JOHANNESBURG:

Star Moroccan striker Oussama Lamlioui equalised as Renaissance Berkane drew 1-1 away to ASC Kara of Togo on Sunday in their CAF Champions League debut.

Berkane have been consistently outstanding in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup, reaching five finals from 2019 and winning a record-equalling three.

Last season, the Orange Boys from the citrus-growing north east of Morocco won the national league for the first time since the club was founded in 1938.

That achievement earned them a ticket to the premier African club competition and, despite their inexperience in the Champions League, they are already rated among the title favourites.

But it was Kara, champions of a country that has never reached the group phase, who scored first through Amoudane Ouro-Ayeva two minut

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