{"id":60116,"date":"2025-08-08T20:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/caf-2025-2026-inter-club-competition-to-hold-august-9"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:53:49","slug":"caf-2025-2026-inter-club-competition-to-hold-august-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/caf-2025-2026-inter-club-competition-to-hold-august-9","title":{"rendered":"CAF 2025\/2026 Inter Club Competition to Hold August 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Confe\u0301de\u0301ration Africaine de Football (CAF) has officially confirmed two iconic figures in Tanzanian football as Draw Assistants for the 2025\/26 CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw, scheduled to take place on Saturday, 9 August in Tanzania\u2019s capital, Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n<p>The draw will be held at the state-of-the-art Azam Media Studios, home to CAF\u2019s strategic broadcast partner in East Africa, a region showing remarkable growth in both cumulative audiences and stadium attendance across all CAF competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be broadcast live at 13:00 local time (10:00 GMT) from Azam Media<\/p>\n<p>Studios and will be available across all CAF Broadcast Partners, as well as streamed live on CAF\u2019s official YouTube channel, <b>CAF TV<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Simba SC legend <b>Abdalla Kibadeni Mputa<\/b> and Young Africans SC icon <b>Sunday Manara <\/b>are the two Tanzanian football greats confirmed to conduct Saturday\u2019s draw in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p><b>Abdallah Kibadeni Mputa \u2013 First scorer of a hat-trick in the Kariakoo derby<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Affectionately known as \u201cKing Mputa\u201d across East Africa, Kibadeni etched his name in the history books by becoming the first Simba SC player to score a hat-trick in the fiercely contested Kariakoo Derby against Young Africans SC in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Following a successful playing career, Mputa transitioned into coaching, where he continued to make his mark\u2014most notably winning the Coach of the Season award with Kagera Sugar FC in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday Manara \u2013 The pioneer who opened European doors to Tanzanian talent<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sunday Manara, who made his debut for Young Africans SC in 1970, broke new ground by becoming the first Tanzanian footballer to play professionally in Europe, signing with Dutch side Heracles Almelo in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>His international career spanned the globe, with stints in the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates\u2014placing Tanzanian football firmly on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s Draw marks a historic milestone as the first-ever CAF Interclub season draw hosted in East Africa, underlining CAF\u2019s expanding footprint, deepening partnerships, and the rising appetite for African football across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The Preliminary Round of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup is scheduled to kick off on 19 September 2025, followed by the Second Preliminary Round starting on 17 October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Group Stage of both competitions will begin on 21 November 2025, with the knockout phase set to commence on 13 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. 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