Germany Announce World Cup Squad & Surprise Return

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Four-time world champions Germany have announced their squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including the surprise return of Manuel Neuer. Neuer, 40, had retired from international football after the 2024 UEFA European Championship, but now returns to the squad for a first time after a stellar season with Bayern Munich. Germany have been drawn in Group E alongside Curacao, Ivory Coast and Ecuador – Die Mannschaft will kick off their tournament on 14 June against Curacao. Other notable names in the squad include Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich and Jamal Musiala, Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger, Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz and

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Four Clubs Make Early Move For Dion

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Golden Arrows striker Sede Junior Dion looks poised for a lucrative transfer in the off-season as he closes in on the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot award. Dion, 27, looks poised to win the 2025/26 top scorer honour in the South African top-flight, with the player currently on 14 goals – two ahead of Iqraam Rayners and four ahead of Relebohile Mofokeng. With Sundowns league campaign already concluded, it will take something monumental in the final day of the season for the robust forward to be ousted the accolade. And it’s not been a once-off, with Dion among the most prolific

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Stellenbosch Target Former Pirates Striker

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Stellenbosch FC are pursuing the signing of former Orlando Pirates striker Sinoxolo Kwayiba, who returned to Chippa United in January. Stellenbosch FC have taken a significant step towards securing Kwayiba’s services. Having already initiated discussions with Chippa, the Cape Winelands outfit are keen on finalizing the deal. Meanwhile, Kwayiba is expected to play a pivotal role for the Chilli Boys in the season finale, as the team battles to avoid the promotion playoffs when they will face Kaizer Chiefs/ Since rejoining Chippa from Pirates in January 2026, the 26-year-old has scored six goals and provided one assist. Having missed the

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Latest Tau Transfer Update

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly winger Percy Tau has also been released by Vietnamese side Nam Dinh FC after just one season with the club. Tay, 32, joined the Vietnamese side after a six-month stint with Qatar SC. The Bafana Bafana winger made 22 appearances for the club, scoring one goal and setting up four more. Tau had missed the last seven league fixtures for his club, but returned to the line-up for the Asian Club Championship semi-finals, where his side lost 4-1 on aggregate to Selangor FC. Nam Dinh finished sixth in the Vietnamese League 1, but have

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Salah Headlines’ Egypt’s Final World Cup squad

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Egypt have named their 2026 FIFA World Cup squad in what most believe will be a last one for few players including veteran goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy and captain Mohamed Salah. Egypt have been drawn in G with Belgium, Iran and New Zealand. They start their campaign against Belgium on June 15 followed the match against the Kiwis on June 22 and close group stage campaign against Iran on June 27. The Pharaohs are making a return to the global stage for the first time since the Russia World Cup in 2018. The North Africans enjoyed a near perfect qualification

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Pitso Advocates For Big Rule Change In Africa

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane says Africa needs to scrap the away-goal rule in CAF inter-club competitions to make the game more competitive. In the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup the rule is used to break ties in two-legged knockout matches, but other confederations like UEFA have scrapped the rule out since 2021. Mosimane who has won the Champions League with Sundowns and twice with Al Ahly knows the effects of the rule on the quality of the game. He spoke to iDiski Times senior journalist Matshelane Mamabolo in edition 255 of the newspaper, where he said the

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Junior Predicts CAFCL Final Second Leg

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IDiski TV analyst Junior Khanye has predicted that Mamelodi Sundowns will secure their second star away in Rabat this coming Sunday. Khanye’s predication comes after the 2016 African champions defeated Moroccan side ASFAR 1-0 in the first leg of the CAF Champions League final in Pretoria this past weekend. It is an advantage they carry to the second leg also considering the CAF away goals rule. Last season they came close to winning the tournament but lost 3-2 on aggregate to Pyramids FC of Egypt. The former Kaizer Chiefs winger is aware of what awaits the Brazilians away in the

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Cupido Responds To World Cup Talk After Cardoso Praise

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Fresh off a commanding defensive display in Mamelodi Sundowns‘ 1-0 CAF Champions League final first leg victory over AS FAR at Loftus Versfeld, Keanu Cupido has been backed by coach Miguel Cardoso to earn a place in South Africa’s squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup – but the defender himself is leaving the decision entirely in Hugo Broos’ hands. Cardoso was effusive in his praise after the match, going as far as declaring Cupido the best defender in the country and calling for his inclusion in Bafana Bafana’s World Cup plans. “Cupido is an international player, he can play

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De Sa Makes Bold Claim As Ghana Prepare For Mexico Showdown

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There are phone calls that change careers, and then there is the kind of late-night text that Carlos Queiroz sends. Roger De Sa, Ghana’s newly-appointed assistant coach, knows exactly what that feels like. The 61-year-old South African was among the first people to know that Queiroz was taking the Black Stars job – not because he was in any boardroom, but because his phone lit up in the small hours with a message from the veteran Portuguese tactician. It is, by now, a familiar pattern between two men who have built something of a travelling coaching partnership across continents and

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