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FC Saint Eloi Lupopo head coach Guy Bukasa has delved into what it would it take for them to avoid an Orlando Pirates comeback in South Africa. The DRC outfit shocked the continent by beating last season's CAF Champions League semi-finalists 3-0, ending Pirates' 11-match unbeaten run. The Sea Robbers...

Mamelodi Sundowns recorded an emphatic 5-1 win over Remo Stars in their CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round 1st Leg at M.K.O. Abiola International Stadium on Sunday evening. Reisinho nearly gave Sundowns the lead just 10 minutes in but saw his effort cleared off the line by the Serge Obassa...

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso has revealed measures taken by the club in terms of managing national team players ahead of the side’s CAF Champions League trip in Nigeria. Sundowns had eight players in the Bafana Bafana squad that sealed qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup against Zimbabwe...

South Africa has earned nominations in five major women's categories from seven they have been pitted in for the 2025 CAF Awards, announced on Friday. Mzansi football has been on an upward trajectory for the past few years as Banyana Banyana won their maiden AFCON title back in 2022, while...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have revealed the new-look Super Cup ahead of Saturday's final in Cairo. Champions League winners Pyramids FC will feel at home when they take on last season's CAF Confederation Cup champions RS Berkane at the 30 June Stadium in Egypt on Saturday. ALSO READ: Chiefs...

Bafana Bafana have announced their starting lineup for this evening must-win 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers clash against Rwanda at the Mbombela Stadium. The hosts are in second spot in Group C two points behind leaders Benin with Hugo Broos' troops, needing to beat the Rwandans and then hope that...

Kaizer Chiefs have confirmed the availability of talented young trio Mfundo Vilakazi, Luke Baartman and Asanele Velebayi for their second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup clash against AS Simba. The Glamour Boys take on the Democratic Republic of Congo outfit on Saturday, 18 October, with the return leg...

Kaizer Chiefs have confirmed that their CAF Confederation Cup second preliminary round first leg clash against DRC outfit AS Simba will be staged at TP Mazembe Stadium on Saturday, 18 October. The Glamour Boys had to overturn their 1-0 first leg defeat to Angolan side Kabuscorp SCP before progressing to...

Lesotho national team coach Leslie Notsi has explained why his players were inconsolable after their game with Nigeria at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Friday. Likuena lost 2-1 to the Super Eagles in the penultimate round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group C to remain second from bottom...

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has asserted that he has huge belief in his charges to seal passage to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America. South Africa have unfortunately dropped into second place behind Benin though on same points (14) after fielding an ineligible player in Teboho...