Sports

September 17, 2011

Sunshine reach Confed Cup semis

By Ime Bassey, Ijebu Ode

Sunshine Stars of Nigeria, Saturday qualified for the semifinal of this year’s CAF Confederation Cup after  beating visiting JS Kabylie of Algeria 1-0 inside the Gateway International Stadium in Ijebu-Ode.

The Akure-based club, who are making their international debut, finished second in Group B with 11 points behind Maghreb de Fes of Morocco, who thumped Motema Pembe of DR Congo 3-0 in the other match in the group.

Sunshine will now clash with Interclube of Angola, who finished top of Group A.