (DR Congo). In the [...]
©- - 18 april 2024 - 07:42:04 - thread Sports (99 words)

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