Soccer-South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns win Africa's new super league

Soccer Football - African Football League - Final - Second Leg - Mamelodi Sundowns v Wydad Casablanca - Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa - November 12, 2023 Wydad Casablanca's Anas Serrhat in action with Mamelodi Sundowns' Themba Zwane REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns won the inaugural African Football League on Sunday, beating Wydad Casablanca of Morocco 2-0 in the second leg of the final at Loftus Versfeld.

It gave them a 3-2 aggregate win in the first edition of Africa’s effort at launching a super league, which was reduced from a planned 24-club league to a six-week, eight-team knockout tournament.