Goalkeeper Jackson Mabokgwane captained South Africa on home soil at the COSAFA Castle Cup last year and sees the huge value that the tournament brings to soccer in the region. He is delighted that Castle Lager have signed on as title sponsors of the championship up to 2020 and says in that time we are
Banyana Banyana qualified for the 2016 Cameroon Womens Africa Cup of Nations tournament scheduled in scintillating style after dispatching Botswana on a cool evening at the Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa on Tuesday night (12 April 2016). The in-form South African Senior Women’s National Team is one of the two African teams, together with Zimbabwe, going
1 – Namibia’s triumph at the 2015 COSAFA Castle Cup was their first in the competition and made them just the fifth country to lift the title in all. This year will also be the first time that Namibia are hosting the COSAFA Castle Cup. 1 – This year will see the Democratic Republic of
African Nations Championship winners the Democratic Republic of Congo have been added as a guest nation to the star-studded line-up for the 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup to be staged in Namibia from June 11-25. Congolese football has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with top club TP Mazembe current holders of the African Champions League,
PPC, the leading supplier of cement in southern Africa, has joined forces with COSAFA to sponsor the region’s Under-20 championship in 2016 as they seek to develop Africa’s stars of tomorrow. PPC pride themselves on building ‘from the ground up’ and are therefore a perfect fit for the Southern African junior championship that has seen
The South African Womens’ team is 90 minutes away from qualifying for the 2016 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCN) in Cameroon later this year, where they would join regional rivals Zimbabwe. Banyana Banyana defeated COSAFA neighbours Botswana 2-0 on Saturday at the Lobatse Sports Complex and now return home for the return leg with
COSAFA clubs return to action in African club competitions this weekend as they seek to take a step closer to the group stages of the respective tournaments. South African side Mamelodi Sundowns travel to Kinshasa in the DR Congo for a tough African Champions League away day at AS Vita Club, who have never lost
The South African Senior Women’s National Team, Banyana Banyana, is fully focussed on the upcoming African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCN) qualifiers against COSAFA rivals Botswana. The first leg will take place on Saturday at Lobatse Sports Complex Stadium in Lobatse, Botswana. Kick-off is at 16h00. Banyana coach Vera Pauw said it was important for
Four teams from the COSAFA region will be involved in 2016 African Women’s Championship qualifiers this week as they seek to book a place in the finals tournament in Cameroon. The quartet or in the final stage of the qualification process, but only two can emerge victorious after they were paired together in the second
Bloemfontein Celtic defender Tshepo Rikhotso believes the South African Under-23 side are on course in their preparations for the Olympic Games despite their 3-1 loss in Brazil last weekend. Rikhotso was part of the squad that travelled to South America and says Owen da Gama’s side held their own, but were undone by individual errors
