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Adidas are officially the new kit sponsor for Al Ahly SC
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South Africa Football Association has received approval from FIFA to implement Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the South African Premier League.
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The Ghana v South Africa case is said to be giving FIFA a headache with new evidence eminating alleging that a Ghana FA officials visited Senegal prior to the match, it is unknown what was the purpose of the alleged visit and not ruling out the possibility of meeting Ndiaye.
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Pitso Mosimane was never gonna end this press conference without getting in on the issue of fake European coaches all over Africa.
'Africa should trust its own people' - Pitso Mosimane
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Scenes when you have won your 28th Tanzania Premier league title.
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International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has named Pitso Mosimane as the best club coach in Africa for 2021.
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It's 2022 and the broadcast quality of the egyptian league is SD, and it's getting worse every year.
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Al Ahly is struggling hard after Pitso Mosimane departure
african clubs needs to stop their obsession with european coaches, if pitso can be let go after all he achieved and be replaced with a coach with no history from Europe, then we have a huge problem
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Zamalek kindly allowed Mamelodi Sundowns to use their bus, while there were in Egypt to play Ahli Benghazi, even though they were not their geusts. These are kind of gestures that will initiate the football tourism industry in Africa.
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Tanzanian giants Simba have unveiled their new kits for the 2021-22 season.
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Simba and Yanga rivalry reaches new level, with billboard going up in the city centre.
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Football can kill you, a real death
#TeamEquatorialGuinea
end Algeria's 35-match unbeaten run
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Horoya AC saved some left over cash from their
#CAFCL
exploit and build themselves this lovely training based camp for Junior to senior teams.
Welcome to Horoya's Yorokoguia Sports centre.
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Mamelodi Sundowns becomes the 1st South African side to complete
#CAFCL
group stages unbeaten.
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Egyptians are praising the Tanzanian 🇹🇿 league's broadcast quality and Azam TV, after the Egyptian League broadcasting being worse than ever this season
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Thousands of Simba SC fans line up yesterday waiting for the club's 2021-22 kit to go on sale. The club sold a record sales of 42,000 replica kits yesterday in 8 hours.
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Al Ahly SC approves the largest budget in the club’s history, amounting to 3 billion and 87 million Egyptian Pounds, and a net profit of 149 million and 853 thousand pounds.
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🇹🇿 Tanzania is the only country with two teams in the 2023/24 CAF Champions League quarter finals
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"African people would fight because of following European football. But European people don't even care about African football, they don't even know about our Teams, but us we know their teams" - Mohammed Aboutrika.
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Pitso Mosimane in Tanzania participating in Yanga CITIZENS' WEEK 2022
#wikiyamwananchi2022
@yangasc1935
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Remarkable milestones being made in Tanzania by the local clubs with replica kits sales. Massive hype for the Tanzania Premier League some clubs big African and European clubs sell 10 000 replica an entire season and Simba sold 42 000 in 8 hours and Vunjabei is a local brand.
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Tanzania Premier League is a gold, coal, platinum mine. It is only up to Tanzania people to realise it, ahead of the new season Tanzania need to seriously commit towards high quality match day pitches through out the country because Africa will be watching.
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Yanga unveils new kit for the 2024-25 season.
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Do not be shocked to see Pitso Mosimane back at Sundowns. There is so much, a lot that is going on behind the scenes.
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Haji Manara is the only marketing genius in Africa at the moment that can turn
#CAFCL
football into a proper brand.
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Al Ahly TV has stepped into new territories.
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A Spanish coach who has never coached in Spain lands one of the biggest jobs in Africa, it is so easy for European coaches in Africa.
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OFFICIAL! Pitso Mosimane 🇿🇦 is the new head coach of Al Ahli FC of saudi arabia,
@ALAHLI_FC
were relegated last year and currently in 7th position in the 2nd division
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Yanga have hit below the belt with their away kit. They have printed their 5 - 1 victory over Simba on the kit.
Could be the biggest rivalry in Africa at the moment that is properly rivalring?
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Mamelodi Sundowns add another trophy on their cabinet, the club's u11s were crowned 2021 Futsal 360 champions this past weekend.
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Absolutely, world class live production of the Women's Community Shield by Azam TV in Tanzania. No where in Africa has women's football be given such top quality TV production, women's
#CAFCL
is far from reaching the standard set by Azam TV for women's live football production.
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#BreakingUpdates
Elias Mokwana move to Espérance set to collapse. The 2 clubs (Sekhukhune and Espérance) have agreed on deal but the player prefers a move to local SA club that has contacted him.
