Comitis Ready To Fight For FNB Sponsor Ahead The Nedbank Cup

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Cape Town City chairman John Comitis says the PSL has still not officially granted his club an approval of the FNB sponsorship. But he said he knows the league has no leg to stand on after he won the matter in court where it was decided City did nothing wrong in acquiring the giant financial institution to be their front shirt sponsor. Because of the court order, City have been carrying on in using the sponsor, while the league has not appealed the decision and neither have granted the club the sponsorship – even though they were instructed to do

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iDiski Times Edition 86 Is Out Now!

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iDiski Times is back for the first time in 2023 and Edition 86 is now available at Shoprite stores. Velile Mnyandu sat down with former Kaizer Chiefs winger Dumisani Zuma to find out about how things are going at AmaZulu, and if he has any regrets about his time at Naturena. Rob Delport caught up with Cape Town City defender Keanu Cupido to find out more about the 24-year-old’s progress at the Citizens, and the French influence he had in his formative years. Clinton Larsen has just been appointed as the new head coach of Magesi in the Motsepe Foundation

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Zwane Explains Sudden Mahlatsi Decision

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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arhur Zwane has revealed his opinion on Kamohelo Mahlatsi after handing him two consecutive starts in the first-team. Mahlatsi, 24, joined Chiefs from Swallows in the off-season and has long been considered as a promising talent in South African football. However, he’s not quite lived up to the lofty expectations that were set when breaking out of the SuperSport United academy nearly a decade ago. After featuring in just 33 minutes of football, he earned a rare start in the 2-0 win over Golden Arrows on New Years’ Eve and another in the 1-0 defeat to

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Riveiro Discusses Unwanted Pirates Record

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Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro has discussed his side’s unwanted record of failing to score a single goal in the second half in the first 15 games of the season. Pirates have become the first ever Premier Soccer League side to have gone through their first 15 games of the campaign without scoring a goal in the second half – with the previous record being 11 games without scoring in the second stanza, set by Swallows in 1997/98 as OptaJabu pointed out. Riveiro was asked about the unwanted milestone after his side’s 2-1 defeat Cape Town City on Saturday, but

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Downs Equal Last Season’s Halfway Record

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Mamelodi Sundowns have equalled the record of last season after the halfway mark of the campaign is gone. The Tshwane giants are sitting pretty at the top of the DStv Premiership standing with 37 points after 15 matches played. This time last season after 15 matches were played, they had also collected 37 points on their way to win the league title. In the season before that where it took them until round 22 to suffer a loss after the appointment of Manqoba Mngqithi and Rulani Mokwena as co-coaches, they had collected 33 points after 15 games. In the 2015/16

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Folz After Royal AM Loss: The Pressure Is There All The Time

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AmaZulu coach Romain Folz has admitted that the pressure is mounting on him after Usuthu lost 2-0 to Royal AM at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday. While the pressure might be up for Folz to take at the moment, club officials are still backing him and felt the game on Sunday the players never turn up as he puts in a strong side on the day. It was Usuthu’s fifth loss in the campaign and first under Folz, dropping to 12th spot in the DStv Premiership with 18 points after 15 matches. After the final whistle, a visibly disgusted Folz went down

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Ronaldo ‘Debut’ Vs Messi?

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Cristiano Ronaldo could make his debut in Saudi Arabia in a friendly match against Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain. The 37-year-old missed his side’s 2-0 win over Al Tai because he is still serving a two-match ban from his time with Manchester United. As a consequence, Ronaldo is also expected to miss his side’s clash with Al-Shabab on 14 January. However, many fans now expect him to be fielded in a friendly match against Paris Saint-Germain when an “all-star XI from Saudi top clubs Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr” will face the Ligue 1 champions on 17 January. PSG confirmed their trip to

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Royal AM Again Keep Things Mum About Zondo Demotion

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Royal AM coach Abram Nteo refused to gloat on the win over AmaZulu as he was running things solo on the bench, with Khabo Zondo who was his co-coach, yet again not on the sidelines. It was the second time Zondo was not on the bench with Nteo, after he was absent against TS Galaxy at the same venue, the Chatsworth Stadium on Tuesday last week. Zondo, according to the sources, has been demoted from his coaching role by the club and he is now the Head of Development, leaving Nteo to run things himself in the senior team. The

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Official: Portugal Confirm New Coach

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Portugal have announced Roberto Martinez as their new coach after the departure of Fernando Santos. The latter was relieved of his role after the 2023 FIFA World Cup, where his side got knocked out by Morocco in the quarter-final. Santos was in charge of Portugal for eight years since 2014 and had guided them to the 2016 UEFA European Championship title – their first ever international trophy – and the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League. However, he came under criticism for the way he handled all-time record goalscorer and A Selecao captain Cristiano Ronaldo after opting to bench him for his

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