Benni Names Two SA Stars Who Can Play UEFA Champions League

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Benni McCarthy believes Mamelodi Sundowns duo Ronwen Williams and Teboho Mokoena have what it takes to play for a top club in Europe. Mokoena, 27, and Williams, 32, both have long-term contracts with Masandawana and have been among the club’s key performers over the last few seasons. There have been some eyebrows raised after Manqoba Mngqithi opted to not field Mokoena in recent matches, while Williams wrote headlines for becoming the first goalkeeper based in Africa to be nominated for the Yashin Trophy at the Ballon d’Or awards. McCarthy, who is the only South African to win the UEFA Champions

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Dolly Spotted At New Betway Prem Side

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Former Kaizer Chiefs captain Keagan Dolly has started training with SuperSport United in a bid to remain at a competitive fitness level as his club search continues. Dolly, 31, had agreed on a deal in principle with Matsatsantsa before they opted to cancel the move and sign Vincent Pule instead during the off-season. While he passed a medical, he didn’t have a training session with the squad but has seemingly left an impression over the past week. However, iDiski Times understands it’s highly unlikely he would be joining Gavin Hunt’s side with the club having exhausted its budget in the

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Zwane On How Chiefs Situation Affected His Kids

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AmaZulu FC co-coach Arthur Zwane has broken his silence on how being redeployed from Kaizer Chiefs head coach to assistant affected his family. “10111” was recently announced as Usuthu co-coach alongside Vusumuzi Vilakazi and have already started to work on their new project, succeeding Pablo Franco Martin who was shown the exit door after three defeats at the start of the season. Zwane has experience in the Betway Premiership and was Chiefs coach back in 2022 before being replaced by Molefe Ntseki, managing 46 matches with 21 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses in his spell at Amakhosi. That wasn’t

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Khoza Pays Tribute To Motaung Sr

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Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairman Dr Irvin Khoza has paid special tribute to Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung Sr who celebrates his 80th birthday. In a statement by the PSL, Khoza referred to his long-life football friend as an “exemplary contribution to humanity”. Born on 16 October 1944, in the township of Orlando in Soweto, Dr. Motaung signed for Orlando Pirates at just 16, before his talent took him to the US where he played for Atlanta Chiefs. Upon his return to Mzansi in 1969, ‘Chincha Guluva’ started working on establishing Kaizer Chiefs which was then born the following year.

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Duba On How Nabi Compares To Other Chiefs Coaches

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Kaizer Chiefs starlet Wandile Duba has highly praised new coach Nasreddine Nabi stating he is different from the other coaches in his winning mentality. Duba made his Chiefs senior debut in December 2022 in a 2-0 win over Lamontville Golden Arrows under the leadership of Arthur Zwane but was in and out of the team as he couldn’t nail down a regular starting berth. The 20-year-old scored his first senior goal in a 1-0 win over Arrows toward the end of last season under the mentorship of Cavin Johnson. With the arrival of Nasreddine Nabi, there are high hopes from

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Pirates Set To Promote Another DDC Talent To First Team

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Orlando Pirates reserve team coach Joseph Makhanya has revealed that the club is closing in on promoting defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi to the first team. Makhanya highly praised Mbokazi after Pirates narrowly beat Golden Arrows 1-0 at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium last weekend with Mbokazi captaining the Buccaneers reserve side. The 19-year-old from KwaZulu-Natal recently represented Amajita at the U20 AFCON COSAFA Qualifier in Mozambique, which South Africa won, forming part of a formidable defence that did not concede a single goal. Duku-Duku revealed that Mbokazi is closing in on gaining promotion to the Pirates’ senior team. Pirates currently face a

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Tso Rates ‘Tito’s Performance In Bafana Draw

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iDiski TV analyst Benedict Vilakazi praised Bafana Bafana midfielder Patrick Maswanganyi for having a decent game though he believes his lack of CAF experience led to his poor decision-making. ‘Tito’ was a second-half substitute for the injured Themba Zwane as South Africa dropped points in their 1-1 draw against Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday evening. The result meant that Hugo Broos’ charges remained in second spot on eight points behind leaders Uganda on 10 points after their 2-1 win over South Sudan. There was some criticism on Tito’s performance from some factions of the fans on social media however ‘Tso’ believes

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CAF Announce Venue, Dates & Prize Money For 2024 WCL Finals

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as hosts of the 2024 Women’s Champions League continental finals next month. The eight-team tournament will be played from 9-23 November 2024 in the North African country who also hosted it back in 2022 as well as the Women’s African Cup of Nations. COSAFA is the most represented region this year with two teams in defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and newcomers University of Western Cape (UWC). They are joined by hosts ASFAR, Aigles de la Medina from Senegal representing WAFU-A, EDO Queens of Nigeria as representatives of WAFU-B, Tutankhamun of

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Chiefs & Downs To Partake In New Cup

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Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns are two of the four teams set to take part in the newly formed Home of Legends Cup. The launch of the tournament was hosted at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Wednesday morning, where it was confirmed the Home of Legends Cup will take place on 16 November. The exact format of the tournament is yet to be confirmed, but it was announced that Sundowns, Chiefs, Golden Arrows and Chippa United will take place in the tournament. More details and fixtures have yet to be announced.

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