U-17 ALL-AFRICAN FINAL: MALI VS NIGERIA

Defending champions Nigeria and impressive outsiders Mali overcame Mexico and Belgium respectively in the semi-finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 to advance to the final.

In just their fourth appearance at this level, Les Aiglonnets have achieved a feat that no other Malian national side at any age category has ever managed: progressing to the showpiece match of a FIFA-run tournament.

They were made to work hard for their reward, however, as the Belgians went toe-to-toe with them for large portions of the match. Lady Luck also played her part in the Africans’ victory, when a seemingly harmless long ball bamboozled the Belgian goalkeeper and allowed them to take a 2-1 lead.

Like Beryan Like Chelsea: Madrid Giants to clash in Lisbon

Chelsea FC bow down to the Atletico in London today leaving the Champions League finals to be Madrid affairs alone.
Real Madrid defeated the defending champions, Beryan Munich on 0:5 aggregates

Jose Mourinho said the Blues had a slight advantage in the first half in the way they controlled the game. 1-1 in the second half made it completely open.' #CFC

African Nations Cup: Super Eagles of Nigeria are Big Threat to South African Bafana Bafana

The Africa Cup of Nations defending champions, Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn with South Africa and Sudan in the group stage of qualifying for the 2015 African Nations Cup in Morocco.

The Group A line-up will be completed by the winners of a preliminary tie involving Namibia, Congo Brazzaville, Libya and Rwanda.

Nigeria can be confident of making the 16-team finals between January 17 and February 8 in Moroccan cities Agadir, Marrakech, Rabat and Tangier.

They are a bogey side for South Africa -- never losing a competitive match to Bafana Bafana (The Boys) -- and Sudan have struggled lately.

Every draw creates a 'group of death' and Group G fits the bill with Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and one from Burundi, Botswana, Central African Republic and Guinea-Bissau.

Egypt have lifted the Cup of Nations a record seven times, hosts Tunisia triumphed in 2004 and Senegal were the strongest third seeds.

Another mini-league set to generate fierce competition is Group D, which includes Ivory Coast, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Morocco 2015: Super Eagles, Black Stars in Pot 1

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has put in motion the road to Morocco 2015 as the seeding for the potentials draws were made on Saturday.

CAF approved dates for the AFCON Morocco 2015 at its meeting at CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. According to CAF, the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015 will be played from 17th January through 8th February 2015. The distribution of groups between the host cities of the tournament was also formalized.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS: Chelsea draw Atletico Madrid, Jose Mourinho’s men meet the conquerors of Barcelona

Chelsea will face Atletico Madrid in their semi-final encounter, with Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois set to be pitted against his employers as Jose Mourinho bids to claim another Champions League title.