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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Pyramids & Sundowns Starting XIs Announced

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Pyramids FC and Mamelodi Sundowns have announced their starting XIs for tonight’s CAF Champions League final second leg. The Betway Premiership champions suffered a late blow in the first leg when the visitors found a 93rd minute equaliser, which silenced the home crowd at Loftus Versfeld Stadium. However, both teams still have all to play for with Sundowns needing a win or high-scoring draw, while Pyramids would lift the new trophy with a goalless draw or a home victory. Sundowns are in their third CAF Champions League final, winning the competition in 2016, when they won the home fixture 3-0

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Nthethe On Downs’ First Star – Some Of Us Had Booked Holidays

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Ahead of the 2025 CAF Champions League final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Pyramids FC, former defender Thabo Nthethe has reflected on Sundowns’ first star and how inspirational it was. The Brazilians had been knocked out of the competition at the Last 16 round by AS Vita but the latter were later disqualified from the tournament after being found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. Sundowns went on to lift the trophy that very season after beating Zamalek 3-1 on aggregate in the final. Since that victory Sundowns have not been in the final and are only making a return nine

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Official: Man Utd Announce Major Signing

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Manchester United have announced the signing of Matheus Cunha from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 26-year-old becomes United’s first signing ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, after netting 17 goals in 35 games across all competition this past season. United announced the signing of Cunha on Sunday, after activating his €70 million release clause earlier in the week. Overall, the Brazil international scored 33 goals in 92 appearances for Wolves, and he was recently crowned the club’s Players’ Player of the Season. At United he signed a five-year deal with a one-year option.

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‘Al Ahly Fans Want Sundowns To Beat Pyramids’

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Yallakora Managing Editor Hady Elmadany doesn’t think Pyramids FC will get any support from rival fans in the second leg of their CAF Champions League final against Mamelodi Sundowns. Pyramids are a fairly new side in Egyptian football with less than 10 years of existence, though they have won their first trophy last season. This term they were competing on three fronts the Egyptian, Cup, their domestic league and the Champions League final, however are still unable to attract big numbers. Elmadany whose publication is the biggest in Egypt spoke to iDiski Times senior journalist Lorenz Köhler in edition 205

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Cardoso – It’s Clear But Not Always Controllable

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso doesn’t think Pyramids will alter their playing style this evening and provided an injury update ahead of their second leg CAF Champions League final. Pyramids have the away goal advantage after the 1-1 draw in Tshwane last week but Cardoso doesn’t feel they will play to contain Sundowns this evening in their home ground, 30 June Stadium. This season, they have been one of the most attack-minded teams on the continent, with a clear balance formed under Croatian head coach Krunoslav Jurcic. “I think the way Pyramids play is quite clear, understandable but not

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Jurčić Confident Pyramids Can Beat Sundowns In Cairo

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Pyramids FC head coach Krunoslav Jurčić says winning the CAF Champions League can be the final touch of an exceptional season for his squad. The eccentric Croatian coach who is not afraid to speak his mind cut a more reserved figure with the final evenly poised ahead of the second leg at 30 June Stadium this evening. With Walid El Karti netting a 94th minute equaliser in the 1-1 result at Loftus Versfeld last week, they still went on to play a league game which they believed could be a title winning 5-1 victory over Ceramica Cleopatra, depending on the

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Cardoso – How We Must Approach Pyramids

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso says what he and his side have achieved on the domestic front shouldn’t be taken for granted, however it’s not going to have any bearing in his approach for the CAF Champions League deciding match against Pyramids FC. The sides meet at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Sunday with the score poised at 1-1 from the first leg of the final tie in South Africa last week. The continental inter-club competition final comes at the back of Sundowns lifting an unprecedented eighth league title with a record 65 goals. They are now

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