LISTEN TO EPISODE 15 OF THE COSAFA SHOW Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will lock horns in the Soweto Derby on Saturday, with both in desperate need of points after disappointing starts to the new season by their own lofty standards. Chiefs are seventh in the table and a full 12 points behind leaders Mamelodi
At a meeting of COSAFA Executive Committee on 27 January 2021, it was unanimously resolved that Dr Patrice Motsepe is the only candidate endorsed by the 14-member regional body to run for the CAF Presidency in March this year. The COSAFA Executive reiterated a decision taken in 2017 that the Zone should always support one
Zambia sealed their place in the quarterfinals of the African Nations Championship following a 0-0 draw with COSAFA rivals Namibia in their final Group D clash on Wednesday. The point was enough for the side to finish runners-up in the pool and they will now face Morocco in the quarterfinals in Douala on Sunday. Emmanuel
Zambia will be looking to qualify to the quarterfinals of the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) when they face Namibia at Limbe Stadium on Wednesday. Group D remains open with three teams still having a chance of qualifying to the quarterfinals. Table-toppers Guinea is on four points, same as Zambia, but enjoy a better goal
Major David Bright, who coached at Santos from 2007 to mid-2009 and had a number of spells with the Botswana national side, has died in Gaborone aged 64. The former Botswana national team coach was an army major who is the only coach from his country to work in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League. The
COSAFA nations Mozambique and Namibia have learned their fate after the draw was made for the 2021 Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations that will be staged in Mauritania from February 14-March 4. Mozambique have been drawn in Group A alongside the hosts, Cameroon and Uganda, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to
Zimbabwe are heading home from the African Nations Championship in Cameroon after losing their third successive game and finishing bottom of Group A. Demba Diallo netted the lone goal for Mali against the Warriors Zimbabwe at the Reunification Stadium in Douala, which ensured Mali topped the group with hosts Cameroon in second place. Zimbabwe started
Namibia became the second COSAFA member to be eliminated from the African Nations Championship after being beaten 1-0 by Tanzania on Saturday but Zambia moved closer to advancing to the knockout stage. The two southern African neighbours are in Group D and will finish their group phase on Wednesday when they take on each other
The South African Football Association’s (SAFA) chairperson of the Referees Committee Natasha Tsichlas says efforts are being made to minimise avoidable mistakes by match officials. A number of high-profile errors from match officials in the country’s Premier Soccer League this season have caused a stir, but Tsichlas believes a few errors does not amount to
Zimbabwe became the first country to exit the African Nations Championship after losing a second game at the tournament in Cameroon when Burkina Faso beat them 3-1 in Yaounde on Wednesday. It followed their opening day defeat against hosts and leaves them unable to finish in the top two in Group A, even with a
