SuperSport United have been handed a truly tough opening five fixtures of the new season that could indicate whether they will swim against the tide or sink when the ABSA Premiership gets underway on August 9. After finishing the season on a respectable sixth position, the club management gave Kaitano Tembo a vote of confidence and...
Six months ago, Mamelodi Sundowns talent scout Esrom Nyandoro identified Delic Murimba as a special talent during the COSAFA U-20 tournament in Zambia where the youngster shared the top goal-scorer award with South African Lyle Forster. Subsequent reports indicated that the “Yellow Machine” invited the youngster to Chloorkop near Tembisa where Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane ran...
I have an issue with the PSL prosecutor. Nothing personal mind you, just that I am concerned about the period it takes him to hand down judgement on cases of misconduct either by club officials or football supporters. This week he found Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane guilty of “Violent Conduct” during a match against AmaZulu....
The CAF African Champions’ League group stage reaches the halfway mark this weekend with some mouth-watering encounters scheduled across the continent. Group A leaders Wydad Casablanca whose unsporting behavior was widely reported following their 2-1 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns a week ago, travel to the astro turfed Mnandi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu to face Lobi Stars. This...
The South African National U-20 side Amajita will play Ghana in friendly match on Monday, 28 January leading up to their first CAF Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations Group A match against the hosts Niger. Amajita are in Group A alongside Niger, Burundi and Nigeria. A top four finish in this eight-nation continental tournament will see Amajita...
Southern African clubs did not really cover themselves in glory during the second round, first leg of the CAF African Champions League this weekend, with Lesotho side Bantu getting hammered 4-1 by AS Vita in Kinshasa. Mamelodi Sundowns entered the lion’s den against Al Ahly Benghazi in Cairo but came out holding their heads high after...
Mamelodi Sundowns have done their homework on the aptly named Equatorial Guinean champions – Liones Vegetarianos – who host them in the preliminary tie of the African Champions League in Malabo on Wednesday. Newly appointed Black Leopards coach, a former Arcadia Shepherds left wingback Dylan Kerr, revealed that he received a call from Sundowns coach Pitso...
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...
For the first time in almost six years, a match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates ended in a scoreless stalemate but it was a brilliant game that was almost spoiled by the pitch invasion by a lone fan at the Loftus Stadium in Tshwane on Saturday. Pirates remained at the top of the table with...
The ABSA Premiership has been thrown into a tailspin by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) who released their Pan-African club competition fixtures on Friday and no doubt the National Soccer League will be forced to re-adjust their own programme. Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane commented in the past that a team’s true character gets tested when...
