Six-star Mazembe too much for Power Dynamos | |
Cafonline.com - April 8, 2012 | |
Four-time winners TP Mazembe booked their place at the next round of the Orange CAF Champions League in grand style after a 6-0 thrashing of Zambian champions Power Dynamos on Sunday in Lubumbashi. Les Corbeaux led 4-0 at half time with captain Tresor Mputu Mabi netting a hat-trick to power his club into the 1/8th round on a 7-1 aggregate. | |
Brazil defender Dos Santos delighted with Mazembe move | |
BBC Sport - March 6, 2012 | |
It is not often that you hear of footballers from five-time world champions Brazil coming to Africa in search of fame and glory. So when TP Mazembe's new recruit Julio Cesar dos Santos says he chose to play on the continent because of a burning desire to win trophies, it is understandable to question his ambition. But the defender is deadly serious, craving success and convinced he is at the right club in Africa. | |
Opposition Supporters Step Up Attacks on Congolese Officials Abroad | |
Radio Okapi - February 28, 2012 | |
Congolese opposition supporters calling themselves “fighters” have intensified attacks against Congolese officials travelling abroad. Katanga Province Governor Moise Katumbi is the latest in a string of officials who have come under attack from the so-called “Patriots-Combatants”. | |
TP Mazembe Players Play Key Roles as Zambia Wins Africa Cup of Nations | |
Congo News Agency - February 12, 2012 | |
Zambia has won the Africa Cup of Nations by beating favorites Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties to bring the trophy back to Southern Africa sixteen years after South Africa won the premier continental football championship. After TP Mazembe's Rainford Kalaba missed his penalty kick, another TP Mazembe player, Stopilla Sunzu, scored to win it all for the Chipolopolo. | |
TP Mazembe back in Champions League | |
BBC Sport - October 17, 2011 | |
Holders TP Mazembe will return to the African Champions League next season after winning the DR Congo league. Mazembe beat Motema Pembe 2-0 on Sunday to open up a four-point lead at the top of the table with just one match left. | |
Reigning Champions TP Mazembe purchase a second plane | |
Patrice Citera | BBC Sport - September 19, 2011 | |
Reigning African Champions TP Mazembe have started preparing for a come-back to continental football by purchasing a second plane. The MD-83 model with 140 seats landed in Lubumbashi on Sunday. Club chairman Moise Katumbi told the media that purchasing a second one was in line with their ambition to become the continent's greatest club. | |
Tresor Mputu Mabi scores in comeback | |
BBC Sport - August 17, 2011 | |
DR Congo striker Tresor Mputu Mabi scored on his return to action after the end of his one-year suspension. Mabi took only 46 seconds to get on the scoresheet for his club, reigning African Champions TP Mazembe, in their 1-0 win over Malekesa on Wednesday. | |
Mputu Mabi ready to return for TP Mazembe and DR Congo | |
BBC Sport - August 13, 2011 | |
TP Mazembe striker Tresor Mputu Mabi says he is ready to return to action following the end of his one-year suspension from football. Mputu Mabi will make his return to club colours on 17 August and later this month he will turn out for the Leopards for the first time in more than a year. | |
DR Congo coach recalls Mputu Mabi | |
BBC Sport - July 26, 2011 | |
Tresor Mputu Mabi has been included in the DR Congo squad to play Senegal in an African Cup of Nations Cup qualifier on 3 September. The 2009 African Footballer of the Year, serving a one-year Fifa suspension which expires on 11 August, is among a 26-man squad announced by coach Robert Nouzaret - testament to the striker's exalted status in DR Congo. |