I have received numerous calls on my private line as well as on social media from various people who confessed that they are suffering from withdrawal symptoms due to the global lack of football action as a result of the Coronavirus and subsequent lockdown. I have also filed enquiries from ardent Kaizer Chiefs fans who...
It rained for the first time in three years when we arrived in Doha, for the FIFA World Club Championship this week. A day after arrival, we made our way to the impressive Al Khalifa Stadium for the semi-final tie between Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal and Brazil’s Flamengo. We had hopped into the metro rapid transit...
Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast are considered some of the giants of African football. And you do not need to be a rocket scientist to understand why these West and Central African countries dominate continental football. You just have to scrutinize their starting line-ups whenever there is a major continental competition like qualifiers for...
This week, my confidence in Mzansi was somewhat restored by a feisty, young and vibrant lady who happens to be in charge of one of the sporting institutions in Gauteng at a time when I was about to give up on my beloved country. I mean, we have become almost immune to what in the past...
Dear Rassie Erasmus I wish to take this opportunity not to wish you luck on Saturday, but urge you to pommel the Pommies in the rugby World Cup final in that faraway land of the rising sun. I know some people may frown and pass nasty remarks claiming I’m displaying unsporting tendencies. I just don’t give a...
My son once asked me why I didn’t become a football coach seeing that in his view “I knew so much about the game”. I informed him the through the grace of God, I wanted to live longer, hence my decision never to get involved in the technical aspect of the game. He did not know...
I still cannot, for the life of me, understand how the Confederation of African Football (CAF) allowed and reached an agreement or rather, accepted the decision that they would from henceforth, be managed and administered by FIFA because they are finding it increasingly difficult to run CAF after ousting grandpa Issa Hayatou. Firstly, did FIFA step...
It was always going to be a monumental climb for Banyana Banyana at the FIFA World Cup in France and despite a bright start in which livewire Thembi Kgatlana set the stadium alight just as Simphiwe Tshabalala did nine years ago, it was clear that they were out of their depth. The huge gap in class...
On any given day, Virgil Vries would have been a shoe-in as a member of the Namibian national team going to Egypt. In fact, the goalkeeper was between the sticks when his native country engaged Zambia, Guinea Bissau and Mozambique in all six qualifying matches. But when I look at the Namibian final squad headed for...
I have an issue with the PSL prosecutor. Nothing personal mind you, just that I am concerned about the period it takes him to hand down judgement on cases of misconduct either by club officials or football supporters. This week he found Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane guilty of “Violent Conduct” during a match against AmaZulu....
