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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Former champions Orlando Pirates\u2019 return to the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League got off to a great start with a vital 1-0 away win over Djabal FC in the Comoros in the first leg of the preliminary round of the competition on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers, who are known to enjoy good runs in CAF inter-club competitions, return to Africa\u2019s premier club competition after missing out last season.<\/p>\n

Champions in 1995 and runners-up in 2013, the South Africans got their campaign off to a good start with a narrow victory over the islanders, a side they met at the same stage of the competition in 2013, where they cruised past them with a 9-0 aggregate.<\/p>\n

Djabal came out a much-improved side from 10 years ago, and held the South Africans for the most part of the match before a lapse of concentration in the dying minutes saw the in-form Zakhele Lepasa get the winner to give Pirates a slim advantage ahead of the return leg.<\/p>\n

In another afternoon fixture, Namibia\u2019s African Stars shone bright when they emerged victorious over Zambia\u2019s Power Dynamos with a 2-1 win in a match played in Soweto\u2019s Dobsonville Stadium in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Goals by Peter Adiwoh and Edmund Kambanda secured the victory for the Namibians, while Andy Boyeli\u2019s consolation will give the Zambians a fighting chance when they host Stars in the return leg next weekend.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Mali, Real Bamako were unlucky not to get a victory at home after an evenly-balanced encounter with Coton Sport de Garoua of Cameroon ended in a 0-0 stalemate.<\/p>\n

Both sides had an equal chance of getting a result, but the visitors will have their keeper, Merlin Lako Emile, to thank for the draw, who did well to save a penalty in the 60th minute to keep things level ahead of the return leg.<\/p>\n

In Sierra Leone, Bo Rangers played out a 1-1 draw against Liberia\u2019s LISCR FC, while Rwanda\u2019s APR were also held to the exact same scoreline at home against Somalia\u2019s Gaadiidka FC.<\/p>\n

The first round of the preliminary fixtures drew to a close yesterday, with more high-octane African club football action to feast on.<\/p>\n

Some of the marquee fixtures included Cote d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s Asec Mimmosas travelling to meet Benin\u2019s Coton Sport, while Morocco\u2019s AS Far were away to ASKO in Togo.<\/p>\n

In Libya, Al Ahly Benghazi played host to Nigerian powerhouse Enyimba.<\/p>\n

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