The COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship will return to the South African coastal city of Durban for the fourth edition to be staged from March 17-23, with a special guest in this year’s line-up of eight teams that will make regional history. The championship has been a hugely popular addition to the COSAFA calendar in what
Olympic dream! | RSS.com In our latest episode of The COSAFA Show we look ahead to the COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships in Durban next month, as well as the third round of African women’s Olympic qualifiers. South Africa will take on Tanzania and Zambia meet Ghana in the hope of reaching the Paris 2024 Olympics
Barely a week after the conclusion of the Africa Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast, the draw for the preliminary round of qualifiers for the next tournament in Morocco was conducted in Cairo on Tuesday. The bottom eight ranked team have been drawn into four two-legged knockout ties to be played between March
South Africa coach Des Ellis has named a 23-player squad for the Olympic Games third round qualifier against Tanzania. Banyana Banyana must advance past the Tanzanians in the two-legged tie and then face the winner of the clash between Nigeria and Cameroon for a place at the Paris Games. They previously qualified for the Olympics
When Racheal Kundananji became the most expensive women’s footballer in history this week, it was the latest chapter in a journey that started in the COSAFA Women’s Championship six years ago. The 23-year-old Zambian moved from Spain’s Madrid FC to Bay FC in the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States for a fee
South Africa have moved up eight places to number 58 in the latest FIFA World Rankings released on Thursday, their highest position since 2015 ad they head the list of COSAFA sides. Bafana Bafana have also climbed into to 10th in Africa on the back of their third-place finish at the recent Africa Cup of
The Lesotho Football Association has kickstarted a week-long CAF C Licence Coaching Diploma Refresher Course for 30 coaches, who will finally receive their badges after completing the course in 2017 but were not granted as CAF called for a coaching convention to review and standardize coaching content across the continent, which led to the continental
Zambian assistant referee Diana Chikotesha made history when she became the first female on-pitch match official to feature in a men’s Africa Cup of Nations final this past weekend. Chikotesha, who has come through the ranks at countless COSAFA tournaments, put in a faultless display as an assistant referee when Ivory Coast defeated Nigeria 2-1
South Africa coach Hugo Broos said he was proud of his players after they edged Democratic Republic of Congo on penalties to claim the bronze medal at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast. Bafana had lost on spot-kicks to Nigeria in the semifinals but rallied to leave west Africa with a
South Africa coach Hugo Broos says he is proud of his side despite their heartbreaking semi-final loss to Nigeria on post-match penalties at the Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast. William Troost-Ekong put Nigeria into the lead from the penalty spot midway through the second half, before South Africa earned a spot-kick of
