Champions League final as it happened | |
BBC Sport - November 13, 2010 | |
Mazembe are champions! The game finished 1-1 on the night in Rades meaning TP Mazembe of DR Congo become the first team ever to win back-to-back African titles twice. They have defended their crown from last year at the expense of an Esperance side which put up a good showing but which ultimately had too much to do from the first leg. | |
Mazembe on course for Champions League final | |
BBC Sport - October 3, 2010 | |
Holders TP Mazembe kept alive their hopes of retaining the Champions league trophy after defeating Algeria's JS Kabylie 3-1 in the first leg of the semi final on Sunday. Two goals from striker Alain Kaluyituka Dioko helped the DR Congo side seal the victory in Lubumbashi. | |
TP Mazembe boss fumes over ban | |
BBC Sport - September 14, 2010 | |
TP Mazembe president Moise Katumbi is up in arms over bans handed to two of his club's key players. His outburst comes in the wake of TP Mazembe's qualification for the 2010 Champions League semi-finals. Fifa has imposed a one-year ban on Mputu and an 11-month ban on Lusadisu for their part in an ugly incident during May's Cecafa Club Cup in Rwanda. But Katumbi has slammed the level of punishment as harsh and disproportionate given the ban renders the duo unavailable for the foreseeable future. | |
Esperance beat Mazembe to inch closer | |
Cafonline.com - August 29, 2010 | |
Tunisian giants, Esperance inched closer to the semi finals of the Orange CAF Champions League with a 3-0 win over holders TP Mazembe in their Group A clash on Saturday in Rades. | |
African Champs League wins for TP Mazembe and Dynamos | |
BBC Sport - August 15, 2010 | |
Zimbabwe's Dynamos have earned their first win of the group phase of the African Champions League whilst holders TP Mazembe have gone top of Group A. Dynamos beat Entente Setif 1-0 in Harare whilst Mazembe came from behind to beat Esperance in DR Congo. | |
Defending champions TP Mazembe draw at home to Setif | |
BBC Sport - August 1, 2010 | |
Champions TP Mazembe have been held to a draw at home by visiting Entente Setif of Algeria. Mbenza Bedi put the Congolese ahead 15 minutes into the first half only for veteran striker Nabil Hemani to score either side of half-time for Setif. | |
African Champions TP Mazembe win their first group game | |
BBC Sport - July 18, 2010 | |
Defending champions TP Mazembe got their Group A campaign off to a great start with a 2-0 win over Dynamos in Harare. Zambia striker Given Singuluma scored both goals, the first a header from close range in the 16th minute. | |
Mazembe banking heavily on Mputu for success | |
Cafonline.com - May 13, 2010 | |
Mputu, named Best player on the continent at the last Glo-CAF Awards last March, has been linked to several clubs abroad after achieving almost all there is with the Lubumbabshi-based club. Mazembe have been drawn in Group A for the group phase of the premier continental club championship against former winners’ Entente Setif (Algeria) and Esperance (Tunisia) and Zimbabwean side Dynamos. | |
TP Mazembe reach Champions League group phase | |
BBC Sport - May 9, 2010 | |
TP Mazembe's star striker Tresor Mputu Mabi scored twice and Kaluyituka Dioko got the third as the reigning African Champions eased to a 3-0 victory over Djoliba of Mali in Kinshasa. The DR Congo club move a step closer to defending their title with a 4-0 aggregate win. | |
Champions League: Mazembe, Ismaili grab crucial away wins | |
Cafonline.com - April 26, 2010 | |
Holders T.P. Mazembe and former winners Ismaili of Egypt grabbed crucial victories away from home during the first leg matches of the 1/8th round of the Orange CAF Champions League held over the weekend. Mazembe piped Malian champions Djoliba AC by a lone goal in Bamako whilst Ismaili recorded a similar win over Sudanese giants Al-Hilal in Omdurman, as the two clubs kept alive their ambitions reaching the mini-league stage. |