Mexico Name World Cup Squad As Bafana Showdown Nears

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Veteran goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa is the main headliner in Mexico’s 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup that gets underway next week. The 40-year-old will represent El Tri in a record-setting sixth World Cup after being roped back into the set-up. Ochoa has been part of Mexico’s World Cup story since 2006 and will be on the grandest stage for his final dance before hanging up his gloves. Javier Aguirre’s charges will be without first choice Luis Angel Malagon after his withdrawal through a torn left Achilles tendon in March which ultimately rules him out of the tournament. On

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Former Chiefs Coach Starts New Role

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Former Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper coach Ilyes Mzoughi has started his new role with the Burkina Faso national team. Mzoughi joined Chiefs two years ago and was part of Nasreddine Nabi’s technical team when the Tunisian took over at Naturena. Following Nabi’s departure early in 2025/26, Mzoughi along with the rest of the technical team – co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef plus conditioning coach Majdi Safi stayed on. But last week, the club confirmed the exit of the four as they are now looking for a new head coach with his own technical team. Mzoughi was widely praised for

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SAFA Issues Statement After Bafana Visa Chaos

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) is set to establish a three-member emergency committee in order to deal with Bafana Bafana‘s administrative issues at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The decision comes after the senior men’s national team’s travel plans were thrown into turmoil with players not issued visas. This called for the attention of the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie to step in and call SAFA to order, terming the travel and visa debacle “embarrassing & grossly unfair towards the players & coaching staff” and that “We are being made to look like fools.” While the

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Pirates Closing In On Two PSL Stars

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iDiski Times has learnt that Orlando Pirates are set to sign Stellenbosch FC midfielder Mthetheleli Mthiyane and Richards Bay FC defender Sibangani Zulu.  The Buccaneers have begun reinforcing their team ahead of the 2026/27 season as they look to maintain their local dominance and compete continentally. Ezimnyama Ngenkani won the treble in the just-ended season — the MTN8, Carling Knockout Cup, and Betway Premiership. Winning the league saw them end a 14-year league drought. Meanwhile, Pirates also qualified for the CAF Champions League, a competition they want to strongly compete in, having been inspired by seeing their local rivals Mamelodi

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Junior – What Downs Did Different To Last Season

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iDiski TV analyst Junior Khanye has pointed out what he believes was the difference to Mamelodi Sundowns clinching their second CAF Champions League title. Sundowns drew 1-1 with Morocco’s ASFAR in Rabat on Sunday to win this season’s title 2-1 on aggregate following their 1-0 victory in the first leg in Pretoria a week ago. This is only their second African title with the first one coming in 2016. Since 2016, Sundowns have only come close in the competition and last season reached the final but were beaten by Pyramids FC to the podium. The former Kaizer Chiefs winger says

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Mexico Beat Australia As Bafana Struggles Continue

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Bafana Bafana‘s 2026 FIFA World Cup Group A opponents Mexico picked up an important 1-0 win over Australia in a friendly international at Estadio Banorte on Sunday morning. With less than 10 days to go before the global showpiece, co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico, gets underway, El Tricolor have maintained a winning momentum. In their past 15 matches, they won seven of those clashes, playing to six draws and losing just two. The two draws recently came against powerhouses Portugal (0-0) and Belgium (1-1) while losing to Colombia and Paraguay. Mexico have now won two matches on the

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Tlhopie – What I Remember About Cardoso’s First Day

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Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Tlhopie Motsepe says it’s special that coach Miguel Cardoso remembers what he said to the coach on his first day at the club. The Portuguese mentor has delivered a second star for the side in their second attempt at the final in two seasons and personally his third. The coach revealed to the media after the team touched down from Morocco where they defeated ASFAR 2-1 on aggregate in the final that Motsepe believed on the first day he’d get them their second African title. In response, the club boss said for him what stood out about

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Ex-Chiefs Striker Scores In Harare Derby Win

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Former Kaizer Chiefs striker Knowledge Musona was on target for Scottland FC who claimed a 2-0 win over CAPS United in the Harare Derby at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The reigning Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champions walked away with the bragging rights to move within one point of league leaders Hard Rock after match-day 15. Norman Mapeza’s charges picked up their seventh win of the campaign to move to 28 points, having also drawn seven and losing just once so far this season. The ‘Smiling Assasin’ opened the scoring in the eighth minute before Panashe Mutimbanyoka added

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Ribeiro Caps Off With Goal Ahead Of High-Profile Africa Move

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Reigning PSL Player Of The Season Lucas Ribeiro scored for Spanish Segunda División outfit Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa who claimed a hard-fought 1-1 away stalemate to Real Sociedad B. The last match of the season at Estadio Ciudad Deportiva Zubieta could not separate both sides who claimed a point on match-day 42. The point did little for Leonesa who have already suffered relegated from LaLiga 2 having finished the campaign in the automatic relegation spot, 21, alongside Real Zaragoza who occupied bottom spot. Leonesa accumulated just 37 points all season, winning only nine matches, suffering a whopping 23 defeats, more

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