Esperance aim to overturn Mazembe in Champs League | |
BBC Sport - November 12, 2010 | |
Esperance still harbour hopes of winning the African Champions League, despite a 5-0 deficit to TP Mazembe going into the second leg of the final. The game will be played in Rades, near Tunis, on Saturday evening. Mazembe, from DR Congo, are favourites to retain their continental title and qualify for the Fifa Club World Cup. | |
CAF reveal nominees for 2010 Player of the Year | |
Cafonline.com - November 6, 2010 | |
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Saturday revealed the nominees for the 2010 Player of the Year award and 2010 African based Player of the Year award. The contenders for the African-based Player of the Year are: Ahmed Hassan (Al-Ahly and Egypt), Oussama Darragi (Esperance and Tunisia), Alain Kaluyituka Dioko (TP Mazembe and DR Congo), Michael Eneramo (Esperance and Nigeria) and Mohamed Nagy ‘Gedo’ (Al-Ahly and Egypt). | |
Mazembe destroy Esperance in Champions League final | |
BBC Sport - October 31, 2010 | |
Esperance were no match for TP Mazembe of DR Congo who thrashed the Tunisians 5-0 in the first leg of the final of the Champions League on Sunday. e emphatic victory in Lubumbashi kept alive TP Mazembe's hopes of retaining the title. | |
TP Mazembe Reach Second Consecutive CAF Champions League Final | |
Congo News Agency - October 16, 2010 | |
TP Mazembe have reached the CAF Champions league finals after drawing 0-0 with JS Kabylie at the November 1st, 1954 stadium in Tizi Ouzou on Saturday. The defending champions advance thanks to their 3-1 win at the Stade de la Kenya in Lubumbashi on October 3rd in the first leg of the semi-finals. | |
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. | |
Mazembe, Esperance, Ahly in Champions League semis | |
BBC Sport - September 12, 2010 | |
Defending champions TP Mazembe, six-time champions Al Ahly of Egypt and Tunisian giants Esperance are through to the semi-finals of the African Champions League. TP Mazembe beat Zimbabwe's Dynamos 2-1 in Lubumbashi on Sunday. | |
TP Mazembe boss oozes confidence | |
BBC Sport - September 9, 2010 | |
They may have been less than convincing in this year's Champions League but TP Mazembe are still oozing confidence ahead of their latest match on Sunday. The DR Congo side take on Dynamos of Zimbabwe in Lubumbashi, needing a win to all but secure a semi-final place. The reigning African champions have won just two of the four matches they have played in Group A but club president Moise Katumbi remains upbeat. | |
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. |