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Kenya Stars down Ethiopia 2-0 to revive CECAFA hopes
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Harambee Stars got their CECAFA Senior Challenge campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over Ethiopia at Dar-es-Salaam Stadium on Wednesday.
Debut first half goals from Bob Mugalia and Victor Ochieng helped Francis Kimanzi’s side to erase the disappointment of losing by a similar margin to Malawi in their opener on Monday in a match played under pelting rain.
Mugalia,...
Kenya Coach Kimanzi ponders Ethiopia battle
Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya coach Francis Kimanzi was left scratching his head in disbelief as the best players he could assemble from the Kenyan Premier League went down 2-0 to Malawi in their CECAFA Tusker Cup opening game on Monday.
That immediately put Kenya in danger of yet another group stage elimination.
Harambee Stars’ fate will however get clearer after their match against a very good Ethiopian...
Mitcho leads Rwanda to CECAFA Cup quarter-finals
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Former St. George and Al Hilal (Sudan) coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic led Rwandan to the CECAFA Cup quarter-finals after his team beat Zimbabwe 2-0 here today.
The Wasps qualify from Group A with six points from their opening two games.
“We don’t care who our opponents will be in the quarter-finals – we have our targets set,” said...
CECAFA Cup: Burundi beats Somalia 4-1, Uganda defeats Zanzibar 2-1
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Burundi beat Somalia 4-1 as the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup kicked off in Tanzania on Friday.
This year’s tournament is featuring Zimbabwe, who have replaced Namibia after the latter initially accepted an invite before pulling out of the two-week finals.
Zimbabwe are not complete strangers to the oldest regional tournament in Africa, having lastly...
St. George to represent Ethiopia in CECAFA Kagame Clubs Cup
Addis Ababa –Premier League’s defending champions St. George FC will represent Ethiopia in the CECAFA Kagame Clubs Cup, which will be held in Tanzania from June 25 till July 9, 2011.
The Saints are drawn in Group C with APR of Rwanda, Ulinzi Stars of Kenya and Ports FC from Djibouti.
The tournament was first slated to be held in Sudan but was moved to Tanzania because El Mereikh Group, the main...
Schedule Change: Ethiopia vs Ivory Coast semi-final match moved to Friday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – According to the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) communiqué, the semi-final match that was to take place here today between the Ethiopian national football team and the Ivory Coast has been postponed and is now moved for tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 10), wrote the weekly Addis Ababa based sport newspaper, InterSport on its FaceBook page.
There was no explanation as to why...
Ethiopia Football: Oumed Oukri, a star in the making
Oumed Oukri (right) with Adane Girma
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – His name is Oumed Oukri and he hails from the beautiful region of Gambela, in southwest Ethiopia. He is the midfield dynamo and goal scorer for top Ethiopian Premier League side, Mekelakeya (Defence Force FC), the Army team.
Oumed has scored 3 goals in 6 games in the current Premier League competition, where his team is currently sharing...
Ethiopia Football: Who is going to be Shimelis Bekele’s partner upfront against Zambia?
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania –Shimelis Bekele of Hawassa City has become a great goal poacher for the Ethiopian national football team at this year’s CECAFA Challenge Cup having scored 3 goals in 3 games.
Coach Iffy Onuora seems to believe in this young man’s ability that he remains the only player who has played in all of Ethiopia’s 3 matches in Group C.
He has partnered with three different players...
Ethiopia to face Zambia on Tuesday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The Ethiopian national football team, which drew 1-1 with Malawi on Saturday to finish 3rd in Group C, will now face Group A winner Zambia on Tuesday in the quarter-finals of the CECAFA Challenge Cup.
Meanwhile, Uganda finished top of Group C with a 2-0 victory over Kenya, and in Group B, the Ivory Coast clinched first place with a 3-0 win over Sudan here today.
Quarter-Finals:
Tuesday,...
CECAFA Challenge Cup: Ethiopia 1 Malawi 1
Please disregard the earlier version of our post.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The Ethiopian national football team drew 1-1 with Malawi in its last Group C match to qualify to the quarter-finals.
Oumed Oukuri of Defence Force scored Ethiopia’s equalizer.
There are 3 groups in this year’s CECAFA Challenge Cup. The top 2 teams from each group (6 in all) will automatically advance to the quarter-finals...
