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Power Dynamos coach Tennant Chilumba has praised two-goal hero Alex Ngonga’s performance in Sunday’s 2-0 home win over Al Khartoum. Ngonga scored a brace at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe on March 1 to guide Power to the first round of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup following a 2-1 aggregate win over the Sudanese club. “It was an excellent performance. ...

South Africa’s under-20 team were beaten 1-0 by Senegal on Saturday as they continued their preparation for the African Youth Championship later this month. Senegal are hosting the eight team tournament from March 8-22 and beat South Africa with a 44th minute goal from Ibrahima Wadji at the ground of the Diambars academy in Saly. The Under-20 competition starts next ...

Jose Mourinho claimed his first trophy since returning for his second spell as Chelsea manager with a comfortable Capital One Cup final victory over Tottenham at Wembley. John Terry and Diego Costa did the damage – both with the aid of deflections – either side of the interval as Spurs’ hopes of repeating their success over Chelsea in this competition ...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he turned down an approach to join Tottenham after leaving the Blues for the first time in September 2007. But Mourinho, whose team play Spurs in Sunday’s League Cup final, had an exit clause that prevented him from coaching in England for two years. “I couldn’t go,” he said. “I could not train in England ...

Manchester United have not challenged for the title because they do not have a 20-goal-a-season striker, according to manager Louis van Gaal. United’s top Premier League scorer this season is Robin van Persie with 10. In contrast, Diego Costa and Sergio Aguero have scored 17 each for Chelsea and Manchester City respectively. “It is true,” said Van Gaal. “Robin van ...

The Qatar 2022 World Cup final should be played no later than 18 December, says Fifa president Sepp Blatter. A Fifa taskforce has recommended a November/December tournament and held discussions about a 23 December final, which would affect domestic schedules. Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore wants to “protect” English football’s festive fixture list. Blatter said the tournament won’t go ...

Liverpool’s Europa League campaign ended at the scene of one of their greatest European triumphs as they lost 5-4 on penalties to Besiktas in the Ataturk Stadium on Thursday on a woeful night for British clubs. Brendan Rodgers’s side were the highest profile casualties of the last 32, where holders Sevilla came through a testing encounter at Borussia Moenchengladbach, winning ...

Mali edged out a determined Guinea team 2-1 in the semifinal of the CAF U17 Championship at the Stade General Seyni Kountche in Niger on Thursday. Mali broke the deadlock in the 24th minute as Seydou Koita shrugged off his marker and immaculately chipped the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Moussa Camara. Guinea began the second half like a house ...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger accused his players of losing their nerve and blamed “suicidal” defending after a 3-1 home defeat by Monaco left them on the brink of Champions League elimination. Goals from Geoffrey Kondogbia and Dimitar Berbatov put Monaco in control of the last-16 first-leg tie. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gave Arsenal hope late on, but Yannick Ferreira Carrasco sealed the ...

Al Khartoum head coach Kwesi Appiah has assured his team will not go on the defensive against Power Dynamos of Zambia in the second match of Caf Confederation Cup preliminary stage. Khartoum take a 1-0 advantage from the first leg in Sudan on February 14 to face Dynamos in Zambia. “We will play to win on their land and in ...