Tag - Shepolopolo

Banyana and Super Falcons on collision course

South Africa’s Banyana Banyana and the Super Falcons of Nigeria must be wondering what they have to do in order to avoid each other in competitive football. But such is the nature of football that the West and Southern African countries that have built such an incredibly fierce rivalry that leaves the continent standing still whenever...

Magnificent seven for Banyana Banyana

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...

Super Falcons bounce back from Banyana defeat

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...

Spineless CAF reinstate cheating Equatorial Guinea

The upcoming African Women Cup of Nations tournament was on Wednesday thrown into disarray by the spineless Confederation of African Football (CAF) when they reinstated Equatorial Guinea after initially throwing them out of the competition for cheating. Equatorial Guinea were found guilty of fielding an illegible player when they eliminated Kenya 3-2 on aggregate during qualifiers....

Banyana trying to secure friendly against Ghana

Banyana Banyana are trying to secure a friendly match against the Ghanaian Black Starlets, host of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations, before the start of the tournament in the West African country from November 17 to December 1. Ghana were drawn with Cameroon, Algeria and Mali in Group A of the biennial tournament that...