South Africa Under-23 coach Owen da Gama says he is looking beyond Zimbabwe after watching his side dismantle a visiting Rwanda team 2-0 in a practice game at UJ Stadium this week. It was the perfect build-up to the return leg of their 2015 CAF Under-23 Championship qualifier against the Zimbabweans that is evenly poised
COSAFA sides South Africa and Zambia have advanced to the second round of qualifying for the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after easing past their opposition at the weekend. The pair will now meet in the next stage as they seek to win through to the global finals to be held in Papa New
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
