Chiefs SD On Nabi Impact, Gives Transfer Update

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Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jnr. has hailed the impact of new head coach Nasreddine Nabi and confirmed more signings are in the works. Chiefs returned from pre-season in Turkey, with their new head coach, technical team and a squad seemingly brimming with excitement for the new season. The club have recruited Bongani Sam, Rushwin Dortley and Fiacre Ntwari in the off-season, with the duo set to be unveiled imminently. Nabi arrived after a season in the Botola Pro with ASFAR, having previously been linked with Chiefs after winning back to back trebles with Young Africans SC in Tanzania.

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Sundowns Add Another New Technical Team Member

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Mamelodi Sundowns are set to rope in Cape Town City performance analyst Paul Lamb. Lamb is an experienced analyst, who has worked with quite several Premier Soccer League teams, including Ajax Cape Town – now Cape Town Spurs – and Maritzburg United. There have been several changes in the Sundowns technical team after the exit of Rulani Mokwena last month. There have been several backroom staff members who have left the club, with some resigning, while others had their contracts expired. iDiski Times understands that Sundowns are closing in on adding City’s performance analyst, Lamb, as they feel his experience

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Kaizer Chiefs Unveil 2024/25 Kits

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Kaizer Chiefs have officially unveiled their much-anticipated 2024/25 home and away kits ahead of the new campaign. Chiefs and Kappa joined forces again last season, when the Italian sportswear brand replaced Nike as Amakhosi’s kit supplier. The Glamour Boys and Kappa first partnered in 1989, with Amakhosi winning a sensational quadruple of titles in the first year of their Kappa sponsorship. Overall, their seven-year partnership spanning from 1989 to 1996 brought the club 12 trophies and the Glamour Boys were hopeful the new Kappa kits could spark a similar era to finally end the club’s trophy drought. However, they ended

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Official: Sundowns Announce 4th Signing

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Mamelodi Sundowns have announced the signing of Asekho Tiwani from Sekhukhune United. Tiwani, 19, made his breakthrough to the senior side five months ago when he made his debut in a 3-1 victory against Richards Bay. The left-back didn’t look back since and has played in almost every match for Babina Noko since, including in the CAF Confederation Cup. The Asidlali product scored a cracker against Cape Town Spurs, which won Goal of the Month for April. The goal was nominated for Goal of the Season but it was outdone by the goal of Orlando Pirates’ Thabiso Lebitso in the

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Chiefs’ First 10 Betway Prem Fixtures

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Kaizer Chiefs open their 2024/25 Betway Premiership campaign with an away tie against Marumo Gallants on Saturday, September 14, at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein. On Thursday afternoon, the Premier Soccer League sent a communique with the drafted fixtures list to the clubs, which iDiski Times had access to. As momentum builds up for the highly anticipated season, and ironically, Chiefs will head back to Free State after this weekend’s Toyota Cup clash against Yanga SC of Tanzania. The Glamour Boys touched down in Mzansi on Wednesday afternoon after a three-week training camp in Turkey, and will look to get coach

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2024/25 Betway Premiership Fixtures Revealed

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The 2024/25 Betway Premiership fixtures have been revealed after a draft communiqué was sent to Premier Soccer League club’s for approval. On Wednesday PSL chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza had confirmed that Betway have replaced DStv as title sponsor for the Premiership, in a deal worth R900 million. He did mention that domestic football will return on 3 August, but that’s when the MTN8 tournament will kick off. The actual Betway Premiership starts on 14 September with a Tshwane Derby between defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United at Loftus Versfeld at 15:00. Also in the same time slot is a

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MTN8 Quarter-final Fixtures Confirmed

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The Premier Soccer League has confirmed that the MTN8 quarter-finals will commence on Saturday, August 3. The MTN8 is the traditional curtain-raiser in SA football, and it will have the one-legged quarter-finals played on 3 and 10 August, while the double-legged semi-finals take place on 24 August and 31 August before the first international break of 2024/25. This year’s MTN8 final has been scheduled for 5 October. Defending champions Orlando Pirates begin their cup defence against SuperSport United at Orlando Stadium with kick-off set for 18:00. The Buccaneers beat Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 via a dramatic penalty-shootout last season, going on

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Ramovic Clears Air On Raja Situation

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TS Galaxy head coach Sead Ramovic has vehemently denied the recent reports that he refused to work with certain staff from Raja Athletic Club. Ramovic had agreed to join the Botola Pro Champions with personal terms, with three other members to join his technical team, three weeks ago. While Galaxy President Tim Sukazi jumped the gun confirming his move to Casablanca, the move reached a deadlock on Wednesday when they proposed new terms. Reports surfacing in Morocco stated that Ramovic refused to work with highly-rated fitness coach Omar Benounis and sought to bring in one of his own. But the

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Pitso Offers Advice To Mokwena Over North African Challenges

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Three-time CAF Champions League winning coach Dr. Pitso Mosimane says Rulani Mokwena must ‘be very careful’ in his journey in North Africa. Mokwena has signed a three-year deal with Wydad Athletic Club after his surprise parting of ways with Mamelodi Sundowns where he won the league and African Football League in the 2023/24 season. Mosimane took a similar route from the Brazilians to Al Ahly where he won two bronze medals at the FIFA Club World Cup and two African Champions League titles before adventures into Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. While he’s yet to communicate with Mokwena

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