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Wydad claw back twice to reach CAF Champions League final

Johannesburg (AFP) - Holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco equalised twice to draw 2-2 with Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa on Saturday, and book a second straight CAF Champions League final against Al Ahly of Egypt.

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Ahly cruise to fourth straight CAF Champions League final

Johannesburg (AFP) - Hussein el Shahat scored to give Al Ahly of Egypt a 1-0 win over Esperance of Tunisia on Friday, and a fourth consecutive CAF Champions League final appearance.

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Nine-man Mamelodi Sundowns force draw at African champions Wydad

Johannesburg (AFP) - Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa forced a 0-0 CAF Champions League semi-final draw at title-holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco on Saturday despite ending the first leg with nine men.

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CAF Champions League semi-finals: Stars to watch

Johannesburg (AFP) - An all-star CAF Champions League semi-finals cast pits Esperance of Tunisia against Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.

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Stand-in goalkeeper stars as Wydad squeeze into semis

Johannesburg (AFP) - Stand-in Wydad Casablanca goalkeeper Youssef el Motie starred as the CAF Champions League title-holders scraped into the semi-finals with a 4-3 victory on penalties over Simba of Tanzania.

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Fathy gives Ahly two-goal lead in clash of African club titans

Johannesburg (South Africa) (AFP) - Hamdy Fathy scored to clinch a 2-0 win for Al Ahly of Egypt over Raja Casablanca of Morocco on Saturday in the major attraction of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals first legs.

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Kahraba Stars as Ahly Eye African Title After Surviving Scare

Egyptian giants Al Ahly will hope for more goals from Mahmoud Kahraba as they chase a record-extending 11th CAF Champions League title having survived a huge group-stage scare. Ahly host three-time title winners Raja Casablanca this weekend in the most attractive quarter-final pairing, with the return match in Morocco seven…

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Kahraba stars as Ahly eye African title after surviving scare

Johannesburg (AFP) - Egyptian giants Al Ahly will hope for more goals from Mahmoud Kahraba as they chase a record-extending 11th CAF Champions League title having survived a huge group-stage scare.

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Kabylie captain Souyad sinks African champions Wydad

Johannesburg (AFP) - A powerful header from captain Badreddine Souyad earned JS Kabylie of Algeria a 1-0 home victory over CAF Champions League title-holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco on Friday.

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Meet the Wydad ultras, the Moroccan team’s ‘first player’

As Morocco hosts FIFA Club World Cup, members of Winners 2005 group describe their football club as ‘source of life’.

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Morocco 'ultras' steal football show with passion, pyrotechnics

Casablanca (Morocco) (AFP) - When Morocco's "ultras" crowd into a football stadium, the fan groups' full-throated chants, spectacular pyrotechnics and sometimes rowdy and anti-authoritarian antics often steal the show.

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Real Madrid expected to continue European dominance of Club World Cup

Rabat (AFP) - One of the last Club World Cups in its current format begins on Wednesday in Morocco, where Real Madrid will be favourites to continue Europe's dominance of the much-maligned FIFA competition.

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When is the FIFA Club World Cup? Dates, schedule and teams involved including Real Madrid

Real Madrid will be eyeing a record-extending fifth victory when they take part in the Club World Cup in Morocco with Brazilian side Flamengo their sternest challengers

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Africa Super League: What we know and don't know

Johannesburg (AFP) - The Africa Super League was launched in Tanzania this week amid much fanfare, with huge prize money for the 24 clubs who qualify for the first edition next year.

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Nigerian clubs out of luck in CAF Champions League draws

Johannesburg (AFP) - Hopes of Nigerian clubs making an impact in the CAF Champions League this season were dealt a double blow when the draws for the preliminary and last-32 rounds were made in Cairo on Tuesday.

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Holders Wydad Casablanca among 58 CAF Champions League hopefuls

Johannesburg (AFP) - Title-holders Wydad Casablanca from Morocco are among 58 clubs who have entered the 2022-2023 CAF Champions League, with the qualifying rounds draw to be made in Cairo on Tuesday.

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African Champions League at a crossroads after bitter Wydad vs Ahly final

The biggest news from the conclusion of the Caf African Champions League final at the Stade Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca, Morocco was that it did not end in a farce. Morocco’s Wydad AC won the trophy by beating Egypt’s Al Ahly 2-0 and depriving them of being crowned champions…

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El Moutaraji strikes twice as Wydad become African champions

Casablanca (Morocco) (AFP) - Zouhair el Moutaraji was the two-goal star as Wydad Casablanca defeated Egyptian outfit Al Ahly 2-0 on Monday to win the CAF Champions League and complete a Moroccan club double in Africa this season.

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Wydad reach CAF Champions League final despite home draw with Petro

Johannesburg (AFP) - Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca qualified for a third CAF Champions League final in six seasons despite being held 1-1 by Angolan visitors Petro Luanda on Friday.

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Ahly appeal to CAS after Morocco named CAF Champions League final hosts

Johannesburg (AFP) - Egyptian club Al Ahly want the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn a decision giving Morocco hosting rights to the 2022 CAF Champions League final.

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Morocco to host CAF Champions League final despite Ahly plea

Johannesburg (AFP) - The 2022 CAF Champions League final will be hosted by Morocco on May 30, a Confederation of African Football (CAF) official confirmed on Tuesday.

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Tau stars as champions Ahly hit four, Wydad beat Petro

Johannesburg (AFP) - South African Percy Tau scored two goals and created two as CAF Champions League title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt thumped 10-man Entente Setif of Algeria 4-0 on Saturday in their semi-final first leg.

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Rival captains score for Wydad in CAF Champions League last four

Johannesburg (AFP) - Both captains scored on Saturday as Moroccan visitors Wydad Casablanca took a step towards the CAF Champions League final place by defeating local club Petro Atletico 3-1 in Angola.

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Serial CAF Champions League semi-finalists Wydad scrape through

Johannesburg (AFP) - Serial CAF Champions League semi-finalists Wydad Casablanca of Morocco this weekend reached that stage of the premier African club competition again, despite being held 0-0 at home by Chabab Belouizdad of Algeria.

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Off-form Ahly to face on-song Raja in CAF Champions League

Johannesburg (AFP) - Off-form title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt were paired with in-form Raja Casablanca of Morocco on Tuesday when the CAF Champions League quarter-finals draw was made in Cairo.

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