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Kenya crowned CECAFA 2017 champions [Football Planet]

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Be Forward Wanderers have, for the first time in 11 years, won Malawi’s top-flight league with a game in hand after defeating Masters Security 4-1 at Balaka Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday, 16 December 2017.

In East Africa, hosts Kenya won the 2017 Cecafa Challenge Cup on Sunday, beating Zanzibar 3-2 on penalties after the final of the East and Central African Championship had ended 2-2 following extra time.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed the entry list for the 2018 CAF Champions League. The list has ten past winners of the competition.

UK and Russia police have joined hands to avoid World Cup hooliganism when the global show piece gets underway next year in Russia. Ahead of a sell-out European football match between Manchester United and CSKA Moscow, Manchester police tracked fans’ movements via CCTV and Russian security officials joined them in the control room to learn more about tactics.

Borussia Dortmund made sure of a happy Bundesliga winter break, coming from a goal down to beat Hoffenheim 2-1 on Saturday (December 16) for their second straight victory under new coach Peter Stoeger.

Gabonese star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s penalty in the 63rd minute had drawn Dortmund level, after Hoffenheim had claimed an early lead. Here are the highlights.

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