Staff Reporter.
Cape Town City have completed the signing of Cameroon midfielder Brice Ambina, the club has confirmed on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old arrives from Renaissance de Ngoumou in his homeland and will add some steel to the City midfield.
He played for his country at the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritania last year, but has yet to feature for the senior national team.
He is the third arrival at the club in recent weeks after Venezuelan forward Darwin González and former Ajax Cape Town youth product Mogamat May.
City are next in action on Saturday when they face Royal AM in the Nedbank Cup Last 32.
Meanwhile the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has forced Mamelodi Sundowns to adopt the Royal Bafokeng Stadium as their home venue for their Caf Champions League games.
This follows inspections conducted at Downs’ three preferred venues – their Loftus Versfeld fortress, their alternative home ground, Lucas Moripe Stadium, and Tuks Stadium.
All three of these capital city venues have been flagged for not meeting Caf standards and Sundowns have since moved to make renovations – at least at the Loftus Versfeld – a venue they share with rugby franchise partner, the Bulls.
The Brazillians kick off the group stages against Sudanese side Al-Hilal Omdurman on Friday before flying out for their first away Group A action on 18 February, when they will face Al-Merreikh in Sudan.
Sundowns returned to winning ways in the DStv Premiership when they defeated Chippa United 2-0 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Monday night.
The victory saw Sundowns open a 17-point lead at the top of the league standings, while Chippa United remained 12th on the log – three points above the relegation zone.