Al Ahly have one foot in the next round of the Champions League

Holders Al Ahly have put one foot in the next round of the African Champions League after a 3-0 win over Young Africans of Tanzania on Sunday.

Two goals from Mohamed Barakat and one from Angolan forward Flavio secured victory for the Egyptian side in this first leg, second round tie in Cairo.

Heartland of Nigeria will take a two-goal cushion to Morocco for their second leg against FAR Rabat after a 3-1 win in their own backyard.

TP Mazembe of the DR Congo, meanwhile, will fancy their chances of reaching the third round following an emphatic 3-0 victory over Petro Athletico of Angola.

In Abidjan, ASEC Mimosas recorded a 2-0 home win over Burkina Faso's Etoile Filante, with Pacome Kouassi and Patrick Ndoua the scorers.

Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya shocked hosts and serial continental campaigners JS Kabylie of Algeria 2-1.

Asante Kotoko of Ghana did their prospects no harm with a 3-1 home win over Al Ittihad Khemisset of Morocco.

Canon Yaounde of Cameroon earned a narrow 1-0 away victory over Angolan club Primeiro Agosto.

Joseph Amboem scored halfway through the second half to give three-times African Champions a strong advantage ahead of the second leg tie in three weeks time.

Another Cameroonian side, Coton Sport, scraped a 2-1 win over Mangasport of Gabon.

The 2007 African Champions Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia fought back from a goal down to beat Algeria's ASO Chlef 2-1 in Sousse.

Paul Biyaga opened the scoring for the Algerians early in the first half, Mehdi Ben Dhifallah equalized four minutes into the second half, and three minutes later Brazilian Everson Pereira struck the winner for the home side.

Etoile du Sahel's big local rivals, Club Africain, failed to make use of home advantage and lost 2-1 to Djoliba of Mali.

The other Ivorian team in the competition, Africa Sports, were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Zesco United of Zambia.

South African club Ajax Cape Town's early dominance secured a 3-2 victory over Zimbabwe's Monomotapa.

Ajax dominated early on as Mabuthi Khenyeza struck two goals in the opening eight minutes.

Edmore Chitato clawed one back for Monomotapa when he got on the scoresheet halfway through the first half.

The hosts went further ahead when Brett Evans scored in the 59th minute and that goal proved to be decisive.

Monomotapa's Daniel Kamungenga struck in the dying minutes to give the visitors what could prove to be an important away goal.

AS Douanes of Senegal and Nigeria's Kano Pillars drew 1-1 in Dakar.

Uganda's KCC came from a goal down at half time to beat visiting SuperSport United from South Africa 2-1.

Anthony Laffor gave the South African champions the lead, then after the break Ugandan internationals Robert Ssentongo and Brian Omony both scored.

Al Ittihad of Libya drew 1-1 with Sudan's Al Merreikh, with Mohamed Zubya opening the scoring for the Libyan side in the dying minutes of the first half.

Al Merreikh's Haitham Tambal struck halfway through the second half to give his team a lifeline.

Another Sudanese club, Al Hilal were 3-1 winners over Stade Tamponnaise of Reunion in Omdurman.

The second-leg matches will take place in three weeks time.

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