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African Champions League: Star Sport lose 2-0 to Berkane

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African Champions League: Star Sport lose 2-0 to Berkane

Sierra Leonean club Star Sport Academy lost 2-0 to Renaissance Sportive de Berkane in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League in Monrovia, according to Sierraloaded. The Freetown club will have to overturn the result in the second leg to continue its first continental campaign.

Freetown-based club Star Sport Academy lost 2-0 to Moroccan side Renaissance Sportive de Berkane in the second preliminary round of the African Champions League. The match was played at SKD Arena in Monrovia, Liberia, Sierraloaded reports.

The defeat makes qualification more difficult for Star Sport Academy ahead of the second leg. The Sierra Leonean club reached this round after eliminating Gambia’s champions Medina United in the first preliminary round, in its first participation in a continental competition, according to Sierraloaded.

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