Ashley Hartog (R)
_SuperSport United retained their place at the top of the Absa Premiership and confirmed their growing status as favourites for the title with a 2-0 victory over Kaizer Chiefs at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Wednesday night.
Matsatsantsa are still the only unbeaten team after 12 rounds of the league season, as goals from Moffat Mdluli and Tebogo Langerman lifted them to a deserved win over the Amakhosi in Polokwane.
SuperSport started strongly and had early chances through Anthony Laffor and Ashley Hartog, though neither attacker was able to get their efforts on target and trouble Chiefs goalkeeper Arthur Bartman.
Edward Mnqele
_Free State Stars kept up their recent good form in Absa Premiership with a 2-0 victory away to Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Wednesday night.
Goals from Edward Mnqele and Katlego Mashego saw Ea Lla Koto to a win that means they have taken 10 points from the last 12 available and moved up to third on the table.
The Team of Choice, in contrast, have lost four of their last five league games and dropped down to 11th.
The sides exchanged early chances, though Maritzburg definitely had the better of them. Diyo Sibisi shot wide of goal from just 10 metres out before Mor Diouf directed a Kurt Lentjies corner past the far post.
J. Nene and L. Tsutsulupa
_Lamontville Golden Arrows picked up their second consecutive win in the Absa Premiership when they defeated Moroka Swallows 2-0 at the King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday night.
A first half strike from Thamsanqa Gabuza and a second half penalty from Thanduyise Khuboni was enough to secure their first home win under coach Muhsin Ertugral.
The visitors showed their intentions as early as the seventh minute when Lefa Tsutsulupa ran through defenders on the edge of the penalty area but his low shot lacked the pace to test Arrows’ goalkeeper Helton Da Rocha.
A minute later the home side created their own chance at the other end but Philani Shange was unlucky to see his shot going wide of the far post.
Mumuni Abubakar
_English giants Liverpool have handed a two-week trial session to New Edubiase United captain Mumuni Abubakar.
The versatile midfielder was spotted early this month while on tour with
Ghana's Under-20 in Italy.
The 18-year-old impressed as a holding midfielder for Black Satellites in their slim 1-0 defeat to Parma and Liverpool want to further assess.
"It sounds too good to be true for many but this a letter signed Liverpool Director of Football Damien Comolli," Fifa agent Oliver Arthur told GHANAsoccernet.com
_Malawi and
Sudan played out the first goalless of this year’s Cecafa Tusker Senior Challenge Cup in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. Neither of the two sides could find a breakthrough leaving Group C delicately poised.
Malawi are top with four points while Kenya who beat Ethiopia 2-0 earlier in the day are second with three points. Sudan are third with two while Ethiopia has one.
Sudan had the better of the early exchanges with Omar Ahmed testing Malawi keeper Charles Swini from long range early on.
The Flames however created the best opening chance on 19 minutes but both Frank Banda and John Banda fail to reach an Emmanuel Zoya cross at the far post.
Bob Mugalia
_Bob Mugalia and Victor Ochieng scored their first goals for
Kenya as Harambee Stars beat
Ethiopia 2-0 in their second Group C match of this year’s Cecafa Tusker Cup in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday.
It was the perfect riposte for Stars who started the day bottom of the group after losing their opening match to Malawi 2-0 and also ended a run of five straight defeats in the competition stretching back to 2009 edition.
Congolese born Mugalia who took up Kenyan residence last year, scored the opener minutes into the game before Ochieng who was making his debut added a second just before halftime to revive Kenya’s chances of making it to the last eight.
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