The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) held a productive meeting of all member presidents in Johannesburg on Saturday 11 Feb. The meeting produced a number of resolutions, including the full endorsement of the Madagascar Football Association president, known simply as Ahmad, as he seeks the position of president of the Confederation of African
This weekend marks the start of the 2017 CAF club competitions, with a number of COSAFA sides competing in both the Champions League and Confederation Cup. Champions League holders Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa have a bye through the first round of that competition, but compatriots BidVest Wits are away at Reunion side Saint-Louisienne. Zimbabwe
Former South African National u20 head coach and SAFA Technical Director Serame Letsoaka paid Amajita a visit on Thursday morning ahead of their trip to Zambia for their first international friendly match, to share some of his experiences with the players. Letsoaka still holds the record of qualifying the national u20 team for their first
The South African Football Association is introducing various functions and systems in an effort to enhance its capacity to deliver on Vision 2022 whilst at the same time, reviewing its statutes and governance regulations to ensure that they are fully aligned with those of FIFA. The ethics and integrity framework of the Association is one
The 2017 African Nations Cup finals may still be on the go but thoughts are already turning to the next edition with the qualifiers to get under way next month! And those qualifiers will contain three teams from the COSAFA region, with Madagascar, Comoros Islands and Mauritius all vying for a place in the next
One of the stars of the recent COSAFA Under-20 Championships, Luther Singh is just waiting for the president of Portuguese side Sporting Braga to return to the club before putting pen-to-paper on a long-term deal that will see him move to the top European league until June 2021. The South African Under-20 international star has
Namibia have a good chance of qualification to the 2019 Africa Nations Cup as coach Ricardo Mannetti gauged his team’s prospects in fulfilling his mandate of qualification for the 32nd edition of the continental competition. The Confederation of African Footfall (CAF) has conducted the draw for Cameron 2019 Nations Cup qualifiers and Namibia are in
South African women’s team coach Desiree Ellis says they lost to a better team as her charges were defeated 2-0 by France in an international friendly clash that took place at Stade de l’Est Jean Ivoula in Saint-Denis, Reunion Islands on Sunday. Two goals by Griedge Mbock Bathy in the first half were enough to
South Africa’s women’s side went down 2-0 to their French counterparts in an international friendly match played on Sunday at Stade de l’Est Jean Ivoula in Saint-Denis, Reunion Islands. This was the second defeat for the visitors against France following the one back in 2009 where they lost 3-2 in their first ever clash. As
Tunisia kept up an impressive run of recent African Nations Cup quarter-final appearances as they defeated Zimbabwe 4-2 in Libreville on Monday to ensure second place in Group B. Tunisia, who finished behind Senegal, now stay in the Gabonese capital to meet Burkina Faso on Saturday in the first of the quarter-final encounters. It is
