{"id":266636,"date":"2019-05-18T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T05:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266636"},"modified":"2019-05-18T07:20:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T05:20:08","slug":"stars-looking-to-end-season-on-high-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266636","title":{"rendered":"Stars looking to end season on high note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Aili Iilonga<br \/>\nAFRICAN Stars will be looking to end its season on a high note with a victory over Tigers to win the Standard Bank Cup, as the team lost the chance to defend and retain ther Namibia Premier League trophy.<br \/>\nStars will be going into the match as favourites to win the trophy against a struggling Tigers side at the Sam Nujoma stadium.<br \/>\nAfrican Stars who were looking to defend its NPL trophy after winning it last season, saw Black Africa crowned as champions yesterday they won 3 &#8211; 0 against traditional rivals Orlando Pirates yesterday to secure glory after five-year drought without winning a trophy.<br \/>\nOrlando pirates on the other hand, are in the thick of the regelation box with only two games to go and are now left to reflect on a bad season with the potential of going down by the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266276\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Myriad728x180px.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aili Iilonga AFRICAN Stars will be looking to end its season on a high note with a victory over Tigers to win the Standard Bank Cup, as the team lost the chance to defend and retain ther Namibia Premier League trophy. 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