Ex-Pirates Captain Set for AmaZulu DDC Role

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Former Orlando Pirates Thabo Mngomeni is set to join AmaZulu FC as an assistant coach in the DDC team, iDiski Times has learnt. Usuthu recently made a significant reshuffle within their youth development structures, with several exits including Youth Technical Director Celokuhle Mbanjwa, DDC head coach Mncedisi Sibiya, and other junior team coaches. The KZN side appears to be refreshing its personnel, placing a renewed focus on strengthening its development structures to produce talent within the club. The move aligns with a key component of the club’s long-term vision – ‘Project 2032,’ with an aim to groom local talent through well-structured

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Broos – I’m Not Happy Ahead Of Cameroon Clash

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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has expressed his unhappiness with how far his side’s training pitch is from the team hotel. South Africa take on the 2017 champions who last won the tournament under the Belgian mentor on Sunday, with the match kicking off at 21:00 SAST. However, Broos expressed his unhappiness with the distance between their hotel and training pitch, which is also the base of the Moroccan team – their potential quarter-final opponents – in his match day -1 press conference on Saturday. “I’m not so happy with the current situation, we are 25 minutes away from our

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Regragui Sends Warning Ahead Of Last-16 AFCON, Provides Hakimi Update

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Morocco head coach Walid Regragui says overconfidence can be a stumbling block in their persuit of winning the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 1988. The hosts face Tanzania in the last-16, an opponent who qualified as one of the third-best qualified spots, with two points and historically have yet to win a single game at AFCON. It leaves the Atlas Lions as overwhelming favourites for the encounter but Regragui, who has come under major scrunitny from supporters at the tournament, and could even be fired, should he not deliver the title, says focus is required. “We

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Fadlu Names Most Dangerous Team in AFCON

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Raja Casablanca coach Fadlu Davids has named a team that he feels is “the most dangerous” at the ongoing AFCON in Morocco. Davids happens to be based in Casablanca, Morocco where the tournament is taking place at the moment, as he spearheads Raja. He acknowledged that Morocco remain among the favourites to lift the continental trophy, largely because they are the hosts. However, he believes Senegal are the most dangerous, noting their fluid passing and aggressive play in the final third. “Of course, Morocco are favourites as the hosts, but I’m really impressed with Senegal,” said Davids on the Five-a-Side

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Cameroon Legend Makes Bold Bafana Claim

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns player Roger Feutmba has issued a strong statement about Bafana Bafana ahead of their quarter-final showdown against his home nation, Cameroon. The two sides are set to face off on Sunday, 4 January at the Al Barid Stadium in Rabat with kick-off scheduled for 21:00. The two teams last met during the AFCON qualifiers in 2016, where both group-stage encounters ended in draws — first 2–2, followed by a goalless 0–0. Overall, the two nations have met nine times, with Bafana Bafana recording three wins, one defeat and five draws. Feutmba admits that before the tournament, he

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Jessica Stands Firm On CAF CC Hopes Despite Chiefs Poor Start

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Kaizer Chiefs Marketing and Commercial Director Jessica Motaung says the club remains determined to progress in the CAF Confederation Cup despite a disappointing start.   Amakhosi endured a slow start to their continental campaign, losing their opening match to Al Masry before playing out a draw against Zamalek. They currently occupy third place in Group D with just one point from six available, and have four matches left to fight for qualification. Motaung is confident they can still gather enough points from the remaining matches to advance to the knockout stages. “On the continental stage, the Nedbank Cup victory secured our

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Rulani’s 10-man Alger Hold Zinnbauer

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Rulani Mokwena’s 10-men MC Alger played to a 1-1 away draw against Josef Zinnbauer’s JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue 1 on Friday evening. The South African tactician saw his charges take the lead in the 61st minute through Alhassane Bangoura but were reduced to 10 men in the 63rd minute as Mohamed Bangoura received his marching orders. Alger looked destined for yet another win but Mohamed Amine Madani netted an 83rd-minute penalty for a share of the spoils. Despite dropping points on the road, Mokwena’s charges still hold a healthy nine-point lead at the summit with a match in

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Basadien Reveals Toughest Sundowns Player He’s Faced

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Mamelodi Sundowns defender Fawaaz Basadien has revealed Khuliso Mudau as the toughest player he has played against admitting that he’s since learnt from the Bafana Bafana right-back. Basadien joined the Brazilians at the beginning of the current campaign from Stellenbosch FC though he’s been limited to just seven appearances so far with competition at the star-studded outfit fierce. The 29-year-old has opened up on how ‘Sailor’ was a tough opponent but now gets to learn from him as his teammate. “Khuliso Mudau was always a challenge,” he told the Sundowns magazine. “His pace, positioning and recovery made it difficult to

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Ramovic Fumes At CRB Supporters

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CR Belouizdad head coach Sead Ramovic has furiously responded to a certain section of the club’s fans after their 1-1 draw against MC Oran. Belouizdad is not having the best season so far as they trail Rulani Mokwena’s MC Alger with 10 points, with two games remaining before midway season. The 2022/23 Ligue 1 champions missed an opportunity to cut the gap to seven points against Oran after a late equalizer from Mohamed Hammouda. With the struggle of CRB, club supporters have been calling Ramovic out and the former TS Galaxy coach believes it’s just a few numbers of supporters

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