Hunt Reveals SSU Target For 2024/25 League Season

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Four-time league winning coach Gavin Hunt has revealed the targets for SuperSport United this season. After finishing third in the 2022/23 season and getting the club back into the CAF inter-club qualification spots, the return of continental football took its toll on a stretched Matsatsatsana squad. However, it saw the emergence of talented development products, none more so than Ime Okon and Shandre Campbell, the latter of which earned a move to Belgian giants Club Brugge after just one season of senior football. Hunt and the SuperSport board have now strengthened the side with several experienced additions like Pogiso Sanoka,

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Nabi Delivers Warning Message To Chiefs Fans

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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi is pleading with the club’s fans to allow him to build a strong team and not have trophies expectations. Amakhosi get their 2024/25 Betway Premiership campaign underway with an away tie to newcomers Marumo Gallants, in what will be the Moroccan mentor’s first official match for his new employers. The Glamour Boys finished in a disappointing 10th place last term to miss out on the MTN8 competition and extend their trophy drought to over nine years. The 59-year-old, who expressed his excitement at the new challenge ahead, equally asked the Khosi faithful to manage

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Ndah Opens Up On Pirates Captaincy

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Orlando Pirates defender Olisa Ndah has opened up on receiving the captain’s armband by Jose Riveiro this season. Ndah, 26, has had a great start to the 2024/25 campaign, finding the back of the net once in Bucs’ five matches so far. With Bucs captain Innocent Maela often starting games from the bench, Ndah has been carrying the armband for the Sea Robbers this campaign – something he says he didn’t expect. “I think it’s an opportunity, I’m really excited for it,” he told centerkick. “I wasn’t expecting it at all. It’s just an opportunity given to me by the

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Dan Dance On Planning For Chiefs In Betway Prem Opener

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Marumo Gallants head coach Dan Malesela admits that he tried to get intel on Kaizer Chiefs mentor Nasreddine Nabi’s style of play leading up to the two sides’ clash in the Betway Premiership opener. Bahlabane Ba Ntwa welcome Amakhosi to the Toyota Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday, September 14, in what promises to be a titanic clash, with ‘Dance’ hoping for an upset with the return of Gallants to topflight football. Speaking to the media at the Betway Premiership launch at the Galleria on Tuesday afternoon, Malesela emphasized on preparing his troops rather than worrying what Chiefs will

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Jomo Makes PSL Intent Clear

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Jomo Cosmos owner Dr. Jomo Sono has made his intentions clear about a return to the Premier Soccer League. Cosmos were relegated two seasons ago from the Motsepe Foundation Championship and are now targeting a promotion campaign from the ABC Motsepe League, the third tier of South African football. He’s cognizant of the yo-yo tag the club has earned from winning promotion and being relegated to the PSL and said they have been meticulously planning a sustainable return to the professional ranks. “That league [ABC Motsepe League] is trouble but yes, to be honest, we had a plan, we were

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Doctor – I’d Have Loved To See This Player At Bafana

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Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs legend Doctor Khumalo has revealed he would’ve loved to see Orlando Pirates hitman Tshegofatso Mabasa in the current squad of Hugo Broos, but also explained why he thinks the Belgian tactician left him out. Mabasa, 27, has experienced a great career revival since the beginning of last season, but more especially since returning to the Buccaneers from Moroka Swallows in January. After winning the Golden Boot last season, Mabasa is one of the few strikers who have featured in five games in 2024/25 already, netting once. Khumalo says he’d have loved the Bucs forward at

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Wydad Fail To Beat Botola 2 Side

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Rulani Mokwena’s Wydad Athletic Club have reached the next round of the Excellence Cup on Sunday evening, beating Kawkab Athlétique Club of Marrakech. Both teams had won their first round fixtures in the Excellence Cup, with beating Jeunesse Massira 2-0 to hand Mokwena his first win as Wydad coach. On Sunday, Wydad failed to beat Botola Pro 2 side KACM, drawing 0-0. Both teams are currently sitting on four points in their group, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout stages. So far, Mokwena has one win, one draw and one defeat, which came in their

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Yeye Gives Honest Verdict On Showboating

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Kaizer Chiefs legend Reneilwe Letsholonyane has given his opinion on the issue of showboating, saying he views it from two perspectives. This is a topic that comes up regularly in South African football where players get indifferent reactions for how they do it. Most recently, Chiefs starlet Mfundo Vilakazi came under fire for displaying his skills in the pre-season Toyota Cup, when Amakhosi lost 4-0 to Young Africans. Even Orlando Pirates midfielder Patrick Maswanganyi has also suffered the same fate. The former Bafana Bafana midfielder, who has now stepped into coaching, spoke to the media recently where he said that

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Official: Wydad Sign Former Milan Striker For Rulani

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Rulani Mokwena’s Wydad Athletic have confirmed another new signing to bolster their attack. Their latest recruit is well-travelled Senegalese international M’Biaye Niang, who has played for several top European clubs including AC Milan. The 29-year-old most recently played for Empoli, also in Italy, but has played across Europe including multiple stints in France, as well as in England and Turkey. He also spent a few months in Saudi Arabia in 2021. Earlier in the week, Wydad confirmed the signing of Abdelmounaim Boutouil, who reunites with Mokwena, after their departures from Sundowns.

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