Ngezana’s Next Europa Opponents Confirmed

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South African international Siyabonga Ngezana’s FCSB have been handed a tough draw against Greek outfit PAOK in the UEFA Europa last 16 round. Ngezana featured the entire match for the Romanian champions after they lost 2-0 to Manchester United on Thursday night at the Arena Nationala in Bucharest. The defeat to the Red Devils saw FCSB finishing in 11th position which means they will now head into the playoffs in a two-legged tie. Ngezana and his teammates will head to Greece for the first leg tie on Thursday, 13 Feb, with the return leg set for Thursday, 20 February. Join

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UCL Knockout Phase Fixtures Confirmed

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The draw for the UEFA Champions league knockout phase playoffs took place today, and gave us some enticing clashes. After the new league format of the Champions league replaced the group stages, teams who finished between places nine and 24 will now meet each other in the knockout playoffs. Meanwhile, the top eight – namely Liverpool, FC Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa are exempted from this round and will only enter the Last-16. Due to teams like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Manchester City somewhat stuttering in the league phase, they will now face

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Tau Features As Qatar SC Picks Up Win

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Bafana Bafana striker Percy Tau racked up 83 minutes for his new club Qatar SC as they picked up a morale-boosting 2-1 victory over Al-Shamal at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium on Thursday. The 30-year-old South African sealed a big money move to the Gulf earlier this month having spent almost five years at Egyptian giants Al Ahly winning over 10 trophies. On Thursday night, the ‘Lion of Judah’ was handed a start and picked up a yellow card in the 34th minute as Qatar SC secured maximum points at home to move into eighth position. The hosts scored through

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Namibia International Secures PSL Switch

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Namibia international goalkeeper Kamaijanda Ndisiro has secured a move to Motsepe Foundation Championship side Highbury FC. The 25-year-old shot-stopper has penned a one-year deal with an option to extend as he returns to South Africa, after a stint with Venda FC between 2021 and 2022 before returning home with African Stars. Ndisiro comes highly rated having starred with the Brave Warriors in the recent Cosafa Cup in South Africa and was part of their 23-man squad at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. Join the iDiski Times WhatsApp Channel for all latest SA football news directly to your

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Nabi – We Tried To Sign Him Twice Before

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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi admits he tried to sign Glody Lillepo at two of his previous clubs before finally landing him now at Amakhosi. The DR Congo international winger comes highly rated despite his recent blip in his career where he suffered relegation from Ligue 2 with Valenciennes in France. He asked to leave the club, in what was a mutual agreement due to his high wages in the third tier of French football and Chiefs won the race for his services in a reported R9.7-million transfer. “Everyone… is ready to be part of the game, but we’re

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Sundowns Part Ways With Saavedra

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Mamelodi Sundowns have parted ways with Erwin Saavedra which opened the foreign quota spot to register their latest signing Lucas Suarez. Suarez, 29, arrived last week and had his first training sessions this week alongside returning loanee Matias Esquivel who were teammates in Argentina at Club Atletico Tallares over the past six months. The Argentine duo, Marcelo Allende, Lucas Ribeiro Costa and Artur Sales are now the five registered foreigners for Masandawana for the remainder of the season, with Saavedra now set to return home to Bolivia. Club Bolivar is likely to be the next destination, the club he was

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CAF Make Major Change Ahead Of Inter-Club Quarter-Finals

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has re-aligned their registration rules ahead of the inter-club quarter-finals this season. After the completion of the group stages, CAF has changed the rulings which previously prevented players to play in the Confederation Cup and/or Champions League in the same season, as they would be declared cup-tied. But in the official statement released on Thursday evening, they have stated they are now aligned to the same laws of the UEFA competitions, which would pave the way for players to be able to be registered in both competitions, should they make the transfer to a

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Broos – Clubs In Belgium Following Sundowns Duo

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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has revealed that he has been asked by clubs in Belgium about Mamelodi Sundowns duo, Teboho Mokoena and Khuliso Mudau. The national team coach was having a round-table talk with media on Thursday and discussed a host of topics, including Relebohile Mofokeng’s future as well as interest from Belgium in his players. Broos insisted that Bafana’s improved performances, especially at the recent AFCON, has also awoken interest in his players. “I got some phone calls already,” he stated. “I got some because they follow a little bit more now I think the South African

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Mbatha Opens Up On Special Cele Relationship

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Orlando Pirates midfielder Thalente Mbatha has described new Kaizer Chiefs signing Thabo Cele as ‘a person who’s really passionate about soccer’ dating back to their early playing days in the township. Mbatha and Cele hail from the township of KwaMashu, 12 kilometres north of Durban, and the two childhood friends could battle it out in the middle of the park when the biggest fixture on the local calendar, the Soweto Derby, takes centre stage on Saturday afternoon at a sold-out Calabash. Mbatha was full of praise for Cele who sealed a move to the Glamour Boys during the now-concluded January

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