Munetsi & ZIFA At Loggerheads Before AFCON

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Wolverhamton Wanderers midfielder Marshall Munetsi has expressed his disappointment about being left out of the Zimbabwe squad for the upcoming AFCON, leading Zifa to publicly respond. Munetsi was included in the Zim preliminary squad but there were question marks regarding his availability as he suffered an injury during a Premier League game between Wolves and Nottingham Forest. New Zim head coach Marian Marinică named his final squad last week, but the names of Munetsi and Khama Billiat were not there. The Warriors captain then took to social media to express his disappointment. “This one hurts, as representing the Warriors has

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Mayambela & Links Find Net, Mailula Gets First Start

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Mihlali Mayambela and Gift Links were on the scoresheets for their respective clubs abroad, while Cassius Mailula earned his first start after making his debut for the club last week.  Mayambela scored the second goal for Aris Limassol in their 2-0 away league victory over Apollon in Cyprus. Meanwhile, Links netted in Aarhus’ 3-1 win over Odense in the Landspokal Cup quarterfinal. Elsewhere in Cyprus, Luther Singh, who has established himself as a key player for AEL Limassol, completed the full 90 minutes as they played to a goalless draw against Olympiakos Nicosia.  In Belgium, Mailula was named in the

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Khanye Disagrees With Broos Over Mbokazi

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Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye has disagreed with Hugo Broos over Mbekezeli Mbokazi’s move to the Major League Soccer, saying the league is much stronger than many give it credit for.   The former Orlando Pirates centre-back signed a four-deal with MLS side Chicago Fire, with an option to renew and he will be moving to the US after the Africa Cup of Nations. Some people including Bafana Bafana head coach Broos have questioned the move to the league, saying Mbokazi deserves a better league than that, but Khanye disagreed with this stance. “The boy’s background is going to

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Mngqithi Points Out Pirates Strength This Season

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Carling All Stars coach Manqoba Mngqithi says Orlando Pirates’ success so far this season is mainly because of how efficient the club has been. Pirates have bagged three domestic trophies so far this term the MTN 8 cup, the Carling Knockout Cup and the third coming against a Mngqithi led PSL All Stars side the Carling Black Label Cup in Durban on Saturday. The Buccaneers also finished the year top of the Betway Premiership log with 28 points in 12 outings. Mngqithi also credited Pirates’ attacking acquisitions like Tshepang Moremi and Oswin Appollis as another thing that had made a

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Baartman On His Chiefs Debut

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Kaizer Chiefs youngster Luke Baartman has reflected on his Amakhosi debut after coming off the bench on their goalless draw with TS Galaxy. Baartman, 19, had to force his transfer from Cape Town Spurs via the SAFA arbitration and then went away with the Amajita squad to the FIFA U19 World Cup. All of this saw him struggle to get into the Chiefs team, as he also missed the pre-season tour in the Netherlands. However, he has now closed the gap and finally made his long-awaited debut in the final game before the AFCON break. “It felt good to be

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Appollis Shares Advice With Campbell & Smith

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Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates winger Oswin Appollis has offered advice to the duo of Shandre Campbell and Tylon Smith following their inclusion in Hugo Broos’ final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) squad. The youngsters have impressed at club level and for the national U20 side that won their division’s AFCON this year and qualified for the World Cup. Broos, who has spoken about keeping the senior squad young and also given youngsters chances, included them in the 25-man squad to travel to Morocco for the tournament later this year. Appollis knows the position the duo is in having

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Mngqithi Hails Sundowns Stars

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Golden Arrows coach Manqoba Mngqithi was happy to reunite with his former players Marcelo Allende and Arthur Sales, while hailing their qualities.   The three worked together as part of the PSL All Stars side that played against the Carling Knockout Cup champions Orlando Pirates at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday. Though the All Stars voted for by the fans lost to Pirates, Mngqithi was still excited to work with the pair, saying Allende is one of best midfielders currently in the country, while Sales is a very creative offensive player. “Those are top players,” said Mngqithi.                                   “Technically very

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Ouaddou – Why We Don’t Need A New Striker In Jan

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Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou says that he doesn’t need a new striker in January after the recovery of Sifiso Luthuli. Ouaddou claimed his third trophy this in a space of six months since joining Pirates after the Buccaneers beat the Carling All Stars 2-0 to lift the Carling Black Label Cup. The two goals were scored by two strikers that haven’t got much game-time this season – Luthuli and Boitumelo Radiopane. Luthuli, 24, is coming from reserve side and was injured for most of the campaign, with Ouaddou insisting that perhaps they don’t need to look for a

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Ndah Sends Message To Fans After 3rd Trophy

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Orlando Pirates defender Olisah Ndah has thanked Buccaneers’ fans for their continuous support after they lifted the Carling Black Label Cup. Ndah returned to the pitch for the first time since September 2024 and had a great performance in the Carling Black Label Cup, helping the Buccaneers to keep a clean sheet and lift their third trophy. The Nigerian international is expected to play huge role in the team in the second half of the season after the departure of Mbekezeli Mbokazi to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire. Ndah highly praised Pirates supporters and asked them to push the

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