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Kaizer Chiefs coach Cedric Kaze has dismissed suggestions that new signing Luke Baartman has been relegated to the club's DStv Diski Challenge squad. Baartman, 19, is yet to make his Amakhosi debut alongside Asanele Velebayi since being snapped up in the offseason from Cape Town Spurs. ALSO READ: Kaze Confirms Fresh...

Kaizer Chiefs coach Cedric Kaze has confirmed that Khanyisa Mayo will not be available for the CAF Confederation Cup second preliminary round second leg clash on Sunday. The Glamour Boys welcome DR Congo outfit AS Simba to the Dobsonville Stadium after playing to a 0-0 away stalemate. ALSO READ: Kaze Makes...

The Zimbabwean Football Association (ZIFA) announced the termination of senior national team coach Michael Nees’s contract just two months before the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday . The German took over the Warriors in September last year and struggled to bring results, with his record reading just...

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...