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Pitso Mosimane: How many times do Africans have to prove themselves? What is the standard? Why does Palmeiras start Club World Cup from the semi-finals? We beat them last year, what's the difference? it is time for the African clubs to be respected
@FIFAWorldCup
@FIFAcom
#ClubWC
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Tunisian coach Nasreddine Nabi has now won league titles in 4 different African countries.
- Congo Brazzaville
- DR Congo
- Sudan
- Tanzania
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16-year old Rapheal Mbotela yesterday had the honour of officiating a freindly ZESCO United vs Forest Rangers.
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Mamelodi Sundowns successfully completes domestic trible.
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The clubs participating in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup held in Morocco from February 1 - February 11
Wydad AC 🇲🇦
Al Ahly 🇪🇬
Real Madrid 🇪🇸
Flamengo 🇧🇷
Al Hilal 🇸🇦
Seattle Sounders 🇺🇸
Auckland City 🇳🇿
#ClubWC
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Yanga had a parade made in spectacular places for the Tanzania Premier League 2022-23 championship today. Demonstrating that they are one of the biggest club in Africa.
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Al Ahly finishes 3rd at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.
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Percy Tau is currently Egyptian League's joint top scorer, 5 goals each for him and Ahmed Zizo
(Zizo's 5 goals are all from penalties)
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If Africa and Africans respected itself, this game would have been live on TV in all corners of Africa. What a beautiful stunning 2-2 draw, we are thirsty for more
#DarDerby
.
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AFRICA! Morocco 🇲🇦 beat Portugal and become the first African team to qualify to
#FIFAWorldCup
Semi Finals
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It never happens everyday, Zamalek centre back Mahmoud Alaa deserves to be celebrated, the centre back scored his 14th goal of the season in the game currently underway against Gor Mahia.
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Egyptian legendary goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, enters 2020 Guiness Book of Records after becoming the oldest player to play in the FIFA World Cup finals at the age of 45 years and 161 days.
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Whether unconsciously done or planned, Azam deciding to drive their new bus from South Africa to Tanzania will remain one of the most brilliant brand exposure ideas of recent times. In the last 4 - 5 days the bus has been spotted in 4 African countries in the COSAFA region.
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Bernard Morrison of the Tanzania Premier League in Yanga colours.
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When Yanga welcome a new signing ✍️ it is always HUGE, not many African clubs welcome new signings the way they do in Tanzania.
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Yesterday's Ghana Premier league game Asante Kotoko vs Karela United saw a bizarre incident as a match commentator was forcefully removed by the fans from the stadium for questioning the legitimacy of a penalty that was awarded to Asante Kotoko.
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Do you remember this strike from
@khama_Billiat11
?
Describe that goal with an emoji
Ours = 💥
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Al Ahly are the 2022/23 Egyptian Premier League Champions!
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A South African coach, was refused working visa in Eswatini. He was set to coach a Premier league of Eswatini side. The reason for the refusal by home affairs was that he was not bringing a scarce skill in Eswatini.
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Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the best players in africa's history
@trikaofficial
@AlAhly
legend won:
7 Egyptian Leagues
2 Egyptian Cups
5 Egyptian Super Cups
5 Caf Champions Leagues
4 Caf Super Cups
2 African Cup of Nations
#عيد_ميلاد_تريكه_الاسطوره
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Al Ahly are installing and adding new trophy cabinets, due to lack of space in the existing cabinets.
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The ongoing story of Sekondi-Takaradi Stadium in Essipong, Ghana. The stadium was built for 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, it seems that was the only purpose for the stadium.
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'Let be humble and respect each other teams'
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Young Africans SC announce Yanga TV, a new channel dedicated to the Tanzanian club
@yangasc1935
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Kid sensation Matthew Cudjoe getting some expert advice from Asamoah Gyan.
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Sudan 3rd Division official came came with his dog to match officiating duty to protect him against the fans, in case they attack him.
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CAF set to announce a major groundbreaking broadcasting deal.
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Al Ahly and Mamelodi Sundowns arrived in Tanzania with their own food supplies and drinks. Surely, this not good for the Tanzanian hospitality industry. Change need to happen for the benefit of the country. CAF may also need to step up here as well.
#CAFCL
#TotalEnergiesCAFCL
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Nyasha Mushekwi's gift to Caps United has arrived.
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Al Ahly announce the signing of 35-year old French striker Anthony Modeste
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Both their male and female sides won the league in Tanzania and South Africa.
