African Soccer roundup

Al Ahly of Egypt have won this year's edition of the CAF Champions League. Africa's club of the century have set a new record by winning their seventh title. The Egyptian Red Devils have won 5 crowns in 11 years. They won the title in 2001,2005,2006,2008 and 2012.

Esperance lost their title to the Egyptians after a 2-1 defeat at the Rades stadium on Saturday. The Tunisians played a 1-1 draw in the first leg but they couldn't avoid defeat against their North African rivals.

In the CAF Confederations cup, AC Leopard played a 1-1 draw against Djoliba of Mali in Bamako. The South African side will win the competition if they can play a 0-0 draw in the second leg final.

Menawhile, Nigeria's Golden Eaglets defeated the junior eagles of Mali by 2-0 in Calabar. The Manu Garba tutored side lost several scoring chances against their visitors. The return leg will be played in Bamako on December 2,2012.

It will be recalled that the Nigerian Football Federation played the game under an official CAF protest. The Malians looked very hefty and it seems they paraded over aged players.

The encounter was the first leg of the final qualifying round for Morocco 2013 African Youth Championship.

Esperance moves closer to Champions League last four.

Esperance Sporive de Tunis defeated Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia in the titanic battle that was played on Sunday night. The CAF Champions League group B fixture was played at the El Menzah stadium in Tunis. The defending champions came into the game with six maximum points from their previous two matches while Etoile had four points from the same number of games.Khaled Mouelhi scored from the penalty spot after 41 minutes of action. Esperance have a 100% record by winning all their three matches played so far. Etoile and Sunshine are tied on four points each, but Sunshine Stars of Nigeria are now second in the group table after they defeated ASO Chlef of Algeria 2-0 in Ijebu Ode,Nigeria. Olorundare and Izu Azuka were the scorers of the day. The Nigerians also got a goalless away draw against Etoile du Sahel two weeks ago.

Sunshine placed in group of death.

Sunshine Stars of Nigeria will commence their CAF Champions League group phase with a home match against defending  Champions, Esperance of Tunisia. Etoile du Sahel and ASO Clef of Algeria are the other teams in group A. Etoile du Sahel won the title in 2007 after losing to Al Ahly the previous year. Sunshine Stars overcame Djoliba FC of Mali by 2-1 on aggregate. The Nigerian campaigners survived a big scare in the second round when they lost 4-1 against Recreativo de Libolo of Angola. Sunshine were able to win the return leg by 3-0 at the Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Dolphins FC were sent out of the competition in the second round. Last year, Sunshine got to the semi final stage of the CAF Confederations Cup.
The commencement date for the group phase of the Champions League is July 6th, 2012.