When you think of great managers in the beautiful game today, the obvious names come to mind. Pep Guardiola. José Mourinho. Jürgen Klopp. Diego Simeone. Brendan Rodgers. But after you read this, you will want to add another name: Stephen Constantine. Photos Courtesy of stephenconstantine.com Constantine, whose career was chronicled in From Delhi to the Den: The Story of Football’s Most Travelled Coach, has an amazing story and an equally impressive resume. His Twitter profile says “I
On May 9, 2001 the biggest tragedy in African football happened at the historic Accra Sports Stadium in a league match between rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. The disaster claimed 127 lives officially. I personally was a witness on that day watching events from the VIP stands with my father. The disaster started when Hearts of Oak scored two late goals taking the score line to 2-1 against Kotoko. Then Kotoko scored a very late goal
The CAF Champions League is Africa’s most prestigious club competition. It is organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) every season. The competition was found in 1964 under the name African Cup of Champions Clubs. Oryx Douala of Cameroon won the trophy for the first time by defeating Stade Malien of Mali by 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana. The competition is opened to all member associations of CAF unless an association declines to present a team
This is the 52nd edition of Africa’s premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the 20th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The CAF Champions League is the equivalent of the UEFA Champions League with the winner of the competition receiving $1,500,000 in prize money to go along with qualification to the FIFA Club World Cup. The defending champions are TP Mazembe, winning the trophy five times. The 2016 edition of Africa’s prestigious football clubs competition begun
