Football can be a cruel game and former Baroka coach Kgoloko Thobejane was perhaps right when he commented that: “it can kill you a real death for sure!” And echoes of Thobejane’s warnings must have reverberated throughout the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, on Saturday as Baroka registered a major shock when they lifted the Telkom Knockout...
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...
As pressure mounts on the unfortunate Giovanni Solinas to either start delivering or be sacked, even though Kaizer Chiefs Managing Director Kaizer Motaung is known for his unqualified support for coaches, word is that the Italian could be skirting on thin ice. Following a second defeat to bitter rivals Orlando Pirates and the third shortly before...
The most anticipated football match in South Africa – Telkom Cup semi-final – will be staged at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in the coastal city of Durban on Saturday between Kaizer Chiefs and their traditional Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates. According to Africa.com, Moses Mabhida with a capacity of 70 000 ranks among the third most beautiful stadium...
A Serbian, an Italian and British coaches are on a short list of coaches earmarked for the vacant post of national coach of the eSwatini senior national football coach. Ex-West Ham United player and former Botswana Zebras coach Peter Butler, former Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs coach Kosta Papic and Vincenzo Alberto Annese have been mentioned...
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...
Hips don’t lie, and if you do not believe that statement, just ask Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, better known globally and in musical circles as “Shakira,” and she will tell you she is so sexy that she is every man’s fantasy. Now, just like Shakira’s contention about hips, statistics as well do not lie. On the eve...
The glittering careers of two former Orlando Pirates midfielders seems on a downward spiral and in fact, might have come to a stuttering end after one was given his clearance and the other suspended for ill-discipline respectively. Isaac Chansa and seven other players were this week off-loaded by Zambian Premier League club – Zanaco – after...
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...
