CAIRO, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa staged a heroic comeback this weekend to get their African Confederation Cup group campaign off to a winning start.
The Pretoria-based club wiped out a two-goal half-time deficit against Tout Puissant Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo to triumph 3-2 with the winner coming four minutes into stoppage time.
RABAT, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Play was delayed for 10 minutes after FAR Rabat of Morocco snatched a stoppage-time winner against Al-Ittihad of Libya in the African Champons League this weekend.
Striker Jaouad Ouaddouch headed the lone goal of a drab Group A match after 93 minutes and sparked a mini-riot with police intervening to protect the Nigerian match officials.
While Ouaddouch appeared offside as he deflected a drive wide of goalkeeper Samir Aboud into the corner of the net, television replays confirmed the goal was legitimate.
CAIRO, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Collated results of African Confederation Cup Group A first-round matches this weekend:
Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) 3 (Manqoba Ngwenya 58, Esrom Nyandoro 63, Surprise Moriri 90+4) Tout Puissant Mazembe (COD) 2 (Mputu Mabi 20, 40)
Astres Douala (CMR) 1 (Enama Okouda 9) Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) 1 (Abdelkrim Nafti 39)
Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
Note: Group winners qualify for final
CAIRO, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Collated results of African Champions League Group A third-round matches this weekend:
FAR Rabat (MAR) 1 (Jaouad Ouaddouch 90+3) Al-Ittihad (LBA) 0
Etoile Sahel (TUN) 3 (Amine Chermiti 1, Mejdi Ben Mohamed 48, Gilson `Ja` Silva 53) Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie (ALG) 0
Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
Note: Group winners and runners-up qualify for semi-finals
DOUALA, Cameroon, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Result of an African Confederation Cup Group A first-round match this weekend:
Astres Douala (CMR) 1 (Enama Okouda 9) Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) 1 (Abdelkrim Nafti 39)
PRETORIA, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Result of an African Confederation Cup Group A first-round match this weekend:
Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) 3 (Manqoba Ngwenya 58, Esrom Nyandoro 63, Surprise Moriri 90+4) Tout Puissant Mazembe (COD) 2 (Mputu Mabi 20, 40)