Rulani Picks Up Huge Win

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Rulani Mokwena’s Wydad Athletic Club side returned to winning ways with a convincing 5-0 thrashing of Jeunesse Massira in the Excellence Cup. The Red Castle suffered their second defeat since the appointment of Mokwena and the first in the Excellence Cup, narrowly going down 1-0 to Jeunesse Sportive Soualem earlier this week. It has been a frustrating start for Mokwena since joining the Moroccan giants from Mamelodi Sundowns, with a wholesome change on the players and technical team taking time to correlate on the philosophy. The latest win for Mokwena’s troops will give them a boost going forward as they

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Bafana Thrash Congo In Gqeberha

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Bafana Bafana moved one step closer to 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification after thrashing Congo Brazzaville 5-0 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday evening. It was an evening to remember in Gqeberha for South Africa and one to forget for the visitors who only arrived last night ahead of their AFCON qualifier. And Hugo Broos’ side took them to the sword with Teboho Mokoena, who dominated headlines in the build up to the game scoring two goals in the opening half hour, which was nearly marred by fans who invaded the pitch. The first came from a

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Broos Announces Bafana Starting XI vs Congo

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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has confirmed his starting XI for the 2025 AFCON Qualifier against Congo Brazzaville at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, with captain Ronwen Williams making a return. Williams sat out South Africa’s two previous matches through injury and will provide a huge boost for the hosts ahead of this evening’s tie after Bafana allowed four goals to be shipped in. With Uganda and South Sudan facing off in the earlier kick off, Bafana will be hoping that the results from that tie sway their way as they aim to finally take control of Group K. Broos’

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Chiefs Out To Maintain Top Spot As DDC Heats Up

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The DStv Diski Challenge is already heating up with Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Stellenbosch, and Cape Town City all in the chasing packing, as matchday seven takes centre stage. Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is the place to be this weekend as the country’s next stars battle for the three points at stake. Rejuvenated Stellenbosch FC will face Bernard Parker’s TS Galaxy. The defending champions are in third place with 11 points after six matches. Meanwhile, Galaxy is sitting eighth with seven points and are yet to suffer defeat this team. The Saturday, it’s the battle of two struggling teams in

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PSL Make Huge Decision On Royal Chaos

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The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced that Royal AM’s participation in the DStv Diski Challange has been halted with immediate effect. With their FIFA ban, meaning their are unable to register new players going into a second consecutive season, problems are beginning to arise at the KwaZulu Natal-based side. Several of their DDC players were promoted to the first team in order to put out a squad, while Chairman Andile Mpisane has also been a regular starter for the club in the top-flight. However, it’s left them in the lurch in the reserve league as they are unable to

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Latest Update By SA Sports Minister On VAR

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Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie says great strides have been made on the call for VAR implementation in South African football after plans were presented during a meeting with the SAFA NEC. With countries like Egypt, Morocco and Algeria among that have already implemented VAR in their local leagues, with others having followed suit, there has been rallying cries far and wide to have it introduced in South Africa as well. A week ago, McKenzie held talks with both SAFA and the PSL in speeding up the process of implementing VAR in South African football after a drama-filled Betway Premiership clash

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Broos – Someone Has To Explain What Happened To Mokoena

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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says the situation with Teboho Mokoena and Khuliso Mudau at Mamelodi Sundowns is something he doesn’t understand. Mokoena and Mudau were dropped from the squad for their opening game of the 2024/25 league season as they beat SuperSport United 2-0 in the Tshwane Derby. The decision continued for four games before Mudau made a cameo before the FIFA international break as they beat Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 at FNB Stadium to maintain a 100% record in the league. However, Mokoena has yet to make the squad in the league, neither the CAF Champions League preliminary

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Chiefs Star Features In Argentina Draw

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Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Edson Castillo earned his 10th cap for Venezuela, coming on in the 93rd minute as they held world champions Argentina to a 1-1 draw in the CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualifiers at Estadio Monumental on Thursday. The match had earlier been suspended due to a waterlogged pitch, and pushed back by 30 minutes, as groundstaff struggled to clear the standing water on the pitch, before officials gave a greenlight for the match to commence. He missed the Copa America and the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers after his form dropped at Chiefs before a new lease of

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SA Match Officials Tasked With AFCON Qualifiers Clash

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South African match officials Abongile Tom, Jelly Chavani, and Zakhele Siwela have been tasked with officiating the 2025 AFCON Qualifiers clash between Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone. The three officials, who boast wealth of experience on both local and the continental front, have been tasked with officiating when the defending AFCON champions take on the Leone Stars at Laurent Pokou Stadium later tonight. South African match officials have been in the spotlight lately for alleged poor officiating, with Tom recently making headlines post the MTN8 final between Stellenbosch FC and Orlando Pirates. Tom has been carrying the South African flag

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