The handling of the MTN Cup game between Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United over the weekend has left a bitter taste in the mouth of many football fans. The highly anticipated match ended in controversial fashion as the decisions made by respected FIFA accredited referee Abongile Tom have come under intense scrutiny. From the very...
The world of soccer is no stranger to drama and controversy, but the recent feud between TS Galaxy coach Sead Ramovic and former Mamelodi Sundowns and now Wydad Casablanca coach Rhulani Mokwena has taken things to a whole new level. What started out as a simple rivalry between two passionate coaches has turned into a...
The recent controversy surrounding the newly appointed Minister of Sport, Gayton McKenzie, and the publication of a list of artists who benefitted from the Covid-19 relief fund amounting to R72 million has sparked a wave of backlash and indignation from some individuals who are now deriding the decision. Some of these critics have gone as...
The England national soccer team is an overblown, overrated and an over psyched group of ordinary footballers masquerading as world beaters but in truth, they are nothing more than a group of chihuahua puppies among the dog family. The British media and some overzealous stiff upper lip followers can try as much as they want...
Almost a decade ago, a group of college students inflicted one of the most humiliating defeats imaginable on the mighty Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup - the South African version of the FA Cup. The Maluti Further Education and Training (FET) students then campaigning in the third tier of South African football handed Pirates a...
For almost a century, we have been fed the narrative that Europe was the home of football and the preferred destination for any footballer wishing for both fame and all the riches that the beautiful game can give you. In fact, such has been the myopic and sometimes condenscending view of the so-called architects of football...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla The question uppermost on the lips of millions of South African football followers on the eve of the start of a brand new DStv Championship season is - who exactly will stop Mamelodi Sundowns? The defending champions Sundowns get the ball rolling with a tricky away fixture against Sekhukhune United at...
Gora Ebrahim was a rising star in the South African football landscape. He played out of his skin to be justifiably voted the 1992 JPS Player of the Series, a performance that earned him a move from Dynamos to Orlando Pirates. He was even selected for the national team Bafana Bafana. But somehow things started...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Elizabeth Ropafadzo Mazivise has always had an undying love for sports while growing up, having first played cricket, hockey and netball during her formative years. But the one sporting code that stood out head and shoulders above the rest has always been the beautiful game of football and it was the...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Supersport United have lost several key members that catapulted the club to finish the season third on the DStv Championship but have gone on an impressive signing spree that included Bafana Bafana centre-back Siyanda Xulu who was unveiled as their latest addition. The former Rostov, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Turan-Tovuz IK...
