Three Bafana Players In COSAFA Cup Best XI

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Three Bafana Bafana players were named in the COSAFA Cup Best XI after South Africa’s B side finished runners-up behind Angola. Vela Khumalo’s team had a strong run to the final but were undone by Angola, who beat them 3-0 after a clinical performance. However, three Bafana players made it into the Best XI, with Puso Dithejane appearing again after already being the only South African in the Best Group Stage XI. In addition, Kamogelo Sebelebele and Gape Moralo also made the team, which is dominated by seven Angola players, including Player of the Tournament Laurindo Aurelio. Angola coach Pedro

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Esperance Suffer Opening FIFA CWC Defeat

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Esperance Sportive de Tunis opened their 2025 FIFA Club World Cup with a 2-0 defeat to Brazilian giants Flamengo at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. In a rather subdued display with Esperance primiraly looking to play on the counter, they offered little to none goal scoring opportunities in the opening half as Rodrigo Rodrigues toiled up top with little services. Uruguay and Flamengo playmaker Giorgian de Arrascaeta eventually opened the scoring after 18 minutes and the South Americans took full control with Jorginho running the midfield on his debut. Maher Kanzari brought Bafana Bafana winger Elias Mokwana on at

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Cardoso Confirms Sundowns Player Exit

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso has confirmed the exit of defender Lucas Suarez after the club opted not to take up their option with Club Atletico Lanus. Suarez, 30, arrived with much expectation as the new left-centre back as they looked to shore up their defence for the business end of the competition, having allowed Abdelmounaim Boutouil return to Morocco with Wydad Athletic Club. However the Argentine, despite showing his technical prowess and ability to bring the ball out of defence with high intensity, had a couple of costly individual errors that led to goals – which eventually saw

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Mokwena Rates Sundowns CWC Chances

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has rated the side’s chances at the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA, saying the South African champions can hold their own. Sundowns open their account in Group F against Ulsan on Wednesday, 18 June, morning (00:00) then face German side Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, 21 June, (18:00) and close the group stage against Fluminense of Brazil on Wednesday 25 June (21:00). Mokwena says though Dortmund are favourites to get out of the group, Sundowns’ European pre-season last term and the players’ international experience with the national team bodes well for the

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Pitso Sends Message To Jomo

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane says he will always be grateful to Jomo Sono and the late Stanley ‘Screamer’ Tshabalala for discovering him as a player. Mosimane started senior football for Jomo Cosmos, before stints with Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates, Ionikos, KFC Rita Berlaar and Al Sadd. However, he was even more successful as a coach, as he himself admitted, winning 20 trophies – including three CAF Champions League titles. Mosimane has now admitted that he is eternally grateful to Sono and Tshabalala for discovering him when he was still playing amateur football. “I always

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Banyana Star Announces Shock Decision

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Banyan Banyana star Jermaine Seoposenwe has announced she will retire from international football after the upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Seoposenwe, 31, who currently playes for Rayadas Monterrey Femenil, can look back at great international career. She was part of the Banyana team which won South Africa’s first-ever Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, while also representing the national women’s team at two World Cups. At the 2022 WAFCON, she scored two goals against Nigeria and Tunisia, being one of the most important pillars in the Desiree Ellis’ team. However, on Monday she announced her surprise decision to retire from

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Cardoso – How Sundowns Will Approach CWC

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso has tipped his charges to go toe-to-toe with global giants at the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup in the US. The Brazilians get their campaign underway against Korean outfit Ulsan Hyundai on Wednesday, 18 June. Cardoso had a fairly successful 2024/25 campaign leading his charges to an unprecedented eighth successive Betway Premiership title as well as reaching the CAF Champions League final and the Nedbank Cup semis. Speaking to www.fifa.com, the Portuguese mentor has challenged his team not to be fazed by their opponents but instead provide a stern test for the teams they

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‘Maku – What A Special Talent!’

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Former Ubuntu Academy and Cape Town City Diski Challenge coach Moritz Kossmann recently celebrated promotion with SV Ried in Austria, but he also got to watch players he had aided in the development to lift the U20 AFCON in Egypt. Kossmann moved to Europe in 2024, where he and former Stellenbosch (and Ubuntu) winger Antonio Van Wyk just completed a successful season, winning promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga with Ried. Just 48 hours after that achievement, Kossmann was celebrating again watching former players Lazola Maku, Jody Ah Shene and Shakeel April win the U20 AFCON as South Africa defeated Morocco

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Grobler – We Were Shocked With Hunt Sacking

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SuperSport United striker Bradley Grobler says the sacking of former coach Gavin Hunt was as much a shock to him and his teammates as it was to most South Africans. Hunt parted ways with the club in March this year after two-and-a-half years of his return to the club where he won the league title three times. The former Kaizer Chiefs coach led the side to a seventh-place finish last season but left them in the relegation zone, second from bottom on the Betway Premiership log with the side having won just five matches at that point. Ultimately, they finished

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