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Mamelodi Sundowns had to put their silks and minks to the side and activate survival mode to earn an invaluable 0-0 draw with Wydad Casablanca at the Mohamed V Stadium in Morocco on Saturday.
Kaizer Chiefs' football manager Bobby Motaung said going back to the CAF Champions League remains a wish for them as the reality of another failed season for the Glamour Boys sinks in.
South African Percy Tau scored twice as Al Ahly of Egypt all but sealed a CAF Champions League final place after winning 3-0 away to Esperance of Tunisia on Friday.
MANCHESTER, England: With a massive 82 percent of the votes, Erling Haaland was named England’s footballer of the year on Friday in recognition of his record-breaking first season at Manchester City. The award could be the first of a host of trophies for the Norway striker, whose goals have put City in contention for a treble of titles: The Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. Haaland’s remarkable debut English season has already seen him set a new league scoring record of 35 in a single campaign.
DOHA: Russia’s Arman Adamian won a world judo title on Friday at the first major international team competition to welcome back Russian and Belarusian athletes since last year’s invasion of Ukraine.Adamian, taking part under a neutral flag, defeated Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic in the men’s -100kg final.Ukraine pulled its team from the event in Doha last week over the presence of Russian team members it argued were active soldiers.After Adamian’s victory, which he only secured in overtime, the Russian flag was replaced on the medals podium by a flag displaying instead the logo of the competition.The International Judo Federation (IJF) official music replaced the Russian anthem.“I feel very good, I can’t wait to speak to my family on the phone to celebrate with them,” Adamian said, speaking in Russian through a translator.On his emotions, standing on the podium, he added: “I just enjoyed my victory and listened to the IJF anthem.”The IJF has allowed Russian and Belarusian judokas to take part in these championships as neutral competitors, having previously banned them after the invasion of Ukraine.That decision followed a recommendation from the International Olympic Committee.Eight Russians were banned from the tournament but the IJF insisted that none were athletes.The judokas taking part are not allowed to have Russian colors on their outfits, instead they bear the letters “AIN” on the back to signify “Individual Neutral Athletes.”Other competitors display the letters of their country.Russian President Vladimir Putin was honorary president and international ambassador of the IJF from 2008 until he was suspended from the post in 2022.In September 2022, judo was one of the last sports to exclude Russians and
Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel has retired from the national side after more than 15 years of international duty.
DUBAI: Conor McGregor is having a busy month. Fresh off his recent surprise viral moment at BKFC, the bare-knuckle competition, in which he stole the show, McGregor returns with two more shows of his own — “Forever McGregor” debuting on Netflix on May 17 and “The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor versus Team Chandler” on May 30 on ESPN. From the trailer footage, it looks like “Forever McGregor” will cover his eventful 2021 and aftermath.
ZURICH: A FIFA fund to compensate for unpaid wages helped 225 players in the latest round of payments, including 61 in Portugal and 50 in Greece, the governing body of soccer said Friday. The $16 million FIFA Fund for Football Players was created in 2020 with the FIFPRO player union.