Official: Arsenal Complete Major Signing

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Arsenal have announced the signing of Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyökeres for around £55m on a long-term deal. The Swedish international has been the Gunners’s primary focus this transfer window though they have previously being linked with Benjamin Šeško from RB Leipzig. Mikel Arteta’s side finally managed a breakthrough in negotiations after the player’s agent agreed to lower his commission in order to see the deal through. Gyökeres joined Sporting from Coventry City in 2023 and has been a menace in front of goal scoring an impressive 97 goals in just 102 matches during his two seasons in Portugal. Last

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Official: Sundowns To Sign Bafana Defender

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Mamelodi Sundowns have announced the signing of Bafana Bafana left-back Fawaaz Basadien from Stellenbosch FC ahead of the new season. Basadien, 28, has enjoyed an incredible rise to prominence in South African football over the past three seasons since Stellenbosch lured him to the club from the now-defunct Moroka Swallows. At the Dube Birds, he was converted from a winger to left-back and hasn’t looked back since, fast becoming one of the most sought-after players in the league and even went on to captain the national team in their recent 0-0 draw against Tanzania. While he was linked with Kaizer

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Nabi On Chiefs Display & Missed Pens After Toyota Cup Defeat

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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi says he’s happy with the overall performance despite the Toyota Cup defeat on penalties to Asante Kotoko this afternoon. After a goalless 90 minutes, Kotoko won the game in sudden death of penalties with a 3-2 victory, while Inacio Miguel also missed a spot-kick in regulation time. But Nabi feels there was positives with the game, that was played out at Moses Mabhida in Durban – on a rather poor surface. “I think it was a game that was very instructive… with the performance, we came with a lot of answers with what we

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Kotoko Stun Chiefs To Win Toyota Cup

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Asante Kotoko secured the second edition of the Toyota Cup with a 3-2 win on penalties in sudden-death over Kaizer Chiefs after the finished 0-0 at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Chiefs started the brighter of the two sides but the game was stop start with several fouls as both sides showed a rather aggressive approach in their pre-season outing. While Amakhosi showed positive signs of progression since last season, the poor state of the field negated any sort of fluency in passing with the likes of Thabo Cele, Mshini Ngcobo and aiming to join in on the front-three

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Overwhelmed With Gratitude – Salgado

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Banyana Banyana winger Gabriela Salgado has penned an emotional message of gratitude to the multitudes of people who have shown love, care and support for her after she sustained a horrific injury at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament. Salgado suffered a fractured leg in Banyana’s 2-1 defeat to Nigeria in the semi-finals last Tuesday in Casablanca and had to be stretched off in the 87th minute to be rushed off to hospital, where she eventually had a successful surgery performed on her leg. She received outpouring concern from the football community at large, including opponents, the Super

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Chiefs & Kotoko Announce Starting XIs For Toyota Cup

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Kaizer Chiefs and Asante Kotoko have confirmed their starting line-ups for the 2025 Toyota Cup at Moses Mabhida Stadium this afternoon. In the second edition of the pre-season cup hosted by Amakhosi, which Young Africans secured last season, there’s real optimism surrounding the squad for Nasreddine Nabi’s second season in charge. Despite finishing ninth in the league, the ended their decade long trophy drought and a host of new additions to the squad are expected to take the team to new heights, following a pre-season tour of the Netherlands where they won one game and lost four. While the results

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Chiefs Legends Beat KZN Legends On Penalties

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Kaizer Chiefs Legends and Zulu Kingdon Legends played out to a 1-1 draw before the Amakhosi Legends won 3-2 on penalties in the Toyota Cup curtain raiser at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday morning. The early kick off to entertain supporters before the main event with Chiefs and Asante Kotoko in the second edition of the pre-season cup proved an entertaining affair. While there was some nostalgia seeing the likes of Siphiwe Tshabalala, Jabu Mahlangu and Doctor Khumalo on the pitch on one side, with Delron Buckley and Thanduyise Khuboni on the other side – it was Bryce Moon who

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Nabi Gives Ndlovu Update Ahead Of Toyota Cup

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Nasreddine Nabi has confirmed that Siphesihle Ndlovu missed the club’s tour to the Netherlands because he wasn’t able to get a visa in time, but he insisted the new midfielder worked well in South Africa. Ndlovu was the club’s sixth and last signing this window so far, joining the club from former SuperSport United. However, fans missed him on the pre-season tour in the Netherlands and are excited to see him in Saturday’s Toyota Cup match against Asante Kotoko. “It’s true that Ndlovu was not part of the squad due to the timeline to get the visa,” Nabi confirmed. “But

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City Set For Surprise Signing

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Durban City are set to land a surprise signing of highly-rated Stellenbosch midfielder Kyle Jurgens ahead of the new season. The Motsepe Foundation Championship winners have been active in the market with a major squad overhaul since their promotion to the top-flight, led by new head coach Gavin Hunt. Darren Keet, Fredrick Asare, Trevor Brooklyn Poggenpoel, and Liam de Kock have all been unveiled while Thulani Hlatshwayo, Haashim Domingo and Thabo Nodada are expected to be among the new confirmed additions. However, the club has managed to secure the 21-year-old on loan with an option to buy, for the player

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