Zambia and East African guest nation Tanzania have booked their place in Saturday’s final of the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championships, sealing qualification with one round of matches still to play. The pair have nine points at the top of the five-team pool and cannot be caught, which means hosts South Africa, Zimbabwe and Comoros
Zambia coach George Chilufya says his preparations for the 2020 COSAFA Men’s Under-17 Championships are on track as the team seeks to retain the title they won in Malawi 12 months ago. This year’s competition will be staged in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay and played from November 19-29, with the additional carrot of qualification
The COSAFA Men’s Under-20 Championships have been played annually over the last four years, which is enough time to give us a sizeable sample of who have been the top performing teams in the competition since 2016. The latest instalment of the regional championship will be staged in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay from December
The 2020 COSAFA Women’s Championship and COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championship both end today with the finals in the respective competitions likely to be epic encounters. Here is how you can follow the action! No fans will be able to attend matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are plenty of ways you can stay
The semifinal line-up at the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Championship has become clear, providing two massive match-ups as the competition reaches the business end after the final round of pool matches were played on Monday. Defending champions South Africa will clash with powerful Malawi in the second semifinal on Thursday, while before that the solid-looking Botswana
Playmaker Aisha Masaka scored five goals as East African guest nation Tanzania stunned South Africa with a 6-1 victory to take a giant step towards the final of the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay on Sunday. The tall Masaka took her tally for the competition to eight with a superb individual
The Angolan Football Federation have named provisional squads for the COSAFA Men’s Under-17 and Under-20 Championships that will take place in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay over the next month or so. Both competitions serve as zonal qualifiers for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in the two age-groups, which in turn are the qualification
Malawi have begun their preparations for the COSAFA Men’s Under-17 Championship under the watchful eye of coach Deklerk Nsakakuona as they build towards the tournament in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay from November 19-29. An initial group of 44 boys are hoping to impress, with that group being cut down to 30 for the next
One exciting feature of this year’s COSAFA Men’s Under-20 Championship will be the fact that it doubles up as a zonal qualifier for the 2021 Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations that is scheduled to be hosted in Mauritania. Previously teams have used the regional Under-20 championship to fine-tune for qualifiers for the continental showpiece, but
Star striker Tabitha Chawinga scored six goals as Malawi overwhelmed Lesotho to record a 9-0 victory in their COSAFA Women’s Championship Group B clash on Saturday. China-based Chawinga is making her return to the regional showpiece competition for the first time since 2017 and showed all of her quality to shoot to the top of
