UCL: Bayern & PSG Starting XIs Announced

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Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain have announced their starting XIs for tonight’s crunch last-16 clash UEFA Champions League. The Bundesliga giants host the Ligue 1 winners after collecting a 1-0 victory in Paris in the first leg. They have lost just one of their last 23 games and scored at least once in each of those 23 games. Out of their last 17 Champions League home games, Bayern have won and just lost one – a 3-2 home defeat to PSG in the 2020/21 season. The Bavarians have progressed to the next round if UEFA competitions in 28 out of

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Riveiro Admits Inflated Pirates Squad Has Been A Challenge

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Orlando Pirates head Jose Riveiro coach admits keeping the players on the periphery of the first team happy has been challenging in his debut season. Pirates started the season with 36 first-team players but it’s since been cut down to 33 players used with Kopano Thuntsane and DStv Diski Challenge captain Nduimso Ngiba the only players yet to be used in the league. Bafana Bafana forwards Evidence Makgopa has featured only 39 minutes while the likes of Kermit Erasmus, Ndumiso Mabena, Souaibou Marou have fallen behind Terrence Dzvukamanja in the pecking order. The midfield is also packed with options eight

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Arrows Keen To Keep Makhubela Beyond This Season

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Golden Arrows co-coach Vusi Vilakazi says he would love to keep Orlando Pirates loanee Ntsako Makhubela beyond this season. Makhubela is on loan at Arrows from Pirates, whom he joined from Abafana Bes’Thende ahead of last campaign. But he struggled to make his name at Pirates, where he had come through the youth ranks, leading him to rejoin Arrows on loan in January. Makhubela was the star of the show when Arrows came from behind to beat Kaizer Chiefs 3-2 last month at Peter Mokaba Stadium, scoring once and setting up the winner. The showing in that game is something

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Maluleka – Dondol Won’t Be An Easy Opponent

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AmaZulu FC midfielder George Maluleka understands that facing ABC Motsepe League side Dondol Stars in the Nedbank Cup last 16 won’t be an easy task. Stars are coming to the Usuthu game with their tails up following a 4-0 win over the weekend against Dube Continental in the Gauteng ABC Motsepe League round of 26. The Pretoria-based side are now sitting top of the table with 59 points, seven points clear off second spot. They’ve shocked almost everybody already in the tournament after dumping out SuperSport United in the last-32, beating them 2-1 in the Tshwane derby. Usuthu midfielder Maluleka

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Gomes Off To Europe After Landing Top SAFA Job

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Victor Gomes, who has recently been appoint as Referees Committee chairperson of the South African Football Association, has been invited to a top FIFA seminar. Gomes, 40, hung up his whistle earlier in the year after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar but is widely considered one of the continent’s greatest-ever officials. He has now been invited to a seminar for FIFA referee and fitness instructors to take place in Madrid, Spain, from 27-31 March 2023. “The invitation is from FIFA’s director of refereeing, Massimo Busacca, who together with Head of refereeing administration, Patrick Graf, and Dominic Chielens, the

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AmaZulu Wary Of Giant Killing Act By Dondol Stars

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AmaZulu defender Veluyeke Zulu says his side will not underestimate giants killers Dondol Stars after their stunning win over SuperSport United in the Nedbank Cup last-32. Stars dashed SuperSport’s hope in the first round, winning 2-1 in Pretoria, writing another stunning story from a lower division side dumping a Premier Soccer League team from the Ke Yona Cup. The Pretoria side will now face AmaZulu in the round of 16, with the match initially scheduled for TUT Stadium but moved to FNB Stadium due to the student protest action at the Tshwane University of Technology campus which began earlier this

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Chiefs Coach On No Outfield Players Selected For Bafana

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Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Dillon Sheppard has reacted to only one Amakhosi star being called up to the Bafana Bafana squad by Hugo Broos. The Belgian tactician had named his 35-man preliminary squad for the double header against Liberia later this month. The squad, which will still be trimmed from 35 to 23 names, included 10 names from Mamelodi Sundowns, four from Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United, respectively, but just one from Chiefs. in Brandon Petersen. Sheppard has now reacted to the sole Glamour Boys player in national team colour, something almost unheard for a club of Chiefs’ stature, saying

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Gallants Coach Explains Contrasting Form Between CAFCC & PSL

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Marumo Gallants being 16th in the DStv Premiership but on course for CAF Confederation Cup knockout round stages has an explanation, according to coach Raymond Mdaka. With six points secured from three games, Gallants have qualification in their own hands, with USM Alger, Al Akdar and Saint Eloi Lupopo awaiting them in the second round of Group A now – but they are favourites for the drop from the top-flight in South Africa. With nine games to go, they are five points from safety, the 14th-placed Swallows sitting on 24 points, while Maritzburg United, in the relegation play-off spot, are

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Pirates Give Injury Update Ahead Of Nedbank Cup Clash

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Orlando Pirates have given an injury update ahead of their Nedbank Cup last-16 clash with Venda Football Academy. The Buccaneers enter the tie against the Motsepe Foundation Championship side as favourites, having won six out of their last eight games in all competitions. VFA, meanwhile, have won just one of their last five matches, and are only sitting in 14th place on the log – five points ahead of the relegation spot. Pirates confirmed that Thabang Monare, Goodman Mosele and Sandile Shandu will all remain sidelined for Saturday’s clash. “Experienced midfielder Thabang Monare has been one of the notable absentees

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