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Lesotho national teams now have a proper home to prepare for international games.
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CAF Confederation Cup Quarter Finalists!
1st place:
Al Ahli Tripoli 🇱🇾
Orlando Pirates 🇿🇦
TP Mazembe 🇨🇩
RS Berkane 🇲🇦
2nd place:
Pyramids 🇪🇬
Al Ittihad 🇱🇾
Al Masry 🇪🇬
Simba 🇹🇿
#TotalEnergiesCAFCC
#CAFCC
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Pitso Mosimane might be the least liked African coach by fans and media but history will remember him as one of few if not theonly coach who stood and spoke the truth as it is, wisdom did not skip him.
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10 clubs exempted from
#CAFCL
Preliminary round for the 2021-22 season namely:
1. Al Ahly
2. Zamalek
3. Espérance
4. ES Sahel
5. Wydad Casablanca
6. Raja Casablanca
7. TP Mazembe
8. Mamelodi Sundowns
9. Horoya AC
10. Simba SC
#TOTALENERGIESCAFCL
#CAFCL
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Zambia bans lower divisions clubs from signing foreign players, as means to create more developmental spaces for young Zambian players.
"We are only allowing foreign players in the Zambian Premier League and of course with limited number of five." - Adrian Kashala
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Steve Komphela has emerged as one of the front runners to take over the coaching job at AmaZulu, who parted ways with Brandon Truter early this afternoon.
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Yanga successful achieve an invincible season:
- 30 Games
- 22 wins
- 8 Draws
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Kaizer Chiefs has a chance of playing FIFA Club World Cup
Reports suggest CWC is moving from Japan to either Qatar or Egypt
If Egypt hosts then CAFCL runner-up will play in the club world cup instead of egypt's champion because two teams from the same country can't participate.
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Tanzanian Champions Yanga have unveiled new kits for the 2022-23 season.
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The story of Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies goes as far back as the early 1990. Majority of the first batch of the South African 1st Women's national team came from Mamelodi Sundowns ladies. Their story of success has a foundation.
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If Africa was Africa, these fixtures taking place this weekend, would live on TV across Africa.
Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns
Espérance vs CS Sfaxien
Simba vs Yanga
It promises to be an awesome weekend.
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There are countries in Africa that support local league football with passion and understanding that you must stand with your own product no matter the challenges and with this we like would to appreciate Tanzania, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Burundi, Ethiopia & Zambia.
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Mamelodi Sundowns are 2022-23 champions of South Africa for the 6th time in row.
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Young Africans are the 2023/24
#CRDBFederationCup
champions after beating Azam FC 6-5 on penalties
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Rwanda has taken stadium construction to another level in Africa.
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Africa has seen
#CAFCL
hype before but nothing compares to what has been happening in Tanzania since the QF draw was made in Cairo some weeks ago.
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#BreakingUpdates
Luis Miquissone joins Al Ahly on a 4 years contract from Simba with staggering $900,000 transfer fee.
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Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly travelled together from Cairo to South Africa, for this weekend's
#CAFCL
2nd leg quarterfinal in Pretoria.
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Zamalek did not take their medals last night as they didn't want to see this moment.
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Morocco becomes 1st African country to get a FIFA license to use Video Assistant Referee (VAR). This follows a series of tests to implement the technology in Morocco. VAR will make a debut this weekend in the Morrocan Throne cup semi-finals to be held in Tangier & Marrakech.
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Samuel Etoo is the new Cameroon FA president.
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Clatous Chama rejoins Simba from RS Berkane.
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Happy birthday to Africa's legend Pitso Mosimane 🇿🇦
Caf Champions League ×3
CAF Super Cup ×3
PSL ×5
Nedbank Cup ×3
Telkcom Cup ×2
SAA Super Cup ×1
Egypt Premier League ×1
Egypt Cup ×1
Club world Cup bronze ×2
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TP Mazembe president, Moise Katumbi named vice president for the World Football Club Association (WFCA).
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When everyone said Rivaldo Coetzee career as a footballer was over, Pitso Mosimane said come on lad let try maybe we can fix this injury, rest is history. Today Rivaldo Coetzee is back with the SA national team. Managers who believes in players often get positive results.
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Tanzanian turned the Tanzania Premier league into a marketable product that has gotten sponsors lining up for a piece of cake. There is a lot that still need to be improving but the framework has been established.
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Official! Morocco will host CAF Champions League 2022 Final
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