JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (AFP) - African football briefs on Monday:

Wydad line up Serb coach

RABAT: African Cup Winners Cup holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco have reportedly lined up Serb coach Zarko Olarevic as a replacement for Argentine Luis Fullone, who quit three months ago over a pay dispute.

ASEC rout Rio

ABIDJAN: Defending champions ASEC thrashed Rio Anyama 5-0, but remain two points behind leaders Stade Abidjan after 10 rounds of Group A action in the two-pool first phase of the Ivory Coast championship.

Bamenda lose match and lead

YAOUNDE: Surprise Cameroon league pacesetters PWD Bamenda lost 2-0 at Union Douala and have been joined at the top by Cotonsport Garoua, who triumphed 1-0 at third placed Bamboutos Mbouda.

Axe falls on Zarzis and Djerba

TUNIS: Esperance Zarzis and AS Djerba were relegated in Tunisia with three rounds of the championship left. Zarzis crashed 4-0 at second placed Etoile Sahel and hosts Djerba fell 2-1 to CS Sfaxien.

Thrilling climax looms in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU: ASFA Yennega were held 1-1 at home by USFA and had their lead over US Ouagadougou cut to two points with two rounds left of the Burkina Faso championship race.

Cup of joy for Coffee

ADDIS ABABA: Coffee lifted the Ethiopian Cup with a 2-0 win over Electric. Yordanos Abay opened the scoring after 47 minutes and Tesfaye Teka added a second with three minutes left.

City extend Belmadi loan

ALGIERS: English Premiership club Manchester City have extended the loan of injury prone Algeria midfielder Djamel Belmadi from French outfit Marseille as he has played only four times since arriving in mid-January.

Unhappy Belgian coach to quit Benin

COTONOU: Belgian Rene Taelman says he will not renew his contract as coach of Benin when it expires in July even if the West Africans qualify for the African Nations Cup.

Sudanese official honoured

KHARTOUM: African Football Confederation founding member Abdul Halim has been awarded the Golden Sports Medal, the highest sporting honour bestowed to Sudanese people.

Hassania retain three-point advantage

RABAT: Moroccan title holders Hassania Agadir retained a three-point lead at the top of the table after a 0-0 draw at second-placed CODM Meknes. Wydad Casablanca and Moghreb Fes share third place, six points off the pace.

Liberia launch Premiership

MONROVIA: Liberia have launched an eight-club Premiership with all matches to be staged at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium, which was recently refurbished with money from world football governing body FIFA.

Nations Cup qualifier date set

BRAZZAVILLE: Leaders Congo will host bottom-of-the-table Central African Republic here on May 4 in a rearranged African Nations Cup Group 4 qualifier. Burkina Faso and Mozambique are the other countries in the pool.