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Blida, Algeria | AFP |  Reluctant favourites TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo are poised to win the CAF Confederation Cup after drawing 1-1 at Mouloudia Bejaia of Algeria Saturday in the first leg of the final. Jonathan Bolingi, one of four Congolese in the Mazembe starting line-up, …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Carlos Alberto, the revered captain of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup-winning side, considered one of the greatest of all time, died on Tuesday aged 72. The right-back starred alongside Pele, Tostao, Jairzinho and Rivelino in the legendary Brazil team that beat Italy 4-1 in …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Heading a football can significantly affect a player’s brain function and memory up to a day, a study by researchers at Scotland’s Stirling University has said. Memory performance was reduced by between 41 percent to 67 percent following heading practice, according to the research, …

Fairytale African triumph for Sundowns, Onyango first Ugandan continental trophy winner Alexandria, Egypt | AFP | Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa won a fairytale first CAF Champions League title on Sunday despite a 1-0 second-leg loss to Zamalek of Egypt in Alexandria. A Stanley Ohawuchi goal on 64 minutes was not …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Zamalek of Egypt can draw comfort from the past as they seek to overturn a 3-0 deficit on Sunday in the second leg of the CAF Champions League final against Mamelodi Sundowns. Canon Yaounde (Cameroon), Mouloudia Alger (Algeria) and Asante Kotoko (Ghana) faced similar …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  English Premier League leaders Manchester City on Tuesday announced record turnover of $480 million and its Abu Dhabi owners said the club has reached a “turning point”. City, who were hit by UEFA sanctions over their finances in 2014, announced a 20 million pound …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Uganda’s number one goalkeeper Dennis Onyango is among 30 nominees named for the 2016 African Player of the Year football award. Onyango plays for Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa who moved closer to a fairy-tale CAF Champions League title with a 3-0 home victory over Zamalek of …

  Results Ghana 0 Uganda 0 Congo 1 Egypt 2 Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Nigeria opened their 2018 World Cup group-phase qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory in Zambia on Sunday thanks to goals from English Premier League duo Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho The 20-year-old strikers scored …

Seeds Pot 1: Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria Pot 2: Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo Pot 3: Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt Pot 4: Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Title-holders Ivory Coast, hosts Gabon and former champions Algeria and Ghana were named …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Sam Allardyce has left his role as England manager by mutual consent, the Football Association (FA) announced on Tuesday. Allardyce and the FA felt his position was untenable after he was caught making a series of controversial comments in an embarrassing newspaper sting. “The FA …