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304 Robert Lewandowski says Bayern Munich are eager to claim their sixth title in a year after advancing to the Club World Cup final as his goals sealed a 2-0 victory over African champions Al Ahly in Monday’s semifinal. The European champions face Tigres in the final on Thursday after the Mexican club saw off […]
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212 Hope Ejairu Al-Merrikh of Sudan outshined Enyimba of Aba at the Al-Merrikh stadium in Omdurman. Hat-trick from Saif Terry Malik ensured that Enyimba suffered a 3 -0 loss in the hands of the Sudanese champions in the second preliminary round of the first leg of the CAF Champions League. Terry has now scored 4 […]
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352 Enyimba have advanced to the first round of the CAF Champions League despite being held to a 1-1 draw by Rahimo FC at the Enyimba Stadium on Sunday evening. Holding a 1-0 advantage from the first leg in Ouagadougou last week, The People’s Elephant had to avoid defeat to qualify, but it did not […]
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3,894 Saturday’s action in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup saw exits for Nigerian sides Plateau United and Kano Pillars respectively, as part of 14 matches played across the continent. Plateau United put in a solid showing to draw 0-0 away to Tanzanian heavyweights Simba, but it was not enough to overturn a […]
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423 Japan will host the Club World Cup in its existing format in late 2021, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Friday, with his expanded version of the tournament still on hold for now after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It means there will be two Club World Cups in the same year, […]
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248 Simba Sports Club of Tanzania has arrived Jos ahead of Sunday’s CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg tie against host, Plateau United Football Club. The team which landed at the Yakubu Gowon Airport , Heipang , Jos aboard a Max Airline at exactly 5:07pm, were received on arrival by the Chairman of the […]
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432 Former Nigeria U-23 star, Junior Ajayi played a starring role to help Al Ahly to CAF Champions League glory. He was in action for 67 minutes and made three key passes for the Red Devils. Ajayi was part of the Dream Team squad that represented Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Al Ahly’s […]
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338 The moral of Plateau United Football Club of Jos has received a big boost ahead of the commencement of the CAF Champions League and the Nigeria Professional Football League following the arrival of the club’s new kits from its sponsors from Turkey. The club manufacturers, Kapspor, kept to their promise of delivering the jersey […]
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53 Francis Joseph Esperance of Tunisia has been confirmed as the winner of the 2018/2019 Caf Champions League after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Wydad Casablanca of Morocco appeal against CAF and Esperance de Tunis. Espérance de Tunis were initially declared winners following a refusal by Wydad Casablanca to resume play following […]
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131 Sampson Adedeji Ahead of the upcoming semi-finals and final of the Caf Champions League and Confederation Cup, Africa soccer governing body, CAF has offered financial assistants to the remaining teams in the competitions, Sportivation reports. The Football body made it known on Monday evening and stated that they are doing that to ease the […]
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