Namibia have included several fresh faces in a 30-man squad for this month’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Malawi and Equatorial Guinea as they seek to keep up their bid to qualify for the 2026 finals. Coach Collin Benjamin picked 14 foreign-based players and 16 from the Namibian league for the home game, including the
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has taken a major step towards introducing Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, with the official kickoff meeting for the VAR Implementation Assistance and Accreditation Programme (IAAP) held in Gaborone. The meeting was officially opened by BFA President Oabile Thona Babitseng, with BFA CEO Mfolo Edwin Mfolo, FIFA Football Technology Strategy
Namibia will look to complete the job when they host Eswatini in the second leg of their 2026 TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Wednesday. Namibia lead 3-0 from the first leg played in Lobamba on Friday and will be hot favourites to advance to the
The five-day FIFA Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Workshop in Lusaka has officially concluded with participating referees encouraged to uphold the highest levels of integrity and fully embrace VAR technology as part of modern football officiating. A total of 40 referees took part in the pioneering workshop, which was the first of its kind in East,
In this edition of The COSAFA Show we delve into all things Lesotho football to understand the successes and challenges of the Beautiful Game in the equally beautiful Mountain Kingdom. We chat to Lesotho Football Association General Secretary Mokhosi Mohapi, who has overseen significant gains for the country on and off the pitch but
The three COSAFA clubs that are still involved in CAF Interclub competitions learned their path to the finals on Thursday when the quarter-final draws were made in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup. South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates are still in the elite African club competition, and were kept
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Referees Workshop has officially commenced in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, bringing together 40 male and female referees for an intensive five-day training programme. This groundbreaking workshop is the first of its kind in East, Central, and Southern Africa, marking a major step forward in the
Botswana’s coach Morena Ramoreboli has named his first squad since being appointed to the job on a full-time basis, putting together a preliminary list of 49 players for next month’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Botswana, who are three points off the lead in Group G, host Algeria and Somalia in their next qualifiers in March.
Just hours after stepping foot on Mauritian soil on Thursday, February 13, COSAFA Executive Director Susan Destombes paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Youth and Sports to meet with Minister Deven Nagalingum and Junior Minister Karen Foo Kune-Bacha. This brief visit, however, opened up new perspectives. The minister listened attentively to Mrs. Destombes’
A number of COSAFA nations were involved in draws for upcoming Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) competitions on Thursday. Draws for the CAF Women’s Futsal AFCON, Morocco 2025, CAF CHAN 2024 2nd Stage Qualifiers, CAF U-17 AFCON, Morocco 2025 and CAF U-20 AFCON, Cote d’Ivoire 2025 were staged in Cairo, with the following outcomes for
