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Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis has named a locally-dominant preliminary squad to face Serbia in an international friendly next month. There are only six players in the 32-member squad, who are based overseas, with the number still to be trimmed down to 23 later. The match is part of...

Banyana Banyana left the country yesterday to Turkey ahead of Turkish Women’s Cup that is set to take place this month. Coach Desiree Ellis and members of her technical team left the country yesterday to travel from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, to Antalya, Turkey, with 16 local-based players on...

Morocco coach Walid Regragui has made the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men's Coach of the Year, while Desiree Ellis was somewhat surprisingly snubbed from the Woman's Coach of the Year shortlist. Regragui is one of the final nominees in the men's category after winning the double (Botola Pro and...

Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis says she is looking for improvements in all areas when her side take on Australia in an international friendly in London on Saturday. This is the third friendly for Banyana since being crowned African champions and it is part of preparations for next year’s...

Desiree Ellis has named her Banyana Banyana squad for face 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup co-hosts Australia in October. The Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions will take on Australia in another high-profile friendly match on 8 October in London.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   Australia, who currently ranked...

Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis says there’s no shame in losing 6-0 to Brazil because they knew the South American's level is higher than what they were exposed to at the WAFCON triumph tournament in July.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   Banyana were crushed 6-0 by a tactically-superior...

Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has expressed her disappointment in seeing the poor attendance for her side’s first friendly match against Brazil, asking where are the fans that welcomed them in numbers when they won the Wafcon in July?       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   Banyana, who lost 3-0...

Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis has explained the surprise omission of veteran defender Noko Matlou and cited a few rising stars for the future. With Ellis and her troops set for a mammoth test of facing Brazil on Friday, their first match since being crowned Women's Africa Cup of...

Bafana Bafana legend Benni McCarthy, who just joined the coaching staff of Manchester United, has paid tribute to Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis, hailing her as the 'Queen of Hanover Park'. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652905917438-0'); }); The former Cape Town City and AmaZulu head coach was unveiled...

Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis admits all the recent praise received won't matter if they fail to win the Women's Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday. Ellis, who won a third CAF Women's Coach of the Year award on Thursday evening in Rabat will lead her charges against hosts...