The participation of the South African side Mamelodi Sundowns in the FIFA Club World Cup is a significant milestone for the club and for South African soccer as a whole. The opportunity not only offers the winner a lucrative prize of R19-billion, but it also provides a platform for the team to face off against some...
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...
South African Bongokuhle Hlongwane snatched a goal and created another for a team-mate but his club Minnesota United threw away a 3-1 lead to draw 4-4 with Portland Timbers at the Allianz Field Stadium on Saturday evening. It was the former Maritzburg United striker’s second goal in 23 matches for Minnesota which helped his side retain...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Bongokuhle Hlongwane has opened up to the local media about his four month stay so far in the USA after joining up with the rest of the Bafana Bafana squad that will face Morocco in the opening Group K match of the 2023 Cote d’Ivoire African Nations Cup tournament. “Everything is...
By Andile & Mandla Dladla He is personally doing extremely well with no levels of stress and it's not a lot of coaches that can give you such a response when asking them how they are doing especially towards the business end of the season because this is the time when countless coaches suffer the most...
I have during the last couple of days, received quite a shellacking from many quarters with some of the critics calling me all sorts of names from being a traitor and unpatriotic to being a sell-out, all because of my comments during the weekly Soccer Africa show that was broadcast on SuperSport last Thursday. Yet...
Article by Andile Dladla and Mandla Dladla One can never underestimate the power of a relationship between a father and his son trying to land a big catch in the water. It was the son of his former head coach who informed his dad about a young striker whom he played with at Arcadia Shepherds that...
Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic plans in invasion of South Africa where he hopes to make a statement at the end of an international friendly match between Zambia and Bafana Bafana in Rustenburg on October 13. The Chipolopolo coach is taking advantage of the FIFA week by fine tuning his squad for the crucial upcoming back-to-back AFCON 2021...
The unending wrangles within Namibia football administration could scupper the country’s upcoming friendly game against South Africa scheduled for the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on October 8. In addition, unless the Namibian federation and its professional wing find common ground, the country could find itself expelled from the world controlling body FIFA. SA coach Molefi Ntseki...
They do not produce them like they did during the generation of Yakubu Aiyegbeni who remains to this day the third all-time top goal scorer for Nigeria and the first African to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Champions League back in 2002. A bit slow on the take-off, but he was not your ponderous fellow that relied on...
