Ghana fail to get out of the blocks This morning, Black Stars supporters woke up to a harsh reality – their team had failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The news was like a punch to the gut for many Ghanaians. They had been confident in their team's abilities, and had...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Former Maluti FET College coach lamented the short fused attitude of club owners who do not hesitate to pull the trigger on coaches, unaware of the trauma, emotional damage they causing as well as unconsciously destroying careers. Morena Ramoreboli, the man who masterminded Maluti FET College’s stunning 4-1 triumph over Orlando...
The decision by the Botswana Football Association (BFA) to appoint German Dr Caroline Baun last year as assistant to senior men national coach Adel Amrouche was a masterstroke. She is not only involved in the senior national men team but her influence in the women game has been nothing short of miraculous. Somehow, she seems to...
South Africa and Zambia are either embarrassed or not exactly proud to have won the African Nations Cup tournament during 1996 and 2012 in South Africa and Gabon respectively. How else, does one explain the reason why they do not feel the inclination to insert the gold star on their jerseys indicating their proud achievements when...
The first round of the CAF U-23 African Nations Cup tournament scheduled for Cairo during September 2019 is done and dusted and second round matches are scheduled for March next year. South Africa, who received a bye from the first round but will now face Angola in the second round, are yet to appoint a coach...
As Ghana and South Africa started their campaign in the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup in Uruguay on Tuesday, a storm of massive proportions is brewing in Malawi regarding women football. And it is not that people are concerned that the country from the “Warm heart” of Africa has failed to qualify for the global tournament,...
South African national women coach Desiree Ellis wrapped up preparations for the African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) and expressed her satisfaction about the readiness of Banyana Banyana, despite a 1-0 loss to the hosts. The South Africans depart from the capital Accra on their way to the Gold Coast city in the North of the...
The South African senior men were paired with Nigeria in the 2019 Cameroon African Nations Cup tournament and as fate would have it, the women have also drawn against their Nigerian counterparts in the 2019 African Women Cup of Nations. In a draw conducted in Accra on Sunday, Banyana Banyana were paired with the Super falcons...
An impassioned plea by Isha Johansen to the world controlling body FIFA imploring them to lift the suspension on her country to enable Sierra Leone to honour their CAF AFCON 2019 fixture against Ghana in Kumasi this weekend appears to have failed. FIFA suspended Sierra Leone last week due to government interference in the running of football...
The third round of the 2019 African nations Cup qualifiers get underway from Tuesday across the country but there is uncertainty and confusion around the Group F fixture between Ghana and Sierra Leone scheduled for the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Thursday. The Leone Stars were last week suspended by FIFA from all football activities...
