Ethiopian Insurance FC are the champions of the 2024/2025 Ethiopian Premier League.

Under coach Gebremedhin Haile, Ethiopian Insurance FC clinched the title on Monday after rivals and second placed Ethiopia Bunna FC battled to a 1-all draw against Mekelle 70 Ederta FC on Monday morning.

The draw means Ethiopia Bunna who have played 32 matches remain at 56 points, while Ethiopian Insurance with four more matches to play have 64 points and win the title for the first time.

Haile’s team will now represent Ethiopia in the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAf Champions League.

Meanwhile, Sidama Coffee are also the winners of the Ethiopia Cup and will play in the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.

Tanzania’s Taifa Stars made a losing start in the on-going 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup on Saturday.

Fresh from drawing goalless against South Africa on Friday, the Taifa Stars suffered a 1-0 defeat to Madagascar in a Group C match played in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

After the two teams had missed some decent scoring opportunities, it was Toky Niaina Rakotondraibe who gave Madagascar the lead after 29 minutes.

Lalaina Rafanomezantzoa’s well placed pass was enough for Rakotondraibe to finish past Tanzania’s goalkeeper Yakoub Suleiman Ali.

Tanzania will return to action against Eswatini on Tuesday in a match they must win if they are to have chances of making it to the later stages of the tournament.

Coach Coach Hemed Suleiman’s team are using the tournament to prepare for the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship finals that they will co-host with Kenya and Uganda in August.

The competition organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) has attracted 14 national teams.

Group A: South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, Zimbabwe

Group B: Angola, Namibia, Malawi, Lesotho

Group C: Tanzania, Madagascar, Eswatini

Mlandege Football Club have won their eighth Zanzibar Premier League title.

In the hotly contested 2024/2025 PBZ Premier League, Mlandege FC emerged champions after finishing with 62 points, beating second placed KVZ FC to the title by a better goal difference.

Mlandege FC clinched the title on the last day on June 6^th after a 4-2 win against New City FC, while rivals KVZ FC edged Kipanga FC 1-0 to also pick a total of 62 points.

Abbdalla Iddi Pinna who netted a brace in Mlandege FC’s 4-2 win against KVZ FC on the last day thanked all his teammates for the hard work throughout the season. “We have worked hard to win the title,” added Pinna.

Mlandege FC who had last lifted the title in the 2019-2000 season will now represent Zanzibar in the T20256/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and the CECAFA Dar Port Kagame Cup.

A 10-man Burundi national team picked a 1-0 win against Guinea Bissau in an international friendly match played at the Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Morocco on Friday night.

After a goalless first half, Bienvenue Kanakimana gave Burundi the lead after 55 minutes.

The Guinea Bissau team pushed forward, but Burundi defended well. Burundi’s goalkeeper Onesime Rukundo was later sent-off.

Patrick Mayani Sangwa, the Burundi head coach thanked his players for working hard to get a win. “It was a tough game, but the team worked hard to get a god result. Now we focus on our next game against Mauritania on June 10^th,” said Sangwa.

In other matches played on June 6th, Uganda Cranes suffered a 3-0 defeat to Cameroon in an international friendly match played in Morocco, while Tanzania held South Africa to a goalless draw. Kenya and Chad also settled for a goalless draw on Saturday.

Another team from the CECAFA Zone Amavubi of Rwanda suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Algeria on June 5^th.