The second legs of the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup first round qualifiers will be staged this weekend with four COSAFA nations in action. South Africa and Zambia are well placed to advance to the next stage, where they will meet each other, while Namibia face a daunting task and Botswana the impossible. South
COSAFA nations, bar Zimbabwe, will know their fate on Saturday when the draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification competition is made in St Petersburg, Russia. They are among a record 53 nations from the continent who have entered the preliminaries with only Zimbabwe left out after being banned for failing to pay a
It was a busy weekend of action for men and women’s teams from the COSAFA region as they sought to take a step closer to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year. In the men’s qualifying competition, where the teams are restricted to using players aged 23 or under, Zimbabwe were held to
South Africa and Zimbabwe will fly the COSAFA flag in the third round of qualifiers in the women’s football competition for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. The pair are two steps away from playing at the Olympics, which for South Africa would mean a return after they featured in the
The major qualification matches for COSAFA sides continue to come thick and fast as three Southern African nations hope to take a step closer to the 2015 CAF Under-23 Championship in Senegal later in the year. South Africa travel to Zimbabwe to play the hosts at the Rufaro Stadium on Sunday in the first leg
It was a mixed weekend for the COSAFA sides competing in the 2016 FIFA Under-20 World Cup qualifying campaign with two wins and two defeats. Zambia claimed a 4-0 victory in Tanzania that will leave them as heavy favourites for the return in a fortnight’s time. That has almost certainly set up a meeting in
Four COSAFA nations will be in action in the qualifiers for the 2016 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup to be staged in Papa New Guinea. South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia are all still in the running for a place in the global showpiece, but are still in the early rounds of their qualification campaign. South
New SAFA Technical Director, Neil Tovey has hailed the Association for keeping the National Teams busy saying this augers well for the future of ‘our football.’ Currently, the SAFA U17 Boys national championships are taking place at Nike Centre in Soweto. The tournament kicked off on Tuesday and is scheduled to end on Sunday 12
COSAFA Secretary General Sue Destombes and legendary South African coach Fran Hilton-Smith have been hand-picked by FIFA to act as mentors in their Female Leadership Development Programme (FLDP). COSAFA has worked tirelessly in the past to promote women in football through tournaments, coaching clinics and workshops for administrators and the selection of Destombes and Hilton-Smith
Lesotho scored perhaps the biggest surprise of the preliminary round of qualifying for the 2016 African Nations Championship when they ousted Botswana from the competition. Twelve COSAFA nations were in action in the qualifiers over the weekend, but it was Lesotho who were most impressive as they came away with a 1-1 draw from Botswana
