Kenya Elite Junior Academy and TDS Girls from Tanzania have registered wins as the CAF U-17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament (GIFT) 2025 entered Day 2 on Wednesday in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.

The Kenyan side defeated City Light Football Academy from South Sudan 6-0 in a Group A match played at the Azam Complex in Chamazi.

Emily Adhiambo was on target for Kenya Elite Junior Academy after only 8 minutes, and Fleviah Khatenje made it 2-0 after 37 minutes. The City Light Football Academy team tried to reorganize themselves, but failed to stop Kenya Elite Junior Academy’s attacking force.

Substitute Jane Sakwa and Joan Ogola got their names on the scoring sheet before the interval. Skipper Lorine Ishelia Ilavonga and Joan Ogola added two more goals for the Kenyan team.

Midred Omari Cheche, coach of the Kenyan team said she was impressed with the good start her team made in the tournament. “It is a good start, but we must focus on the next match,” added Cheche whose team has now gone top of Group A.

The second match saw TDS Girls (Tanzania) see off Uganda’s Boni Consilli Girls 2-0 in a Group B match.

After a goalless first half Winfrida Mathias and Mary Arone Siyame scored for the home side to give them a perfect start.

Action continues on Friday with two matches on card as JKT Queens (Tanzania) will face Kenya Elite Junior Academy in a Group A match, while City Light Football Academy (South Sudan) will take on Kenys A of Sports.

The tournament, a pioneering initiative by CAF has attracted eight teams from Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and South Sudan.

Kenya’s Harambee Stars have defeated Tanzania 2-0 in their second match at Mapinduzi Cup 2025 on-going in Pemba, Zanzibar.

After a goalless first half Boniface Muchiri gave Kenya the lead after 55 minutes at the Gombani Stadium on Tuesday night. He capitalized on a Daniel Sakar cross to give Kenya the lead.

Ryan Ogam increased Kenya’s lead 12 minutes later as interim coach Francis Kimanzi’s team continued to push forward.

Tanzania had a chance to pull a goal back, but Offen Chikola with only goalkeeper to beat the Harambee Stars goalkeeper.

“I am glad that my squad was boosted with Gor Mahia players and we need to prepare for the match against Zanzibar on Friday,” said Kimanzi.

Kenya now lead the log with 4 points and a better goal difference that Burkina Faso who have the same number of point. Burkina Faso who drew 1-1 with Kenya in the opening match defeated Zanzibar Heroes 1-0 in a match played on Monday.

Table standing

                         P   W   D    L   GF  GA GD Pts

Kenya               2    1    1    0     3     1     2     4

Burkina Faso   2    1    1     0     2     1     1    4

Zanzibar          2    1    0     1     1     1     0     3

Tanzania         2     0    0    2     0     3    -3     0

Sudan Premier League reigning champions Al Hilal are the first team to book a quarter final slot in the on-going 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.

Coach Folrent Ibenge’s team battled to to a 1-1 draw against MC Alger in a Group A match played on Sunday at the Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Sofiane Bayazid gave the Algerian side an early 5^th minute lead, but the Al Hilal fought back strongly to level matters through Jean Claued Girumugisha. The Burundian International dribbled past two defenders and unleashed a hard shot that the MC Alger goalkeeper failed to stop.

The draw saw Al Hilal kept top of the table with 10 points and qualify for the knock out stage with two more matches to spare.

“We are very happy that we managed to keep pushing despite conceding an early goal. The players have worked hard to get the draw and qualify for the next stage,” said Ibenge.

Al Hilal who are playing all their matches away from home because of the political unrest in Sudan have won three group matches and drawn once.

The Sudan side will next host Tanzania’s Young Africans SC on January 12^th, 2025, before they play the last match against TP Mazembe six days later in Lubumbashi.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the draw for the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship 2024 will take place in Kenya.

According to CAF the draw will be conducted at Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi on January 15^th, 2025 at 20h00 local time.

The CHAN 2024 will be hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between February 1-28^th.

It will be third time that the CHAN tournament uniquely reserved for African footballers plying their trade in their domestic leagues comes to the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) Zone. Sudan and Rwanda hosted the CHAN tournament before in 2011 and 2016 respectively.

Besides the hosts Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, the other teams that have so far qualified for the CHAN 2024 include; Sudan, Morocco, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Angola, Zambia, Madagascar, Guinea, Mauritania and defending champions Senegal.

Among the teams that have qualified for the CHAN 2024 two teams DR Congo and Morocco have lifted the trophy twice. DR Congo emerged champions in the inaugural Championship in 2009, while Tunisia came top in 2011.

In the third edition held 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa, Libya edged Ghana in the final, while DR Congo returned to win their second trophy in 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. Morocco made it back-to-back wins in 2018 and 2020, while Senegal emerged champions in 2022.