African champions Esperance thump Zimbabwe's Dynamos

Title holders Esperance took a huge step towards a place in the group phase of this year's African Champions League with a 6-0 thrashing of Dynamos of Zimbabwe on Saturday.

Tunisian sides did well over the weekend, with Etoile du Sahel also earning a big win - a 4-1 victory over Amadou Diallo of Ivory Coast.
There was a good away win for Zamalek of Egypt over MAS of Morocco, while Mali's Djoliba and Nigeria's Sunshine Stars drew 1-1 and DR Congo's TP Mazembe beat Sudan's Al Merreikh 2-0.
Esperance's win came thanks to an opener from Walid Hichri in just the 7th minute, with Karim Aouadhi doubling the lead before 15 minutes had been played.

Power Dynamos' coach pays the price for losing to Mazembe

Coach of Zambian side Power Dynamos has paid the ultimate price for their 6-0 loss to DR Congo's TP Mazembe in an African champions league tie on Sunday.

"The management of Power Dynamos football club wishes to advise that the engagement of the head coach Fordson Kabole has been brought to an end by mutual consent and with immediate effect," said the cub's head of communication Precious Musonda.

"In the interim, the club has appointed Beston Chambeshi as caretaker head coach until further notice."

The loss in Lubumbashi saw the reigning Zambian champions crash out of the competition on a 7-1 aggregate.

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