The odds were heavily stacked against them, but the Zebras of Botswana were determined and ready to make history. Following the shock resignation of their coach Didier Gomes da Rosa, the Football Federation roped in Jwaneng Galaxy coach Morena Ramorebuli to take charge on a temporary basis their final two AFCON qualifiers against Mauritania at...
The stage was set for an eagerly anticipated showdown as South Africa entered the bull ring at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Kampala, determined to set the record straight against Uganda. In the first leg of their Group K Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match, Uganda had held Bafana Bafana to a stalemate at the...
Attorneys representing billionaire businessman and former Governor of the Katanga Province who is currently the President of Lubumbashi football giants TP Mazembe have dispatched a letter to a Madagascan newspaper demanding that they retract a story implying their client had bribed a Zimbabwean goalkeeper. Gregory Ernes, the attorneys representing Moise Katumbi Chapwe threaten to file criminal...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) is watching the unfolding scandal in faraway Egypt in which Zimbabwe players are alleged to have thrown their final group match against the DR Congo which they lost 4-0 with keen interest. Legendary Zimbabwean journalist Robson Sharuko revealed in a story that appeared in the leading daily The Herald on...
A battle of wits will be waged at the Al Salaam Stadium at 18H00 on Monday when South Africa line-up against Group D leaders Morocco in the final group match of the expanded 2019 African Nations Cup tournament in Cairo. Beside the expected tactical tussle between Herve Renard (Morocco) and Stuart Baxter (South Africa), there is...
