Defender Thulani Hlatshwayo has been withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad that will face Mauritania in a CAF Orange African Cup of Nations Gabon 2017 qualifier as well as the 2015 Nelson Mandela Challenge clash against Senegal. South Africa takes on Mauritania on Saturday in Nouakchott, and will lock horns with the Teranga Lions of
COSAFA side South Africa enter a hectic period in which they will play almost two matches a month until the end of the year with the busiest phase being in October where Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba’s charges will play four games. In total, the South African Men’s Senior National Team will play eight games in a
The South African Under-23 side that recently qualified for the Eight Nations tournament in Senegal have secured two international friendly matches against Tunisia to be played on 4 and 7 September. The team is expected to leave for North Africa on 2 September and will be back in the country on 8 September 2015. The
The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) is delighted to announce that defending champions Namibia will host the prestigious COSAFA Cup 2016. Namibia will stage the event for the first time in their history between May 15-29, 2016 at two venues in the capital Windhoek – the Sam Nujoma Stadium and Independence Stadium. It
Namibia Football Association (NFA) president Frans Mbidi has confirmed that the country will host the COSAFA Cup 2016. Mbidi has confirmed that the Namibian government has pledged financial support for the event, which is scheduled to be played in May next year, with the exact dated to be announced at a later stage. The government
COSAFA Cup-winning coach Ricardo Mannetti has returned to his post to lead Namibia and is looking forward to taking the Brave Warriors to even greater heights. Mannetti resigned after leading Namibia to their maiden Southern African championship in May, suggesting he wanted time away from the hot-seat. But he has been enticed back and is
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
