Tag - Sundowns

I raise my hand and admit I have let down women footballers

Since the return of the triumphant Banyana Banyana from the successful African Women Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco, the topic of conversation within the South African landscape has been the remuneration disparity between the men and female national football teams in the country. It is certainly time that we do away with all the red...

AmaZulu drawn against Big Bullets of Malawi in CAF

The draw of this year’s Pan-African club competitions released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday afternoon is best described as a total shoot-out between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Debutants AmaZulu will take a short trip to Blantyre to face Nyasa Big Bullets in the preliminary round of the...

Stop fatalistic tendencies – Corona is REAL

I have received numerous calls on my private line as well as on social media from various people who confessed that they are suffering from withdrawal symptoms due to the global lack of football action as a result of the Coronavirus and subsequent lockdown. I have also filed enquiries from ardent Kaizer Chiefs fans who...

Should Sundowns shake in their boots?

The African Champions League has reached a stage where one can safely describe it as “Eat or be eaten” with the best eight teams remaining in the most prestigious of the two Pan-African club competitions. It is perhaps worth mentioning that Mamelodi Sundowns is the only southern African side remaining in the competition where the quarter-final...