Nigeria's Enyimba will battle Rayon Sports of Rwanda at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba on Sunday for a semi-final spot in the CAF Confederation Cup.

The two teams played out a 0-0 draw in Kigali on Sunday, a result which, on paper, appears to favour the People's Elephant, who have won all but one of their five previous home games in the competition. The only exception being a goalless draw against Bidvest Wits of South Africa in the play-off round.

Both sides' run to the quarter finals...



Nigeria's Enyimba will take on Rayon Sports of Rwanda in the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal tie in Kigali on Sunday without defensive stalwart Mohammed Farouk.

Farouk will serve a one-match suspension after collecting two yellow cards, a blow to coach Usman Abdallah as he seeks to return to Aba with a handy advantage ahead of the second leg a week later.

Enyimba will be favourites for the tie, but Abdallah is wary of leaving themselves too much to do in the second...

Rayon Sports president Paul Muvunyi is confident that his side can eliminate Enyimba in their CAF Confederation Cup quarter final, and is confident the Rwandan side can rack up a big goal haul against the Nigerians.

Rayon became Rwanda's first club to reach the knockout stages of a CAF competition when they defeated Young Africans of Tanzania to finish second in their group behind USM Alger.

They've progressed to a double-header against Enyimba, with the two sides set to meet on Sunday at the Stade...

Enyimba, Nigeria's last representatives in continental competition, have been handed a double-header with Rayon Sports of Rwanda in the quarter final of the CAF Confederation Cup.

The People's Elephant, who carry the hopes of the NPFL's continental club ranking on their shoulders, reached the final eight after finishing top of Group C.

They finished fourth in the Nigerian top flight, which was brought to a premature conclusion on Friday, but took 12 points from their six group games.

They'll now...

Morocco international forward Zakaria Hadraf scored twice as Raja Casablanca moved to the top of their CAF Confederation Cup Group A with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas on Sunday.

Mahmoud Benhalib had opened the scoring for Raja, before Hadraf added two more first half goals to set the side on their path to the quarterfinals. Benhalib grabbed his second with a penalty just past the hour-mark.

In the other match in the pool, striker Jean-Marc Makusu scored twice as DR...