Official: Former Liverpool & England Star Retires From Football

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Former Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana has retired from football at the age of 37. Since being signed from Southampton during the summer of 2014, Lallana spent six years at Anfield winning the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup triumph and the English Premier League title in 2019/20. Injuries however curtailed his progress as he made 178 Liverpool appearances scoring 22 goals before heading back to the south coast to join Brighton & Hove Albion, featuring 104 times with four goals. In 2024, he made a sensational return to the Saints for what was his final season

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Galaxy Snap Up Talented Midfielder

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TS Galaxy have completed the signing of former Royal AM talented midfielder Hopewell Cele. iDiski Times have it in good authority that the Rockets have swooped in on Cele for free after he spend a few seasons at Thwihli Thwahla with his contract now null and void after the club got suspended from the PSL allowing him to join a team of his choice. The 24-year-old made 26 appearances at Royal AM in all competitions last season and netted both goals in their pulsating 2-2 draw against Kaizer Chiefs. Adnan Beganovic’s charges have already snapped up Chiefs reserve side captain

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Cardoso Provides Mothiba Update Ahead Of Crunch Fluminense Clash

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso says Lebo Mothiba’s injury is not serious, but it will be touch and go over his availability against Fluminense. Sundowns need victory to seal a place in the round of 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup, as they sit third in Group F, one point behind the Brazilians, who sit top ahead of Borussia Dortmund. Mothiba, who has featured in each of their last three games, the two group games and the CAF Champions League final, came off the bench to score the third goal in the 4-3 defeat the Bundesliga side, showing

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Fluminense Coach On Pressure Ahead Of Sundowns Clash

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Fluminense head coach Renato Gaucho says they will show Mamelodi Sundowns respect and try and win the game ahead of their deciding group clash in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Fluminense will be aiming to join fellow Brazilian Serie A clubs in the round of 16, Botafogo, Palmeiras and Flamengo – to make it a clean sweep as all four remain unbeaten until this point. They are up against Sundowns, who opened up Group F with a 1-0 win over K-League side Ulsan HD and fell to a 4-3 defeat in their second clash against Borussia Dortmund. In a

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Done Deal: Chiefs Land Chislett Signing

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Kaizer Chiefs have secured the signing of former Port Vale midfielder Ethan Chislett ahead of the 2025/26 season. The Durban-born talent, whose father Donovan plied his trade in the Premier Soccer League, has spent his professional career in England over the past decade but has now been lured back home by Chiefs. As first reported by FARPost, the 26-year-old has penned a two-year deal with an option to extend with the Soweto giants, with Chislett seen as a potential starting XI player, capable of playing as a 10, eight or as a wide-midfielder. In a recent interview with iDiski Times,

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What New Pirates Coach Said About Mbule

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After Orlando Pirates announced the signing of Sipho Mbule on Tuesday, here is how glaringly new head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou had spoken about the midfielder. Mbule, 27, left Mamelodi Sundowns after Masandawana opted against renewing his contract, and was snatched up on a free transfer by the Buccaneers, who announced his signing on Tuesday. Ouaddou has not yet publicly spoken out since he was announced as new Pirates coach on Monday, as he is only arriving back in South Africa later this week, with the Buccaneers starting their pre-season on 27 June. However, he did speak about Mbule in a

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Doctor Questions Latest Chiefs Decisions

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Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo has questioned whether it was the right call to offload Edmilson Dove and Mduduzi Mdantsane. The club opted to part ways with both players, with Dove’s contract expiring, while they agreed to a mutual termination of Mdantsane’s deal. While the latter had been on loan at Richards Bay this past season, but only made three appearances, Dove featured quite regularly after his return from injury. However, with the Mozambican taking up one foreign spot, Amakhosi opted to part ways – a decision Doctor has questioned, while he also scratched his head over

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Cardoso Reveals How Downs Drew Inspiration From Springboks

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso has revealed how he used the story of Springboks winger Makazole Mapimpi to motivate his side ahead of their FIFA Club World Cup match against Borussia Dortmund. Sundowns lost the Group F encounter 4-3 much to the amazement of the world for their courageous performance. The result sees Sundowns in third position in the group with three points with a match to spare. Cardoso revealed after the game how he relayed Mapimpi’s moving story from the 2019 Rugby World Cup told by Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus in the Docu-series Chasing the Sun. The Boks

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Another Win For Fadlu Ahead Of Derby Title Decider

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The Tanzanian NBC Premier League will go down to the wire on the last day of the season after Fadlu Davids’ Simba SC recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Kagera Sugar this past weekend. The Reds of Msimbazi stayed in touch with rivals Young Africans at the top with the two sides separated by just a single point ahead of the much-anticipated Kariakoo Derby on Wednesday afternoon. Stephen Mukwala’s 17th-minute goal was enough to see Simba pick up a fifth straight win, while Yanga did not disappoint as they made light work of Dodoma Jiji with a 5-0 thumping in

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