A glittering night of stars! | RSS.com The inaugural COSAFA Awards were held in Johannesburg recently and brought out a galaxy of stars to celebrate our achievements as a football community in Southern Africa. There were many big winners on the night, not least the Mamelodi Sundowns quartet of Rulani Mokwena, Ronwen Williams, Thapelo Maseko
COSAFA hosted their 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Johannesburg on Friday where President Artur de Almeida e Silva urged Member Associations to continue to push for progress on and off the pitch. COSAFA nations have shown great progress in men’s and women’s football in the last 12 months, qualifying for major tournaments and improving
South African striker Percy Tau and Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji took home the best player prizes at the inaugural 2023 COSAFA Awards that were staged in a glittering gala ceremony at the Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday. Tau won the COSAFA Men’s Player of the Year award after a stellar 2023 with Egyptian giants Al
The inaugural COSAFA Awards will be staged at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Thursday evening, a celebration of the very best of Southern African football as we honour those players, coaches and referees who excelled in 2023. The ceremony, which gets under way at 18h30 CAT (16h30 GMT) will be streamed on our
Coaches are measured on results and little else, the ability to get their teams into major competitions and lift trophies. Style of football is nice, but worthless if it does not bring success. When assessing who have been the top coaches of women’s teams in the Southern African region in 2023, we can look at
Goals win games, they say, but goalkeepers can be match-winners too and through history top sides have generally had an excellent and reliable ‘number one’ between the sticks. It goes well beyond just saving shots, a keeper needs to be an excellent communicator and organiser, be able to read the play and anticipate danger, and
Goals win games, they say, but goalkeepers can be match-winners too and through history top sides have generally had an excellent and reliable ‘number one’ between the sticks. It goes well beyond just saving shots, a keeper needs to be an excellent communicator and organiser, be able to read the play and anticipate danger, and
COSAFA completed a historic two-day workshop exclusively for female commentators, which is believed to be the first of its kind on the African continent and one of the first worldwide. Participants from Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe were part of the event, which seeks to assist them on their path to a career in
The era of VAR is here! | RSS.com COSAFA is about to embark on an exciting new era with the acquisition of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) equipment to both roll out at its tournaments and use as a teaching tool for training purposes for match officials on the continent. COSAFA is now in possession of
There is always young talent in abundance in the Southern African region, but it is whether our players from the region can get the opportunity to shine on the big stage. COSAFA certainly provides that with its age-group tournaments and many a young player has been spotted at the Under-17 or Under-20 competitions, and had
