The COSAFA Cup 2015 was a great triumph on many levels for a number of sides from the Southern African region, not least as a boost to their FIFA World Rankings. As the competition matches were classed as ‘A’ internationals by FIFA, these therefore counted towards rankings points and gave some nations the opportunity to
South Africa’s hopes of making it to the knockout stages of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Chile later in the year have been given a boost after they received a good first round draw. Molefi Ntseki’s side have been pooled with North Korea, Costa Rica and Russia for the tournament, which will be played
FIFA has had it rough over the last six months and with the announcement of the recent World Rankings, there has been more cause for conversation. The announcement of the latest list took place on July 15 and unveiled the following as the top 10 in the world, according to FIFA’s complex ranking system: 1 Argentina 2 Germany
Zambia and South Africa will fly the COSAFA flag at the 2015 CAF Under-23 Championships in Senegal after both won through to the eight-team finals event later this year. The pair will head to Senegal for the Nov. 28-Dec. 12 finals knowing that a top-three finish will see them qualify for the Olympic Games in
COSAFA side South Africa left for Kenya on Thursday to take on the host nation in a crucial second leg of their third round qualifier on the road to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The match will take place on Sunday at the Machakos Stadium, about 63 kilometres outside the capital Nairobi,
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
