By Thomas Kwenaite Jody February starred for the SA U-23 as they broke the hearts of hosts Senegal to win 3-1 in a penalty shootout after their third and fourth play-off match ended in a goalless draw in Dakar on Saturday. South joined finalists Nigeria and Algeria on the flight to Rio for next August’s Olympic Games,...
Twenty years after former SA State President Nelson Mandela came shuffling onto the pitch wearing a green and gold Springbok jersey to promote racial reconciliation, many South Africans are not convinced the 2015 Rugby World Cup squad had shed its reputation as a bastion of white privilege. The roars of approval that greeted Mandela's decision to...
By Thomas Kwenaite Ernest “Wire” Mtawali was considered among the finest if not most elegant player ever to grace local football fields, bossing first the Bloemfontein Celtic and later the Mamelodi Sundowns midfield that he reminded many followers about the legendary former Dutch star Ruud Gullit. In fact, there were so many similarities between the two; their...
Gareth Bale's agents have signed four of Nigeria's U17 FIFA World Cup-winning stars, and they are now being linked with teams such as Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Britain's biggest football agency, Stellar Group, who represent Bale, has signed up Nigerian youth midfielders David Enogena, Joel Osikel and Kelechi Nwakali, as well as striker Samuel Chukwueze. Nwakali...
