Carling Cup Details Revealed

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With the Carling Knockout and the Carling Black Label Cup going into their second season, here are all the details around the two competitions, including the whopping Man of the Match price money. The two competitions are closely interlinked and will again run after another, with the 16 Betway Premiership teams facing each other in the Carling Knockout Cup, which kicks off on the weekend of 19 October with the Last 16 (exact dates yet to be confirmed). Once the winner of the Carling Knockout has been played out, they will then face a team of the Carling All Stars

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Banyana Find Out 2024 COSAFA Women’s Championship Opponents

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Banyana Banyana have avoided defending champions Malawi after been drawn in Group A for the 2024 COSAFA Women’s Championship to be played in Gqeberha from 22 October until 2 November. The seven-time regional champions will be looking go a few steps further after failing to make out the knockout phase last year. This year, they have been pitted against Namibia, Eswatini and debutants Seychelles in the group. Malawi will be gunning for their second title after seeing off Zambia 2-1 in last year’s final and have been drawn in Group B alongside Botswana, Madagascar and Mauritius. The Scorchers captain Temwa

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Mokwena Pleads For Patience From Wydad

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Wydad Athletic Club head coach Rulani Mokwena calls for patience from the club after dropping two points and finding themselves sitting in sixth place in the Botola Pro Inwi. The former Mamelodi Sundowns mentor has not had the best of starts to his Wydad career, winning just two out of the opening five matches, with two draws and a single defeat though they are just one point adrift of log leaders Ittihad Tanger who are on nine points. Mokwena has asked the club to relax and promised them after 30 matches they will be there as the league is a

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Mofokeng Reaches Special Pirates Milestone

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Orlando Pirates starlet Relebohile Mofokeng has scripted his own chapter of history for the club after making his 50th appearance in the MTN8 final this past weekend. The Buccaneers staged a thrilling 3-1 comeback victory over Stellenbosch FC, becoming the first club in the Premier Soccer League era to win the MTN8 trophy in three consecutive years. Mofokeng, 19, has been a mainstay for the Bucs senior team since being promoted in July 2023, scoring both winning goals in last season’s Nedbank Cup final and this past weekend’s MTN8 final, to improve his personal trophy cabinet to two Wafa Wafa

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Banyana Announce Squads For Europe Trip & Cosafa

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Banyana Banyana head coach Dr Desiree Ellis has announced her 24-woman squad for the upcoming international friendly matches against Denmark and England, with coach Maude Khumalo also naming her team for the upcoming 2024 COSAFA Women’s Championship. The African champions are scheduled to face 12th ranked Denmark at Aalborgh Stadium on the October 25 followed by the friendly with 2nd ranked and European champions England at the Coventry Arena on 29 October, with both matches forming part as preparations for the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). Thembi Kgatlana and Andile Dlamini are back having missed the Senegal friendlies,

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Carling Knockout Last 16 Fixtures Confirmed

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The draw for the 2024 Carling Knockout Cup Last 16 fixtures took place on Tuesday afternoon. It’s the second instalment of the new tournament which basically revived the old Telkom Knockout Cup. Last year, Stellenbosch FC won the inaugural edition after beating TS Galaxy on penalties at the Moses Mabhida Stadium to lift their first-ever trophy. This year, the defending champions will start their title defence with another trip to Durban, where they will face AmaZulu. Meanwhile, one of the standout fixtures of the Last 16 is the clash between SuperSport United and Kaizer Chiefs, which was the first fixture

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Ahly Legend Points Out Sundowns Group

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Al Ahly legend Ahmed Fathy believes the CAF Champions League Group B with Mamelodi Sundowns is the Group of Death. Fathy was part of the Champions League draw at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) headquarters on Monday afternoon. While his two former clubs Ahly and Pyramids avoided each other, the champions, were drawn in Group C alongside CR Belouizdad, Orlando Pirates and Stade Abidjan. However, he felt Sundowns’ group with Raja Athletic Club, AS FAR and AS Maniema Union stood out as the toughest to progress to the knockout stages. “This is the strongest club competition in Africa, and

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Chiefs’ Next Match Confirmed

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Kaizer Chiefs will be returning to Bloemfontein for a third time in 10 weeks as they participate in a friendly match against Marumo Gallants under the Cufa Cup banner on Sunday, 13 October. The Free State Stadium has somewhat become home for Amakhosi this season having already played Tanzanian champions Yanga SC in the Toyota Cup before a sold-out affair that saw them beat Gallants 2-1 in their Betway Premiership opener. With Chiefs only back in competitive action on 26 October when they take on SuperSport United, coach Nasreddine Nabi could look to use this friendly to give some of

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Carling Knockout Pots Confirmed, Tough Draw For Chiefs?

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The seeding pots for the Carling Knockout Last 16 draw have been confirmed, with Kaizer Chiefs potentially in for a tough fixture. The launch of the Carling Knockout will take place today, with the draw set to be conducted from 13:00. The top eight teams from 2023/24 will be drawn against the bottom eight teams of the final log, with Magesi replacing Cape Town Spurs.

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