CT Spurs In Talks With PSL Club Over Striker

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Motsepe Foundation Championship side Cape Towns Spurs are in talks with SuperSport United over a potential move of striker Keenan Bezuidenhout. Spurs continue to strengthen their team for the remainder of the season, as they struggled to get results in the first half. The Urban Warriors have identified their main issue after only scoring seven goals in the 14 league games.  The Red and White lost their striker Ashly Cupido at the beginning of the season, while Boitumelo Radiopane returned to Orlando Pirates as his loan had expired. Therlo Mosa and Mervin Boji struggled with injuries, so the Warriors saw

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Riveiro – Why I Don’t Rotate Much

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Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has explained why he is not a fan of squad rotation, saying consistency in all areas is important to him. Pirates are competing in the Betway Premiership and the CAF Champions League, where they currently lead Group C with eight points from four matches with the coach not fiddling too much with his match day selections. Riveiro says consistency for him is not only about the starting 11 but also how the team plays and competes in all competitions, saying a lot goes into preparing players and managing them as well. The coach also

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Doctor – What Appollis Told Me About Chiefs Links

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Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo has revealed his talk with Oswin Appollis over interest from Kaizer Chiefs. Appollis, 23, has seen his star rise over the last season and he’s taken his chance at Bafana to cement a place in Hugo Broos’ starting XI, helping the team to qualify for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations. At the beginning of 2024/25, Chiefs were among the clubs interested in the speedy winger, but talks with Polokwane chairman turned out difficult. After Bafana’s last game of 2024, a 3-0 win over South Sudan where Appollis was named Man of

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All Nedbank Cup Teams Confirmed

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The Premier Soccer League have confirmed all 32 participants in this year’s Nedbank Cup. The Ke Yona Cup is the last chance of silverware for many clubs who are out of the title race in the Betway Premiership, while it offers an opportunity to write history for many amateur teams. After eight Motsepe Foundation Championship teams booked their ticket in the Round of 32 after making it through the qualification round, the field is now complete. The eight second-tier teams are joined by eight teams from the SAFA leagues and the 16 Betway Premiership clubs in the main competition. The

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Ertugral – I Changed Also Myself, My Thinking

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Cape Town City’s new Technical Director Muhsin Ertugral says that after his experience working with the Turkish national team, he has changed his approach in many ways to adapt to the modern footballer. Ertugral was speaking after his debut as interim coach of City, where his team triumphed 1-0 over Kaizer Chiefs. Darwin Gonzalez, who had been City’s talisman in previous season, scored the winning goal, his first for the 2024/25 campaign. When asked by iDiski Times about the significance of Gonzalez being on the scoresheet, Ertugral explained how he had a couple of one-on-one chats with the player (and

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Tso – Chiefs Should These 4 Players

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Benedict ‘Tso’ Vilakazi has suggested that Kaizer Chiefs should consider signing a goalkeeper like Elvis Chipezeze as well as three Stellenbosch FC stars. The Zimbabwean keeper led PSL rookies Magesi FC to an automatic promotion to top flight last season and a historic Carling Knockout Cup glory in November in the side’s first few months in the big league. Chiefs, who are trying to get back to glory days after enduring almost a decade without a trophy, have had an inconsistent start to the current season and have just one clean sheet in all competitions from their goalkeepers. After their

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Khanye Questions Chiefs Stars’ Future At Naturena

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Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye has questioned why Amakhosi striker Christian Saile is still at the club, saying he doesn’t offer them much. Saile joined Amakhosi at the start of the 2022/23 season, playing 56 matches with six of them coming from this current campaign. Overall, he has scored seven goals in all competitions but none this term so far. The 25-year-old again missed chances in his side’s 1-0 loss to Cape Town City in their first league match of the year on Sunday, with Khanye questioning how he is even earning a starting berth in the line-up. “Sometimes

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Chippa Announce Fixture Controversy

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Chippa United have announced that their fixture against Royal AM has been postponed by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) “with no given reason”. The fixture was scheduled for 11 January, but has now seemingly been postponed. “To our supporters, Chippa United Football Club announces with disappointment that our scheduled fixture against Royal AM, set for 11 January 2025 at 17:45 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, has been postponed by the league with no given reason,” the club stated. “This decision, made by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) at the last minute, comes after all necessary arrangements, including logistics and venue

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Riveiro Hails Hotto’s Special Gesture

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Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has praised Deon Hotto’s sportsmanship gesture towards Stade d’Abidjan in the sides CAF Champions League Group C tie at Orlando Stadium over the weekend.   The midfielder was one of the scorers in Pirates 3-0 victory over the Ivorian, side as they climbed to the top of Group C with eight points. Towards the end of the game when the Buccaneers were in a good scoring opportunity for a fourth goal, the Namibian kicked the ball out when an opposition player was injured instead of continuing play. This gesture was appreciated by the visiting

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