South African youngster Thabo Cele has completed a dream move to Portuguese giants Benfica after signing a five-year contract with the Lisbon club this week. The KwaMashu-born youngster was a stand-out performer for the KwaZulu-Natal Academy in the 2015 Durban Under-19 International Football Tournament and after last year’s event won a move to Campeonato de Portugal
Senegal and Cameroon picked up valuable wins in the second round of matches in Group B at the 2017 African Under-20 Champions in Ndola, Zambia on Thursday. Senegal came from a 2-0 halftime deficit to defeat South Africa 4-2, while Cameroon were too strong for Sudan as they claimed a 4-1 success. It means Senegal
Hosts Zambia breezed into the semifinals of the 2017 African Under-20 Championships following a 6-1 thrashing of Mali in their Group A clash at the Heroes Stadium in Lusaka on Wednesday. By reaching the knockout stage, Young Chipolopolo have also booked themselves a place at the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in South Korea that
Luther Singh scored a hat-trick as South Africa completed a deserved 3-1 victory over Cameroon in their opening game of Group B at the 2017 African Under-20 Championships on Monday. South Africa top the pool after Sudan surprised the 10-men of Senegal to record a 1-1 draw in the early game at the Levy Mwanawasa
Hosts Zambia got their 2017 African Under-20 Championships campaign off to a winning start as they edged Guinea in Group A in the tournament’s opening match in Lusaka on Sunday. Egypt and Mali played to a 0-0 draw in the other game in the pool, leaving Young Chipolopolo on their own at the head of
The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Organising Committee, Amadou Diakite, arrived in Zambia earlier this week along with other three senior officials. Diakite arrived in Zambia on Sundayin the company of CAF Executive Committee Member Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin), who is also a member of the Organising Committee,
FIFA president Gianni Infantino will meet more than 50 presidents of African football associations in an unprecedented summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each of the continent’s 54-member countries has been invited to a day-long ‘executive summit’ with Infantino, called to discuss general issues in the game and explain FIFA’s plans to expand the
A new start date for the Mozambican league has been set to the start of next month after this weekend’s scheduled start was postponed. The Moçambola-2017 will begin on March 4, according to a statement from the Mozambican Football League (LMF). The absence of six clubs at the league’s planned General Assembly earlier this month
Former Bafana Bafana greats Lucas Radebe and Benni McCarthy form part of the committee set up by the South African Football Association (SAFA) to urgently look and appoint the new Senior National Team coach. The committee which also comprises of Farouk Khan, Buti Mathathe, Anna Nyman, Neil Tovey and Technical Committee chair Natasha Tsichlas will
A number of COSAFA sides competing in the African club competition this weekend have work to do as they look at advance to the next round. South African side BidVest Wits were surprise 2-1 losers at Reunion’s Saint-Louisienne but will be hopeful of overturning that deficit at home. The island side have twice been to
