Sihlangu marksman Felix Badenhorst is confident Swaziland has the verve to win this year’s COSAFA Cup. The shining former Swazi international and Mbabane Swallows attacking midfielder will be in the spotlight during the 2018 instalment of the regional soccer showpiece, which gets underway in Polokwane, South Africa, this coming Sunday. Badenhorst, with six goals, is
Chipolopolo coach Beston Chambeshi has hinted that striker Fashion Sakala and Polokwane City midfielder Salulani Phiri may be his only foreign-based call-ups for the 2018 COSAFA Cup. Sakala, of Spartak Moscow 2 in Russia, is already training with Zambia at its Lusaka camp after joining the team on May 23 while midfielder Emmanuel Banda of
Russia-based Zambia striker Fashion Sakala says it would be an honour to be part of Chipolopolo’s 2018 COSAFA Cup campaign. The tournament will be staged in South Africa’s Limpopo province from May 27-June 9, with Zambia to enter at the quarterfinal stage when they take on Namibia in Polokwane on June 2. The 2016 COSAFA
Impressed by a performance in Angola where Malawi managed to upset tables against the hosts in a 4-1 routing in Under-20 Afcon, Flames coach Ronny Van Geneugden (RVG) has roped in four players from the team into the senior squad that is in camp in preparation for Cosafa Cup. Excited RVG said in an interview
Swaziland has named a strong-looking squad to do duty for the country in the upcoming COSAFA Cup to be held in the Limpopo Province of South Africa from May 27-June 9. CAF Champions League envoys Mbabane Swallows have up to seven players, but there is a surprise omission of shot-stopper, Sandile ‘Nkomishi’ Ginindza, and winger
South African coach Stuart Baxter has stuck to his word and selected a mostly youthful squad for the 2018 COSAFA Cup to be played on home soil from May 27-June 9. Baxter wants to use the competition to blood new players at senior level, hoping to find some gems ahead of the resumption of the
Malawi coach Ronny Van Geneugden (RVG) has named his final squad for the 2018 Cosafa Cup to be held in South Africa from May 27 to June 9. Portugal-based Richard Mbulu, Baroka FC striker Robin Ngalande, Zambia based Lusaka Dynamos winger Dalitso Sailesi and Mozambique-based John Banda will lead the Flames. RVG’s squad has also
Four players from champions Zesco United have been added to Zambia’s provisional 2018 COSAFA Cup team that regroup’s in Lusaka on May 21. Striker Lazarus Kambole leads the quartet from the 2017 FAZ Super Division champions. Kambole is enjoying a great form for both club and country in 2018 with four league goals, three in
Kaizer Chiefs centre back Teenage Hadebe is disappointed at having to miss out on the COSAFA Cup when Zimbabwe take a crack at a new record sixth title at the regional championships scheduled for Limpopo province from May 27-June 9. Hadebe had been included in coach Sunday Chidzambwa’s initial 33-man squad ahead of the start
Eswatini national team Sihlangu are set to test their resolve against Kenya’s Harambe Stars ahead of the stop in Limpopo Province of South Africa for the COSAFA Cup. As preparations for the regional showpiece intensify, Anthony Mdluli’s troops are reportedly arranging a friendly match against Kenya ahead of the regional showpiece to be staged between
