Tag - Spain

The smart money for a betting man is on Brazil

I have always received requests from countless soccer pundits to provide them with betting tips regarding the outcome of football matches played across the globe and while I have always obliged, I guess it is time I provided this services on a larger scale. I have been involved in football for over 40-years, covered first domestic...

Banyana did not disgrace – but it was a bridge too far

It was always going to be a monumental climb for Banyana Banyana at the FIFA World Cup in France and despite a bright start in which livewire Thembi Kgatlana set the stadium alight just as Simphiwe Tshabalala did nine years ago, it was clear that they were out of their depth. The huge gap in class...

Banyana thrown in tough World Cup draw

South Africa were thrown into certainly one of the toughest groups when they were paired with former champions Germany, Spain and China for the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals at La Seine Island in Paris on Saturday evening. The other African representatives Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses were thrown into Group E with Canada, Netherlands and New Zealand...

Hayatou please come back – all is forgiven

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has been under siege from their critics during the last couple of weeks as they astonishingly hobble from one blunder to another on an almost daily basis. Equatorial Guinea flaunted all the rules governing fair play in football with impunity, cheating, falsifying documents and fraudulently issuing passports to women players...