Newly signed SuperSport United goalkeeper Reyaad Pieterse was the hero as the SA U-23 squad eliminated a plucky Lesotho 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the COSAFA Castle Cup quarterfinal match staged in Windhoek on Saturday. Gift Motupa forced the match into a penalty shoot-out when he leveled for South Africa after Lesotho’s leading goal scorer...
A quality first-half goal from James Keene at Bidvest Stadium was enough to see the students go past a brave Bloemfontein Celtic and into the next round of the Nedbank Cup on Friday night. Celtic has been going through a rough patch in recent weeks and sometimes when nothing goes right, every simply goes wrong as "Siwelele"...
A strange incident, perhaps not recorded at the 1976 African Nations Cup final tournament due to the fact that many considered it insignificant, took place during the final match between Guinea and Morocco in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. That tournament was played on a league format and was contested by four countries only. As a result, there...
Bidvest Wits failed to keep the pressure on the Absa Premiership table toppers following a 2-1 loss to Bloemfontein Celtic at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein on Sunday afternoon. The loss sees the Clever Boys in third place on the table with 32 points, four points behind league leaders Mamelodi Sundowns and one point...
The summer Olympic games in Brazil are a mere six months away. And Baby Bafana earned the right to compete at the multi-sport event scheduled for Brazil in August following a grueling qualification in Senegal where they won bronze and a ticket to Rio. However, the International Olympic Committee rules allows coaches to spice up the...
Angola and Nigeria observed a minute’s silence prior to the start of their African Nations Championship (CHAN) practice match at the TUKS Stadium in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon in honor of a Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) official who was shot dead in his native country the same day. Ibrahim Abubakar (43) who was head of the...
Two teams heading for the CHAN tournament in Rwanda bored a handful of spectators with an uninspiring performance until the last two minutes when their practice match exploded into a fierce contest at the TUKS Stadium in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon. Angola and Nigeria played out a storming 1-1 draw in Pretoria where both they are...
By Thomas Kwenaite Tando Velaphi has been itching to try his luck in the bludgeoning South African Premier League now for almost two years. But with seemingly no concrete offers landing on the table, the 28-year old shot stopper is re-considering his options. The Melbourne City first choice goalkeeper who has represented Australia at U-20 and U-23...
By Thomas Kwenaite The topic of discussion around festive gatherings when the waters of immortality generously passed hands was the upcoming ABSA Premier League fixture between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns penciled for the FNB Stadium on January 9. Funny how people allow emotions to cloud their better judgment when making an analysis of the upcoming fixture...
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,...
