A late penalty by centre back Ricardo Nascimento clinched a first ever African Super Cup for South African club Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday as they beat TP Mazembe Englebert, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1-0 at Loftus Versfeld. The 83rd-minute spot-kick was all the home side had to show for a dominant performance in which only Mazembe goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo stood between Sundowns and a runaway score. Sundowns winger Anthony Laffor had three close-range efforts saved by Gbohouo while a series of other chances also went begging. It was Sundowns' first triumph in the African Super Cup -- an annual one-off game between the winners of the continent's two major club competitions, the Champions League and the African Confederation Cup -- having won the Champions League for the first time in October. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna February 18, 2017 20:15 UTC