Record champions Al Ahly and Mamelodi Sundowns drew 2-2 in Cairo on Saturday, as Al Ahly’s hunt for a maiden Group B victory in the 2022/2023 CAF Champions League continued. The Egyptian giants, who also lost a penalty kick, had…
Former coach praises Pitso Mosimane, says Percy Tau ‘not Al Ahly level’
Former Al Ahly assistant manager David Sesa has shared his thoughts on the comparison between former coach Rene Weiler and his successor Pitso Mosimane. The Egyptian giants recently played in their third consecutive CAF Champions League final, but were defeated…
Egypt’s Al Ahly beat Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 to win record tenth African crown
Egyptian heavyweights Al Ahly beat Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 in Morocco on Saturday night to become the first side in history to be crowned African champions 10 times. In-form forward Mohamed Sherif scored one and made as Ahly, following a relatively…
African Champions League: Zamalek earn vital win as Ahly and Simba reach quarter-finals
Al Ahly beat Egyptian rivals Zamalek in last season’s final to lift the African Champions League trophy. Egyptian giants Zamalek earned a 2-0 win away to Mouloudia Alger on Saturday night to keep alive their hopes of reaching the African…
*Man jailed 21 years for armed robbery (Punch)*Lagos tasks residents, others on plastics pollution reduction (Guardian)
Man jailed 21 years for armed robbery (Punch) Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court has sentenced a convict, Shola Agboola to 21 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery. Agboola was arraigned on four counts bordering on armed robbery,…
Club World Cup: Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane aims for penalties against Bayern
Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has urged his players to have ‘fun’ against German giants Bayern Munich in Monday’s semi-final at the Club World Cup in Qatar. On Thursday the South African oversaw a 1-0 win over local Qatari champions…
*Lawyers dare Lagos over Anti-Cultism Bill (Guardian)*Lagos butcher arrested for defiling two stepdaughters (Punch)
Lawyers dare Lagos over Anti-Cultism Bill (Guardian) Lawyers have criticised punishment for parents of suspects found guilty of cultism, describing such as unconstitutional. The Lagos State House of Assembly, while considering amendment of the Anti-Cultism Bill submitted to it by…
*2 men sentenced to death for armed robbery in Lagos (Punch)*Oworonshoki-bound lane of Third Mainland Bridge closes weekend (Guardian)
2 men sentenced to death for armed robbery in Lagos (Punch) A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has sentenced two men, Moshood Ogunshola and Wasiu Lekan, to death by hanging. The convicts were arraigned before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya on…
African Champions League: Al Ahly beat Zamalek in all-Egypt final
A sensational late Mohamed Magdy goal gave Al Ahly victory over Cairo rivals Zamalek in the first ever one-legged African Champions League final. Magdy’s 88th-minute winner settled an entertaining match in which his side had gone ahead early through Amr…