A number of COSAFA sides will be in action when the final round of 2017 African Nations Cup qualification matches is played this week … and Swaziland still in with a chance of booking their spot. Zimbabwe have already secured a place in Gabon next year after an excellent qualification campaign, but they could be
Thabiso Kutumela has joined his Bafana Bafana teammates in Nelspruit after he was called upon to replace the injured Prince Nxumalo of Ajax Cape Town Kutumela of Orlando Pirates arrived in Mpumalanga on Monday night (29 August). He was part of the South African u23 Men’s National Team that recently went to the 2016 Rio
Zimbabwe coach Kallisto Pasuwa has named a powerful squad for the African Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea in Conakry on September 4. The Warriors have already qualified for next year’s finals in Gabon, but can use the game as preparation for that tournament. Pasuwa will have a selection headache with his forwards, even though he
The COSAFA region is guaranteed representation in the African Champions League final this year after both Zambia’s Zesco United and Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa advanced to the semifinals. The pair will meet in the Last 4 with the winner to advance to the October final, where they will face one of Moroccan side Wydad
A course for CAF Women’s Instructors from around Africa was recently held in Cameroon at the CAF technical Centre in Mbankomo. The course was conducted by Ehypt’s Mohamed Abdul-Meneim, also known as ‘Shatta’, Dominique Niyonzima from Burundi and South Africa’s Fran Hilton-Smith. There were 24 participants from English-speaking African countries as well as the coaches
The COSAFA Executive Committee had handed out fines and suspensions to members of the Botswana team at the recent COSAFA Castle Cup in Namibia, as well as those players and officials found guilty of age-cheating at the COSAFA Under-17 Championships. Botswana coach Peter Butler, and players Boitumelo Mafoko and Joel Mogorosi, have been handed two
COSAFA Under-17 Championship winners, Namibia’s Baby Warriors have jetted out to Congo-Brazzaville for their Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2017 U-17 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers second-round second leg at the Alphonse Massemba-Debat Stadium in Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon. The Namibians will look to avenge a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Congo two weeks
The remaining COSAFA sides in the 2017 African Under-17 Championships qualifiers will be in action this weekend as they seek to advance to the final round of the preliminaries. COSAFA Under-17 Championship winners Namibia were beaten 2-1 at home by Congo-Brazzaville in the first leg of their tie and face elimination from the competition unless
The South African men’s Olympic team was knocked out of the 2016 Games following a 1-1 draw with Iraq in a do or die affair on Wednesday. South Africa opened the scoring in the 6th minute with a great goal when Andile Fikizolo played in a beautiful ball that Gift Motupa slotted into the back of
Head coach of the South African Men’s Olympic Team says they let themselves down in the 1-0 loss to Denmark in their second match of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The clash took place on Sunday, 7 August 2016 at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. The South Africans created a lot of chances in
