Official: Broos Calls Up Chiefs Star To Bafana

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Hugo Broos has called up Mduduzi Shabalala to his Bafana Bafana squad for the crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Broos’ men assembled in camp on Monday, ahead of their qualifiers on 10 and 14 October. Bafana will first take on Zimbabwe at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Friday before hosting Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium next week Tuesday. Shabalala, who had made the preliminary squad but was initially cut, has been called up to replace Mofokeng after his injury in Orlando Pirates’ Carling Knockout clash with Siwelele FC. He makes the squad for the second successive time after also being in

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Downs Ladies, UJ & JVW Pick Up Huge Away Wins

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Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the Hollywoodbets Super League standings after dispatching TS Galaxy 3-1 with Ezemvelo thumping Royal AM 3-0 to edge closer to the top half of the table. Refilwe Tholakele netted a hat-trick for the defending champions with two goals coming in the first half and the other late in the game to see Banyana Ba Style maintain top spot on the standings with 56 points in 22 outings. The hat-trick took the Botswana international’s goal tally to seven this campaign. The Rockets dropped to third place with 48 points

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Maduka – Why Magesi Might Do Well Against Pirates in Carling

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Magesi FC coach John Maduka says it might be easy for his side to do well against Orlando Pirates in the Carling Knockout Cup as the pressure will be on the opponents to win the match. Dikwena Tša Meetse eliminated AmaZulu in the Round of 16 on Sunday after a 3-2 away triumph at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. After the match, they discovered that they would meet the Buccaneers in the quarterfinals in a highly anticipated rematch. Last season, Magesi famously knocked Pirates out in the first round and went on to win the competition. Maduka feels the pressure will be on

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Mdaka – How Amajita Upset USA

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Amajita head coach Raymond Mdaka has hailed his charges following their progression to the last 16 round at the U20 FIFA World Cup in Chile on Sunday. South Africa who lost their opening game, finished second in Group E with six points after defeating the USA 2-1 in their final pool game to set-up a last 16 round clash with Colombia, who finished first in Group F. Amajita scored eight goals in the group stage campaign and conceded three. Mdaka was proud of his charges’ character and champions mentality against a US side that had already beaten everyone in the

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Mngqithi Explains Arrows Progress Under His Leadership 

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Manqoba Mngqithi believes his Golden Arrows side is edging closer to fulfilling his desired performance standard. Mngqithi was speaking after Abafana Bes’thende secured a ticket to the Carling Knockout Cup quarterfinal following a 3-1 victory over Sekhukhune United on Saturday. He expressed his delight at the significant improvement he’s seen from the majority of his players this season. Arrows have hit a patch of an impressive form, having secured three straight wins, capped by a victory against the mighty Mamelodi Sundowns. Mngqithi feels his team has reached over 50% of its potential, making him even more optimistic about the future as he anticipates the boost from players returning from

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Kaze Reveals What Changed For Ox

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Kaizer Chiefs caretaker coach Cedric Kaze believes that midfielder Sibongiseni Mthethwa needed love to showcase his talent as he keeps on delivering great performances. Mthethwa was close to leaving Chiefs at one stage when he was linked with a move to Magesi FC before the deal fell through at the eleventh hour on deadline day as he wanted to seek regular game time then. “Ox” seems to have regained his form as he keeps on delivering good performances. Against Stellenbosch he ran through the entire 120 minutes winning every ball in the midfield despite Chiefs being eliminated from the Carling

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Barker Hails Stellies Hero

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Stellenbosch FC head coach Steve Barker hailed the heroics of Sage Stephens after he came off the bench to save two penalties and scored in the shootout victory over Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday afternoon. Stephens, the team’s regular captain and starter, had come on in the second half for the injured Oscarine Masuluke, and made a few good saves before the match ended goalless after 120 minutes of football. Then, during the deciding shootout, Stephens saved two spot kicks. He had also scored Stellies’ fourth penalty to keep them alive. Just before the shoot-out, Barker, Stephens and assistant Evangelos Vellios

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Kaze On Chiefs Future

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Kaizer Chiefs caretaker coach Cedric Kaze has insisted questions about his future as well as the rest of the technical team should be directed at the club’s management. Chiefs started the season like a house on fire, winning four league games in a row. But suddenly things changed a day after Amakhosi lost 3-1 to Sekhukhune United when rumours surfaced that Nabi could leave the club. The club then announced that the Tunisian mentor won’t be coaching Amakhosi for the coming games as the head coach was suspended, and there hasn’t been any official update since. The duo of Kaze

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Amajita Into U20 World Cup Knockout Phase

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African champions Amajita have advanced to the knockout stage of the 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup with a 2-1 defeat of the USA in their deciding Group E match at Estadio El Teniete on Sunday. USA scored twice the opener through Noah Cobb and the other an own goal from Joshua Wynder, while Gomolemo Kekana netted the winner to see South Africa finish second in the pool, tied on six points with the USA in first spot and France behind them from three matches. South Africa came into the match needing to win, draw or not lose by more than

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