The continental football governing body, in a statement on Saturday, said this was in light of growing concerns and evolving nature of COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the suspension of football activities across the continent
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The Confederation of African Football has announced the indefinite postponement of the Champions League and Confederation Cup semi-final matches.
A statement on the website of the continental football governing body on Friday said Cameroon, Morocco and Tunisia bidded to host the CAF Champions League 2019/2020.
Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up Enyimba FC defence stalwart Ifeanyi Anaemena to the Super Eagles’ camp as the three-time African champions get set to open their 2021 AFCON qualifying campaign against Benin Republic’s Squirrels in Uyo on Wednesday.
The Peoples Elephant were dominant all through the duration of the match, but lacked the cutting edge on the final third
Enyimba are through to the first round of the CAF Champions League in style, but fellow Nigerian flag bearers Kano Pillars failed to go past the hurdle on Sunday.
The Nigerians hardly got off the block and were several times besieged by the dangerous duo of Zanon and Mody Cisse, with the former forcing Theophilus Afelokhai to a save after eight minutes
Kano Pillars Football Club on Saturday defeated visiting Asante Kotoko of Ghana 3-2 in the first leg game of their preliminary stage fixture of the 2019/2020 CAF Champions League.
The Nigerian Cup champions take on the Ghanaian side in the first leg game of their 2019/2020 CAF Champions League pairing at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.
Asante Kotoko will play Nigerian Premier League side, Kano Pillars, in the preliminary of the CAF Champions League, which starts next month.
The finals of Africa’s two international club competitions will each be played in one single match in future rather than over two legs as at present, an official said on Wednesday.
Head coach Evans Ogenyi believes that his team’s display should not be unexpected considering the level they came from at the CAF Champions League
The Confederation of African Football said the second leg will be replayed at a neutral venue
In both sides’ final Group A game, played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, Sikiru Alimi scored in the third and 40th minutes to give the home team a 2-0 win
Coach of Lobi Stars of Makurdi, Solomon Ogbeide, has blamed his team’s 2-1 loss to Mamelodi Sundown of South Africa in the CAF Champions League match on the club’s lack of information on the eligibility of one of its players before the match.
Goals by Thapelo Morena, Themba Zwane and Lebohang Maboe not only saw Mamelodi Sundowns exact revenge on Lobi Stars, courtesy of a 3-0 win, but also confirmed their place in the CAF Champions League quarterfinals.
As a result, Moroccan giants Wydad remained second on the Group A standings, while Nigerian side Lobi also remained fourth on the table
Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi on Saturday in Enugu lost 0-1 to Wydad Athletic Club Casablanca of Morocco in a 2018/2019 CAF Champions League Group A Match Day 3 fixture.
Nigeria’s Lobi Stars suffered their first loss in the CAF Champions League after Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas beat them 1-0 in Group A match at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny on Saturday.
Solomon Ogbeide, the Technical Adviser of Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi on Friday said the team was well prepared for a “very tough’’ CAF Champions League encounter against ASEC Mimosas of Cote d’Ivoire.