THEY were touted as the best team of the tournament. Even by FIFA rankings, they sit atop all African nations despite being 22nd in the world. And still, they parade a galaxy of renowned footballers, including the current African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Toure.

Champions League holders Chelsea on Thursday advanced to the final of the World Club Cup after beating Mexican club Monterrey 3-1 in the semi final.

There are 16 teams contesting to be crowned African champions. CAF has changed the calendar to align with international football dates. There would no longer be a clash with the world cup as the African nations cup will be held in odd years. Several notable absentees include Egypt, Cameroun and Senegal whose tie against Ivory coast was abandoned after crowd trouble with Ivory coast leading 2-0 and 6-2 on aggregate. Here is a breakdown of the teams and predictions.

As part of a planned African tour, international tennis champions, newly crowned US Open champion Serena Williams and sister, Venus Serena, are scheduled to visit Lagos on October 30. While in Lagos, tennis stars will inspire, motivate and mentor young Nigerians through a tennis clinic and an exhibition match which will also be their first in Africa.

Welcome to an interesting English premier League season promised to be filled with more twists and turns than a formulae one race track! Most teams have made useful acquisitions and the focus is going to be on the teams that are going to finish in the top part of the league table.

All my predictions came true for the quarterfinals. We are going to be treated to 2 football master classes for the semi-finals. 

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich

Both teams got through difficult matches with Barcelona scraping through on the away goals rule against PSG. Bayern Munich clinically dispatched Juventus. They do say it is not over till the fat lady sings. Sorry i couldn’t resist!