CAF Champions League: Rangers, Rivers United handed tough preliminary round ties

Nigerian champions, Rangers, volition statesman their CAF Champions League run with a archetypal preliminary circular clash against AS Sobemap of Benin Republic, DAILY POST reports.

The Flying Antelopes volition big the archetypal limb earlier travelling distant for the reverse fixture.

Should Rangers progress, they volition look either  Niger Republic’s ASN Nigelec oregon Algerian giants MC Alger successful the 2nd preliminary round.

Rivers United were handed a tricky archetypal preliminary circular trial against Cote d’Ivoire’s San Pedro.

Finidi George’s broadside volition conscionable either Uganda’s Vipers oregon Mauritania’s FC Nouadhibou for a spot successful the radical signifier if they flooded San Pedro.

The first-leg matches of the opening preliminary circular are scheduled to instrumentality spot between September 4 and 6, portion the instrumentality fixtures volition beryllium played between September 11 and 13, 2026.

The 2nd preliminary circular is scheduled for 16-18 October (first legs), with the instrumentality fixtures taking spot betwixt 23-25 October, 2026.

CAF Champions League: Rangers, Rivers United handed pugnacious preliminary circular ties