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Orlando Pirates face a fearsome test against Egypt's Al Ahly in the first leg of the Caf Champions League final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday. However, they have proven their mettle during this season's competition, and could go all the way.

Orlando Pirates played to a goalless draw against Esperance, the winners of Africa's 2011 Champions League and the runners-up in 2010 and 2012, in the first leg of the Caf Champions League semi-finals at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.

Ajax Cape Town were crowned 2008 Telkom Knockout champions after a 2-1 victory over Orlando Pirates at a packed Chatsworth Stadium in Durban on Saturday night. It was their second victory in the competition.

The R280-million revamp of Johannesburg's multi-functional, 40 000-seat Orlando Stadium is complete. Apart from being a training venue for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the stadium will host Premier Soccer League matches, rugby matches, conferences, community gatherings and music concerts.

Midfield maestro Doctor Khumalo hung up his boots in 2004 after a glamorous career in which he pulled the strings for South Africa's most famous football club - and for South Africa in its early post-isolation years, leading up to 1996, when the country fielded one of its best football teams ever.