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
COSAFA side South Africa put up a great fight in their first match of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games against Brazil as they held the hosts to a famous goalless draw and in the process earn themselves a precious point. In a match played at Mane Garrincha Stadium in the capital city of Brazil, Brasilia,
It was a tough opening round of matches for the COSAFA side’s in the 2016 Olympic Games women’s football tournament, though both equipped themselves well on a very tough stage. South Africa lost 1-0 to Sweden, undone by a goalkeeping error from Roxanne Barker in an otherwise fairly comfortable display. Zimbabwe took on the powerful
South Africa and Zimbabwe will represent the COSAFA region at the 2016 Olympic Games, starting on Wednesday! South Africa have teams in both the men’s Under-23 and women’s competitions, while Zimbabwe will play in the latter tournament only. The South African men’s side open their campaign on Thursday with a match-up against the hosts, who
Namibia coach Timothy Tjongarero was full of praise for his side after they claimed the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships title with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out victory over South Africa in the final on Sunday. Namibia claimed the shoot-out win after the teams had been locked at 1-1 in a contest that Namibia shaded in terms
Namibia have claimed the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship title after a 3-1 penalty shoot-out victory over South Africa following a 1-1 draw in the final in Mauritius on Sunday. Namibia had lost 4-0 to the South Africans in the pool stage, but showed a vastly improved performance as edged the play in the decider and
Malawi coach DeKlerk Msakakuona declared himself pleased with his side’s performance as they claimed the bronze medal at the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships with a 2-0 victory over East African guest nation Kenya on Sunday. Malawi triumphed in the third-place play-off thanks to goals from Peter Banda, his fifth of the competition, and Francisco Madinga.
Welcome to our live coverage of the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships final between South Africa and Namibia on Sunday! South Africa have yet to concede a goal in this competition and defeated Namibia 4-0 in the group phase, so must be considered favourites. Starting line-ups: South Africa XI: Glen Baadjies, Mswati Mavuso, Luke Fleurs, Sechaba
Check out our live coverage of the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships third-place play-off between Kenya and Malawi on Sunday! Starting line-ups: Kenya XI: Ahmed Omar, Thomas Muya, Daniel Wambua, Clinton Machaka, Jeremy Muriithi, Biron Lukale, Kenneth Karungari, Muthoka Mulei, Prince Boit, Zidane Karume, Brian Omutanyi. Subs: Brian Otieno, John Njuguna, Eric Muriithi, Ibrahim Onnangwe, Lewis Wanjala,
