It is full steam ahead for the 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup according to the head of the Organising Committee Timothy Shongwe, who has declared both COSAFA and hosts Namibia ready for the June 11-25 regional championship in Windhoek. The 14-team tournament features the best of the Southern African region and guest nation Democratic Republic of
A goalless draw might not appear to be the most thrilling of matches, but there have been few COSAFA Castle Cup games filled with more tension and drama as the fixture between Lesotho and Botswana in Maseru in 2004. The 90 minutes had plenty of action, but both sides spurned chances to grab an all-important
The draw has been made for the 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup to be staged in Namibia from June 11-25 and has thrown up some intriguing contests to be played in the Southern African championship. Here are 10 reasons to look forward to the COSAFA Castle Cup in just six weeks time as we take you
The draw for the 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup to be staged in Namibia from June 11-25 has thrown up some tasty ties, not least a quarterfinal meeting between guest nation DR Congo and last year’s runners-up Mozambique. Holders and hosts Namibia begin the defence of their title with a tricky quarterfinal clash against Botswana, while
The COSAFA Castle Cup has over the years helped to develop some of the leading players ever to emerge from Southern African and has played a vital role in the growth of the game in the region. Here are 10 top names who benefitted hugely from playing in the COSAFA Castle Cup early in their
The 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup in Namibia from June 11-25 will provide the watching world with a glimpse of the best up-and-coming talent in the Southern African region over two weeks of intense competition. But there will also be some more established stars with a point to prove, making it a fascinating tournament for the
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
