Khanye Assesses City & SSU Struggles

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Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye has discussed what he believes are the struggles at Cape Town City and SuperSport United this season. Despite finishing in the top 8 last campaign, the sides have had indifferent starts to the current season, with the Citizens lying in 10th position on the Betway Premiership log with 11 points and SuperSport in fifth with 15 points from the same number of games. Khanye believes City’s biggest challenge is that the side hasn’t really replaced the players they lost in key positions. However, he has faith in Eric Tinkler to turn things around once

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Hlongwane – I Grew Up With Mofokeng

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Kaizer Chiefs‘ DStv Diski Challenge starlet Naledi Hlongwane has detailed his football journey with childhood friend Relebohile Mofokeng from being rivals to sharing the same dressing room. The young duo formed part of the Carling All Stars side that defeated Magesi FC 3-0 in the Carling Black Label Cup in Orlando on Saturday. Hlongwane netted a brace and shared the history he has with the Bafana Bafana winger from where they started, their different career paths and rivalry. The Amakhosi youngster further revealed how it felt being in a great team in their Carling Black Label Cup triumph which felt

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Amorim Reacts To Rashford’s Bombshell Interview

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted that he is eager to continue working with Marcus Rashford despite the player making his intentions clear to leave and pursue a “new challenge” after a 20-year association with United. Amorim in turn reckons that the 27-year-old forward can find that challenge at Old Trafford having committed himself to helping Rashford. “We have here a new challenge,” Amorim said as per ESPN.com. “It’s a tough one. For me it’s the biggest challenge in football because we are in a difficult situation and I already said this is one of the biggest clubs in

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Buckley – Why Not More PSL Youngsters Make It To Europe

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Former Bafana Bafana winger Delron Buckley has attributed inconsistency as the biggest challenge why South African youngsters aren’t making it abroad. Buckley left for Germany as a 21-year-old in 1998 and joined VfL Bochum II and went on to enjoy almost two decades in Europe playing for sides such as Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund and Mainz. The 47-year-old told iDiski Times digital editor David Kappel in edition 185 that the leagues abroad are tougher than the PSL and players aren’t consistent every week here at home which might make it hard for them to adjust when they get that side.

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Zungu On Emotional Clash Vs Downs

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New AmaZulu FC midfielder Bongani Zungu has urged his teammates to be hungrier in order to match Mamelodi Sundowns ahead of his emotional reunion. The 32-year-old recently signed with Usuthu and could be in line to face his former side when the two teams clash in a Betway Premiership encounter. The former Glasgow Rangers midfielder has been a free agent since leaving Sundowns at the beginning of the season and could feature in his debut should he make co-coaches Vusumuzi Vilakazi and Arthur Zwane’s match-day selection. “It’s gonna be a difficult game, I know Sundowns very well I’ve got a

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Emotional Chaine Opens Up On Dramatic Career Rise

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Sipho Chaine says that his career rise is from a higher power as he was always ‘second best’ from youth level towards the professional ranks. Chaine has enjoyed a scarcely believable rise to stardom in the Premier Soccer League, from being a second choice as reserve team goalkeeper, to Bloemfontein Celtic, Royal AM and Chippa United, where he was also a back-up option. When Orlando Pirates signed him two seasons ago in the January window, it appeared another spell at watching others from the sidelines, as they signed a player with 33 professional games in six seasons at his three

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Riveiro On Potential Bafana Role In Future

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Jose Riveiro says he’s fully focused on his current job when asked whether he’d be open to coaching the South Africa national team in future. The Orlando Pirates head coach retained the Carling Cup with the Carling All-Stars on Saturday as they cruised past Magesi with a 3-0 win at Orlando Stadium. It probed a member of the media to suggest his ability to work with different players, from different clubs, at different stages of their careers is similar to that of the national team. “You never know, right now my focus is 100% on the responsibility that I have,

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Hlongwane Reveals What He Will Do With R100k Prize

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Kaizer Chiefs youngster Naledi Hlongwane says he wants to do something special for his family with the R100,000 prize money from the Carling Cup. Hlongwane was one of the DStv Diski Challenge (DDC) players who stole the show at Orlando Stadium, scoring a brace in the 3-0 win over Magesi. He scooped the Man of the Match prize money of R100,000, which also prevented Elvis Chipezeze from ending the 2024 tournament with the prize in every game played. “The money that I got today, as my father passed away last year, I was planning to at least buy a tombstone

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Riveiro On Zwane, Kekana, Aubaas Level

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Carling All Stars coach Jose Riveiro has lauded the performances of Samkelo Zwane, Gomolemo Kekana and Bathusi Aubaas. The midfield trio dominated Magesi as they secured a 3-0 win at Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon, in a game that marked Clinton Larsen’s final game for the club. Zwane dominated the midfield as a 10 in the opening half with Aubaas and Kekana playing as a double pivot behind him. “I think Zwane, Kekana, Aubaas in the first half, the three of them, they gave us a different level in the middle of the park, I think it was a space

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