Heartland and Kano Pillars advanced to the next round of the CAF Champions League but Ocean Boys were eliminated on penalties by Red Arrows.

Heartland held FAR Rabat 1-1 in the second leg of their second round tie to advance 4-1 on aggregate, while Pillars had their 1-1 first leg draw to be grateful to after finishing 0-0 in the second leg played in Kaduna.

Pillars squandered several scoring chances with Kingsley Elechi hitting the upright in the 38th minutes.
The Nigerian champions were denied on numerous occasions by string of daring saves from Ndiaye Issa in goal for the Senegalese Custom outfit.

In Rabat, Mohamed Madihi gave former African champions FAR OF Morocco hope with a goal in the 37th minute but Heartland's Signs Chibambo put the tie beyond doubt as he found the net in the 67th minute to give the Nigerian side a 4-2 aggregate victory.

Pillars next round opponents, Al-Ahly of Egypt beat Tanzania's Young Africans 1-0 in Dar es Salaam.

Angola striker Flavio scored the only goal of the game after just four minutes to complete a 4-0 aggregate win for the defending champions.

But former African champion JS Kabylie of Algeria crashed out as they lost in Libya 1-0 to Al Ahly Tripoli.

Omar Dawood's 39th-minute goal completed a 3-1 victory aggregate win for the Libyan side.

However, there was better news for two-time winners Tout Puissant Mazembe of DR Congo as they won 2-1 in Angola over Petro Atletico.

Two of the stars of the DR Congo's win at the recent African Nations Championship in the Ivory Coast, Mputu Mabi and Dioko Kaluyituka, scored the goals for Mazembe.

David Magalhaes scored the consolation goal for Petro as the Congolese side won 5-1 on aggregate.

Sudan's Al Merreikh eased past visitors Al Ittihad of Libya 3-0 to complete a 4-1 aggregate win.

All the goals came in the first half, with two from Nigerian striker Endurance Idahor and one from Ragei Abdalla.

Zambia's Zesco United beat visiting Africa Sports from the Ivory Coast 2-0 and that was the same score on aggregate.

Maybin Mwaba scored the opening goal in the 59th minute and Enock Sakala completed the win 10 minutes later.

Meanwhile, Ajax Cape Town yesterday became the second South African side to crash out of the African Champions League after losing to Monomotapa of Zimbabwe.

The Zimbabwean champions won the second leg of the second round tie 2-1 on Sunday in Harare to make it 4-4 on aggregate.

Monomotapa advance on the away goals rule after losing 3-2 in South Africa three weeks ago.

The result means there is no South African club in the third round of the Champions League, after SuperSport United lost 3-2 on aggregate to Uganda's KCC on Saturday.

Also yesterday two-time African Champions Asante Kotoko of Ghana were knocked out by Morocco's Al Ittihad Khemisset on the away goals rule.

The Moroccans won the second leg 2-0 at home to make the score 3-3 on aggregate.