Jurčić – This Is The Biggest Success Of My Career

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Pyramids head coach Krunoslav Jurčić says winning the CAF Champions League against Mamelodi Sundowns is the biggest success of his career that hasn’t quite sunk in yet. The Croatian who joined the Egyptian Premier League club in February 2024, won their first trophy for the club with the Egypt Cup and has led them on Sunday evening to a historic African Champions League trophy – in only their eighth year of existence. A club that has divided opinion, with no fans, no history and major investment from their owners from the Gulf, they are now starting the first chapters of

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Doctor Rates ‘Unfair’ CAFCL Final Referee Performance

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Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo says he felt CAF Champions League final referee Omar Artan was a bit biased towards Pyramids FC at times. The Egyptian side lifted their first ever CAFCL trophy, beating Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on Sunday night and 3-2 on aggregate. While Pyramids celebrated, Sundowns were again left wanting and have now lost two of their three Champions League finals. It was a game of fine margins and also close calls, with Artan supported by the Video Assistant Referee, but Khumalo felt the match official fell a bit too much for the antics of

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Al Ahly Unveil Former EPL Winger In Another Major Transfer

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Al Ahly have continued their lavish spending spree ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup as Egypt international winger Trézéguet returns to his boyhood club after a decade abroad. The 30-year-old who has been capped 82 times by the senior national team is a product of the club’s academy system scoring eight goals with nine assists in 95 appearances before moving to Belgium with Anderlecht back in 2016. Three years later, after establishing himself in Europe and impressing at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he earned a move to the Premier League with Aston Villa in a reported €10-million transfer

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Chippa Beef Up Technical Team

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Chippa United have reached an agreement with football technocrat Sinesipho Mali after his Sekhukhune United exit. This publication reported the exit of Mali from Babina Noko and he later confirmed it on his social media platforms that he had ended his one-year season with the club. Now iDiski Times has established that Mali has reached an agreement with the Chilli Boys and will take over the club’s Sporting Director role, with the Bafana Bafana analyst tasked with overseeing the entire club starting from the DStv Diski Challenge side. Mali returns to the Eastern Caspe-based outfit after six years since he

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Cardoso – Themba Is One Of Many Quality Players

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso says the squad is packed with quality players when questioned about the lack of involvement of captain Themba Zwane in the CAF Champions League final. Zwane, 35, recently returned to fitness after an achilees tendon rupture whilst on international duty with Bafana Bafana and has played a peripheral role in the squad since. However, he played a role in their late goal in the semi-finals against Al Ahly as they netted a late strike to qualify them to their first CAFCL final since winning the title in 2016. In the build up to the

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Cardoso Looks To Future After CAFCL Heartbreak

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso says his squad will pick themselves up and return stronger after losing in the CAF Champions League final to Pyramids. The Betway Premiership champions suffered a 3-2 aggregate loss to Egyptian Premier League side who are in their second campaign of the competition in the club’s history. In their quest for a second star, it was a heartbreaking end to the campaign, in what was their first final since winning the competition in 2016. “The emotions I get since I arrived in Sundowns and since I entered the Champions League and reporting to the

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Doctor Reacts To Sundowns’ Final Defeat

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Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo has insisted Mamelodi Sundowns represented South Africa well despite losing the CAF Champions League final. Masandawana suffered a heartbreak in the final, going down 2-1 to Pyramids in Cairo on Sunday, which saw them lose the clash 3-2 on aggregate. It marked Sundowns’ second defeat in the final after 2001, while Pyramids became the 13th winner of the competition after lifting their first CAFCL trophy. Khumalo insisted it’s not time to point fingers, but to praise the Betway Premiership champions for their efforts in the CAF Champions League this season. “For us

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Pyramids Win First-Ever CAFCL To Break Downs Hearts

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Pyramids FC secured their first-ever CAF Champions League title with a 3-2 win on aggregate over 2016 champions, Mamelodi Sundowns. In a game where momentum was shifted in thr 94th minute of the first leg when Walid El-Karti netted a equaliser at Loftus Versfeld, the Egyptian Premier League side looked the more threatening of the two sides at 30 June Stadium on Sunday evening. With a proverbial rent-a-crowd, as they mobilised supporters from other clubs from accross the country to attend the fixture, it provided an impressive atmosphere that wasn’t expected pre-match. And the provided an entertaining affair, more so

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Bafana Star Wins Third Trophy This Season

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Bafana Bafana winger Elias Mokwana has secured his third trophy in Tunisia after ES Tunis beat rivals Stade Tunisien to the FA Cup. Mokwana had already become the first South African to win the Ligue 1 title and also lifted the Tunisian Super Cup earlier this year. On Sunday, the former Sekhukhune United player was part of the squad that claimed the Tunisian Cup. ES Tunis beat rivals Stade Tunisien 1-0 in the final thanks to a goal Onuche Ogbelu, claiming the domestic double – adding to the 2023/24 Super Cup. Mokwana, though, remained an unused substitute for Maher Kanzari’s

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