Confederation Cup results

Arab Contractors were defeated 3-1 by Sudan's Al-Merreikh

Enugu Rangers of Nigeria took a comfortable lead in their third round Confederation Cup tie against Cameroon's Union Douala with a 3-1 win at home in Sunday's first-leg.

Okey Odita scored Rangers' first goal from the spot in the 19th minute but the visitors levelled in the 38th minute through Placide Zolang.

John Nnam and Ugochukwu Okeke settled the game with a goal each in the 55th and 61st minute respectively.

Rangers had to play the last 15 minutes of the game with ten players when goalscorer John Nnam left the pitch injured and the team had already used all their substitutions.

Douala also finished the game with ten men as Iyende Francis was sent off with two minutes left in the game.

The Rangers coach Lawrence Akpokona was satisfied with the outcome of the keenly-contested affair.

"We have a good result here but hope to go a step better in Cameroon," he said after the game.

Ranger's compatriots Bendel Insurance were unable to breakdown the defence of visiting Ghanaian side King Faisal Babes as the two sides drew 0-0 on Sunday.

In the other tie played on Sunday Mouloudia Oran of Algeria beat visiting Bamboutos of Cameroon 2-1.

Mouloudia Oran opened the scoring through Cheikh Benzerga in the 23rd minute and then Sofiane Daoud doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time.

Felix Lele grabbed an important away goal for the Cameroonians with a strike just seven minutes from time.

Two other matches that were due to be played on Sunday had to be postponed.

Egyptian side Ismaili failed to make it for their game in Rwanda against APR after they apparently got stuck en route in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

The match between St Eloi Lupopo of the DR Congo and South African opponents SuperSport United was also delayed, but as yet no dates have been set for either game to be played.

On Saturday in Libya, Al-Ittihad beat FC 105 of Gabon 3-1 in their third-round first-leg tie on Saturday.

The home team opened the scoring in the 52nd minute through striker Ahmed al-Masli, but their lead was cancelled out by Ketevoama Foxi with just ten minutes left.

The Libyans rallied in the dying minutes with al-Masli grabbing his second in the 89th minute and then Nader al-Tarhouni completed the 3-1 win on the stroke of full-time.

In other Confederation Cup games on Saturday, Sudan's Al-Merreikh defeated Arab Contractors of Egypt 3-1.

Faycal al-Agab provided two goals for the Sudanese while Abdel Hamid al-Saoudi added a third.

Alaa Abdel Ghani got the consolation for the Egyptians.

Elsewhere, the Ivory Coast's Stella Abidjan could only manage a 1-0 victory over AS Marsa of Tunisa.

The second-leg matches are scheduled for the weekend of 22-24 April with the winners taking on the losers from the Champions League to decide who progresses to the group stages.