CAF Champions League
Enugu Rangers are through and will face Algerian champions MC Alger. Rangers had already won their first-round tie against Benin’s AS Sobemap on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate.
Rivers United went out on away goals after a 2-2 draw with FC San Pedro at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. The first leg in Côte d’Ivoire had finished 1-1, making the tie 3-3 on aggregate.
San Pedro scored twice in the first half in Uyo. Rivers recovered after the interval and equalised in the 88th minute, but the Ivorian side had scored more goals away from home.
CAF Confederation Cup
El-Kanemi Warriors progressed 3-1 on aggregate against UDIB of Guinea-Bissau. They won the first leg 3-0 in Nigeria and lost the second leg 1-0. They will next face Moroccan giants Raja Casablanca.
Shooting Stars were eliminated 2-1 on aggregate by Tunisia’s CS Sfaxien. The Oluyole Warriors had won the first leg 1-0 in Abeokuta. Sfaxien won the return 2-0, with Iyed Belwafi scoring both goals, in the 26th and 67th minutes.
Rangers and El-Kanemi now enter the second preliminary round, scheduled for 16–18 October and 23–25 October. The winners of those ties will move closer to the group stage.