Host Zambia face Mozambique in Cosafa Cup quarterfinals while Bafana Bafana must wait to know their Last 8 opponents from Group A.

Mozambique, Bafana Bafana, Malawi, Angola, hosts Zambia and defending champions Zimbabwe all enjoy byes from the group stage and will enter the competition at the quarterfinal stage.

Zambia will face Mozambique on July 14 in the fourth quarterfinal match in Kabwe following tournament draws made on May 3 in Lusaka.

Bafana will face winner from Group A on July 13 in Lusaka that contains Namibia, Mauritius, Seychelles and guest team from the Cecafa zone, Tanzania.

Bafana Bafana, Angola, champions Zimbabwe and hosts Zambia seeded and on first round byes in the May 3 COSAFA Cup draws.

And CECAFA zone nations Tanzania and Kenya have been invited to take part in this year’s COSAFA Cup to be held in Zambia from July 6-21.

According to Cosafa, Zambia, Bafana, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi and Mozambique will all enjoy group stage byes and join the competition in the quarterfinals on July 13 thanks to their FIFA rankings as of April 11, 2013.

Meanwhile, guest teams Tanzania and Kenya are the seeded teams in the group draws.

Eight teams will go into Fridays two group draws for preliminary round matches to be played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka and Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu Stadium in Kabwe.

Zimbabwean legend Madinda Ndlovu knows better than most how football can deliver highs and lows.

Last December his brother Adam died in a road traffic accident when he was travelling for a match pitting Highlanders legends against a Victoria Falls team.

Ndlovu revealed he still tries to communicate with Adam in spirit and perhaps it was in part his sense that his brother is still there for him that has helped Ndlovu steer Mochudi Centre Chiefs to the Botswana league title in his first year in charge.

"Adam's death is a great loss, I think he would have made a very good coach," Ndlovu told BBC Sport.

Hosts Morocco joined Tunisia in securing qualification for the semi-finals of the CAF U-17 Championship after beating Botswana 3-0 on Tuesday in Casablanca.

The two North African sides will meet on Friday to decided first and second in Group A while Botswana and Gabon will play each other for pride before heading home.

A brace from inform striker Bnou Marzouk in each half sent the Baby Zebras of Botswana packing and the host celebrating achieving their target a qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup as set out by coach Abdellah Idrissi.

Morocco were the better side throughout the match controlling the pace and tempo of the game. Early pressure on Kgosipula’s goal foretold a bust night for the Zebras’ keeper as captain Jaadi went close on 4 and 7th minutes.

In the second match of the day in Group A it was almost a similar story with Tunisia establishing dominance just like Morocco in their game against Botswana.

The Tunisians’ technical mastery was tested against the athleticism of the Young Zebras of Botswana. According to Abdelay Ben Soltane, the coach of the Carthage Eaglets “I expected a physical game with their direct play, their fighting spirit, their physical condition”. Soltane was pleased with the way his charges played in particular how they started.

It took the Eaglets mere 30 seconds to be on the score sheet through Mohamed Ben Larbi  and the same player converted a penalty three minutes later to make it 2-0.  

With the Cosafa Senior Challenge coming back to action in July in Zambia the participating countries have confirmed that they will take part.

Cosafa has 14 members and they have all confirmed that they will travel to the 2012 Afcon Champions for the tournament.

The Cosafa Senior Challenge tournament has not been played in the past three years and Zambia will host the tournament in two areas, Lusaka and the Copperbelt from July 6-21, 2013.

A Cosafa delegation, led by COO Sue Destombes, was in Zambia last week to inspect facilities ahead of the competition. Cosafa approved Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka and Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola as the two host stadia for the tournament.

The 10th CAF U-17 championship gets underway in Morocco starting this weekend with hosts taking on Gabon in Group A match to be played at Complexe Sportif Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca on Saturday 13th April.at 15h00 local time.

The tournament’s second match will take place at the same venue at 18h30 when Tunisia and Botswana compete the Group A first games.

Group B will kick off the following day in Marrakech with Congo and Ivory Coast opening the proceedings at Grand Stade de Marrakech at 15h00 before Ghana and Nigeria clash at 18h30.

Congo Brazzaville football club AC Leopards demonstrated remarkable fighting spirit at the weekend to snatch a place among the last 16 of the CAF Champions League.

Written off after a 4-1 drubbing from Kano Pillars in Nigeria three weeks ago, Leopards scored deep into stoppage time at home to triumph 3-0 and squeeze through on the away-goal rule.

The encounter began with both sides feeling themselves out until the 30th minute when a glaring offside scored by Arouna Drame Bine was allowed by the centre referee from Ivory Coast, Doue Noumadiez.

Several of the favourites in Africa’s qualifiers for the 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil struggled on the third matchday of the group stage, now at the half-way point.

Morocco's loss in Tanzania was the biggest surprise, while 2012 African champions Zambia were held to a draw in Lesotho and Senegal and new African kings Nigeria were held at home. As only the ten group winners advance to the final round of qualifying, the dropped points will undoubtedly increase the pressure and the chances of a major shock moving forward.

The Super Eagles were expected to enjoy a bit of a walk in the park at home against their East African opponents, however, it turned out to be anything but as 20-year-old Kahata gave the visitors the lead when he scored direct from a free-kick.

AFC Wimbledon says dropped Botswana call-up Bobby Shillinde is not their player.

The 21-year-old winger was invited for Botswana training camp last week ahead of The Zebras 2014 World Cup Group A qualifier away to Ethiopia on March 24 but failed to make the team because he possess a UK passport.

However, the English League Two club has denied that Shillinde who claimed he was with the teams reserve side is on their books.

"I've checked with a few people. This player has never played for AFC Wimbledon as far as we are aware," the clubs press officer told the UK Guardian newspaper.