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| The COSAFA Castle Cup kicked off with a bang |
The 2016 COSAFA
Castle Cup kicked off with a bang on Saturday with a total of five goals in the
tournament’s opening two games.
In the first match,
Group A favourites Zimbabwe were held to a 2-2 draws by Swaziland. Zimbabwe,
who secured qualification for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations last weekend,
fell behind in the 16th minute after Felix Badenhorst’s goal.
The second
half was a ping-pong affair. Obadiah Tarumbwa made it 1-1 ten minutes into the
second half then Swaziland retook the lead again in the 65th minute through a
Badenhorst penalty before Elisha Muroiwa made it 2-2 with a superb bicycle kick
11 minutes from time.
In the day’s second
game, Claudel Fanomenza’s winner gave Madagascar a 1-0 win over Seychelles. So,
after day one, Madagascar is the leader of Group A. Only one team will advance to
face Zambia in the quarterfinals.
Group B, which
features Lesotho, kicks off today. Malawi faces Angola while Likuena start
their campaign against Mauritius.
In the
A-Division Top 8, Galaxy were crowned 2016 champions after a 3-1 win over Van
Rooyen United in Saturday’s final at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. Sky
Battalion, who will be in the Vodacom Premier League next season, claimed third
place with a 5-0 win over Manonyane in the third and fourth playoff.
To basketball
and KTA All Stars are Lesotho’s champions for the second time in three years after
beating Bokamoso South in Game 3 of the National Basketball League at Lehakoe
Centre. KTA’s win gave them a convincing 3-0 series win in the best-of-five
finals.
KTA made up for
the heartbreak of last year when they lost the finals in five games to rivals Bashana
Ba Heso. Bokamoso, on the other hand, exceeded expectations by just reaching
the NBL finals. Bokamoso caused an upset by beating Lichocha Shooting Rifles in
the semi-finals but ultimately they were overmatched by a bigger and more experienced
KTA side.
In the end,
all the NBL finals ended in three games with Bokamoso South claiming the
development league and Lichocha Shooting Rifles winning the ladies league 3-0.
2015/16
NBL Playoffs
Champions:
A-League: KTA All Stars
B-League: Bokamoso South
Ladies: Lichocha Shooting Rifles
Runners up:
A-League: Bokamoso South
B-League: Buffalos
Ladies: Bashana Ba Heso
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