South African Football Association (SAFA) President, Danny Jordaan has sent his well wishes to Mamelodi Sundowns ahead of their first leg Champions League final encounter with Egyptian powerhouse Zamalek at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday (Kick off 15h00). Dr Jordaan reminded the all conquering champions that they stand on the brink of greatness if they
Ayanda Patosi cancelled out a Wakasu Mubarak spot-kick as Bafana Bafana and Ghana settled for a 1-1 draw here at Moses Mabhida Stadium in this exciting friendly international played on Tuesday. Wakasu had given the visiting Black Stars the lead with a well-taken penalty midway through the first half but the home team came back
The youthful attacking partnership of Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi delivered a goal each as Nigeria made a winning start to the group phase of the African World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 away victory at COSAFA side Zambia on Sunday. The 20-year-olds both scored in the first half in Ndola as Nigeria served notice
South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune has praised SAFA President Danny Jordaan for his encouraging words before the team left South Africa for Burkina Faso where they will take the home side in a FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier at Municipal Stadium on Saturday evening. The Bafana Bafana first-choice goalkeeper and only surviving member of the
Misheck Chaila has rejoined the Zambia national football team in Ndola, two days after he was released from camp along with ten other players. Chaila, who scored the equaliser in Zesco United’s 2-1 win over Konkola Blades on Sunday, trained with the rest of the squad at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Monday. Team Manager Stanley
The Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) second vice president Almamy Kabele Camara of Guinea and Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi were elected to represent African on the reformed FIFA Council on Thursday. The pair were voted in at an extraordinary general meeting of CAF in Cairo that was attended by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
The South African Under-17 Men’s National Team, Amajimbos, has been invited to take part in the inaugural BRICS u17 Football Cup which will be played from 5 – 15 October 2016 in Goa, India. The venues to be used are Fatorda Stadium (officially known as the Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium, situated in Margao, Goa) and the
Former SAFA Technical Director Horst Kriete says the core existence of any football federation across the world was in developing coaching instructors. The German was speaking at the end of the 10-day Coaching Instructors’ workshop that took place in Pretoria this past week and was attended by 24 participants from all 9 Provinces. During the
The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) has announced that it has switched to computer based ticket sales in line with modern trends in football and a resolve to implement measures aimed at improving accountability and transparency. Faz president Andrew Kamanga told fazfootball.com that the new mode of ticketing which was used for the Africa Cup
Zimbabwe will be the COSAFA region’s only representatives at the 2017 African Nations Cup finals after the final round of qualifiers was played over the weekend. There were some close shaves for some of the continent’s big guns, but most progresses as expected for that will be a star-studded field of 16 teams in Gabon
