By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Some footballers enjoy a successful football career without the pain of suffering from a career threatening injury while for others, injuries are part and parcel of the territory and in some instances, injuries can actually curtail your career. Injuries come in all guises and while one may suffer from a minor...
Ghana and South African national coaches might as well have broken into the rendition of the old school Staple Singers ditty: “Let’s do it again” in faraway Cairo this week when the FIFA 2022 World Cup draw was conducted. When the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Director of competitions Samson Adamu pulled out the balls from...
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...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) is watching the unfolding scandal in faraway Egypt in which Zimbabwe players are alleged to have thrown their final group match against the DR Congo which they lost 4-0 with keen interest. Legendary Zimbabwean journalist Robson Sharuko revealed in a story that appeared in the leading daily The Herald on...
The 2019 African Nations Cup will hopefully get underway in the city that gave the world the majestic Pyramids of Giza when the hosts Egypt open the jamboree against the Warriors of Zimbabwe in Cairo tonight. Zimbabwe had on Thursday refused to honor a final training session to fine tune their preparations, allegedly because they had...
Zimbabwe remained top of Group G with eight points, but their dreams of securing qualification to the African Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon have been delayed by a spirited Liberia who handed the Warriors a 1-0 defeat in Monrovia on Sunday. A listless Zimbabwe took the field a hot afternoon and supporters back in Harare...
The shortage of currency or rather lack of funds has grounded Zimbabwe’s ambitious plans to charter a flight to Monrovia for their penultimate Group G match against the “Lone Stars” of Liberia on Sunday. As a result, the Warriors have travelled in dribs and drabs to the West African country, most flying directly from their different...
They are probably doing an introspection down Naturena way ahead of Saturday’s crunch Telkom Knockout quarterfinal encounter against SuperSport United, a team many consider their hoodoo side scheduled for the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. In spite of being proud owners of an enviable reputation as the undisputed Cup kings of South African football, the glamour...
For a change, the Soweto derby lived up to expectations. There was plenty of encouraging build-ups, several potshots at goals, creativity, yellow cards, penalty and enough aggression indicating this was a competitive tie but above all, both clubs were not afraid to attack each other, which resulted in three goals burgled during the exchanges although...
South Africa’s AFCON winning goalkeeper Andre Arendse who is part of the Technical bench urged the team not to lose focus but to fully concentrate on the job at hand as Bafana Bafana prepare for another tie with Seychelles at Stade Linite in the Indian Ocean Island tomorrow. Following a 6-0 rout of the hapless Islanders,...
