Tense day at All Africa Games for COSAFA pair

It was a tense day of action for the COSAFA sides competing in the football tournaments at the 2015 All Africa Games currently being held in Congo. The Zimbabwean men were knocked out of their competition, while the South African women are still in contention for the next round, but must hope other results go

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Busy period for SA national teams

The South African Football Association (SAFA) national teams face a hectic period between now and the end of the year with almost all the teams in action. Bafana Bafana, Banyana, U23, Women’s U20 and Men’s U17 will play no fewer than 18 matches until December 2015. First in action is Banyana Banyana against Ghana at

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Massive weekend of African Nations Cup qualifiers

Ghana and Senegal scored away success in the African Nations Cup qualifiers on Saturday but for other of the continent’s footballing heavyweight it proved a tough weekend with Nigeria drawing, and South Africa and Tunisia beaten. There was a historic first-ever victory for South Sudan, who beat Equatorial Guinea 1-0 at home after failing to

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Crucial AFCON qualifiers for COSAFA nations this weekend

COSAFA nations will resume their bid to qualify for the 2017 African Nations Cup this weekend when the second round of qualification matches is played. Angola will look to build on their solid start that saw them defeat Central African Republic 4-0 when they travel to Southern African rivals Madagascar on Sunday. The Malagasy were

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Namibia ready for Senegal challenge

Namibia coach Ricardo Mannetti is itching to see his side in action against Senegal when they take on the west African side in a 2017 African Nations Cup qualifier on Saturday. The COSAFA Cup champions are looking for their first victory in the qualifiers after losing their opener to Niger, and will hope the home

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Bafana Bafana face gruelling three months

COSAFA side South Africa enter a hectic period in which they will play almost two matches a month until the end of the year with the busiest phase being in October where Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba’s charges will play four games. In total, the South African Men’s Senior National Team will play eight games in a

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Strong South Africa Under-23 team heads to Tunisia

The South African Under-23 side that recently qualified for the Eight Nations tournament in Senegal have secured two international friendly matches against Tunisia to be played on 4 and 7 September. The team is expected to leave for North Africa on 2 September and will be back in the country on 8 September 2015. The

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