The national football federation is disappointed that despite all the hype generated by Banyana Banyana’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup finals in France, corporate South Africa has not reacted with the same amount of enthusiasm. Myway insurance's Renee Otto was the first one to call the radio station last week, saying his company was pledging...
The impasse between local football organizations and the public broadcaster reached a low point on Friday when the Premier League issued a statement that starting with the Telkom final between Orlando Pirates and Baroka FC at Mbombela on Saturday and going forward, there will not be radio coverage of the event until further notice. The SABC...
South Africa was thrown into Pot 4 together with Argentina, Chile, Nigeria, Cameroon and Jamaica ahead of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup draw at La Seine Musicale on the small island of Ile Seguin on Saturday. The hosts France occupy Pot 1 with England, the United States of America, Germany, Canada and Australia, considered the...
It was not exactly vintage Banyana Banyana as they struggled to break down a resolute Zambia and could only settle for a 1-1 draw which kept them on top of Group B and they qualified for the semi-final where they will meet Mali on Tuesday. Zambia coach Bruce Mwape said looking at all the eight teams...
There will not be any sisterly love but everyone for themselves despite both countries coming from the southern region of the continent when South Africa line-up against Zambia in the third match of Group B in the African Women Cup of Nations qualifier in Accra on Saturday. After watching Cameroon eliminate host Ghana to top Group...
It is not done and dusted yet, but it is safe to say that Banyana Banyana took a significant step closer to qualifying for the knockout stage of the African Women Cup of Nations when they handed Equatorial Guinea a 7-1 beating at the Cape Coast in Ghana on Wednesday evening. Following a 5-0 pasting at...
The Super Eagles bounced back into contention magnificently to hand Zambia a 4-0 beating in the second Group B game of their African Women Cup of Nations tournament in the Cape Coast in Ghana on Wednesday. Following a shock 1-0 loss in their opening match against South Africa on Sunday, the defending champions put the screws...
It is now official and the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAF) has rejected Kenya’s appeal following their ejection from the African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) and cheating Equatorial Guinea reinstated and latter have already played and lost 5-0 to Zambia. Equatorial Guinea were found guilty by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee...
Houston Dash forward Linda Kgatlana came off the bench and smashed a long-range strike that sailed beyond the groping hands of goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi in the 85th minute as South Africa edged the Super Falcons 1-0 in Gold Coast on Sunday. This was the opening match of the ongoing African Women Cup of Nations tournament where...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has been under siege from their critics during the last couple of weeks as they astonishingly hobble from one blunder to another on an almost daily basis. Equatorial Guinea flaunted all the rules governing fair play in football with impunity, cheating, falsifying documents and fraudulently issuing passports to women players...
