It rained for the first time in three years when we arrived in Doha, for the FIFA World Club Championship this week. A day after arrival, we made our way to the impressive Al Khalifa Stadium for the semi-final tie between Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal and Brazil’s Flamengo. We had hopped into the metro rapid transit...
The 2019 African Nations Cup will hopefully get underway in the city that gave the world the majestic Pyramids of Giza when the hosts Egypt open the jamboree against the Warriors of Zimbabwe in Cairo tonight. Zimbabwe had on Thursday refused to honor a final training session to fine tune their preparations, allegedly because they had...
The African Champions League has reached a stage where one can safely describe it as “Eat or be eaten” with the best eight teams remaining in the most prestigious of the two Pan-African club competitions. It is perhaps worth mentioning that Mamelodi Sundowns is the only southern African side remaining in the competition where the quarter-final...
A man, who was hotly tipped to take over the coaching post at Kaizer Chiefs but elected to accept the Al Ahly job instead when the Amakhosi appeared to drag their feet, has guided the Egyptian giants to the CAF Champions League final. Patrice Carteron revealed in an interview from Cairo this week that people who...
Primeiro de Agosto’s coach will be relieved and probably pleased to hear that respected Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe will take charge of their second leg semi-final tie against Tunisian giants Esperance at Stade Olympique in Rades on Tuesday. In the other second leg semi-final tie, another highly regarded whistleman – South African Victor Gomes, assisted by...
