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New Bafana Bafana assistant Cedomir Janevski has lost the Cyprus Cup final with Olympiakos Nicosia in extra-time on Saturday. The 59-year-old was confirmed as Hugo Broos’ first assistant coach last week and is expected to arrive in South Africa fairly soon. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/local/new-bafana-assistant-coach-confirmed/ However, he first had to finish the campaign with his...

Josef Zinnbauer has named his Orlando Pirates starting line-up for today’s CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final first leg match against Raja Casablanca at the Orlando Stadium. It will be a big game for Zinnbauer and his team, as they face the tournament’s favourites in the Moroccans. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/local/pirates-give-injury-update-ahead-of-raja-game/ Raja breezed through the group stages...

Graham Potter was full of praise for Percy Tau after his superb assist in his first Premier League appearance since January. The Young Lion, who celebrated his 27th birthday this week, came off the bench in Brighton’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United on Sunday. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/tau-shines-on-epl-return/ Despite his lack of game time,...

Mamelodi Sundowns co-head coach Manqoba Mngqithi has insisted the better team lost and explained why he believes Masandawana are still favourites to win the tie against Pitso Mosimane’s Al Ahly. The 50-year-old saw his side dominate proceedings in Cairo on Saturday night but come away with a 2-0 first-leg defeat. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/pitso-reacts-to-win-over-downs/ Despite...

An uplifted Gavin Hunt commented on the #KaizerChiefsProtest, which happened just one day ahead of his side’s 4-0 thrashing of Simba SC. The Amakhosi coach continued his fine run in this year’s CAF Champions League, beating Tanzanian giants 4-0 on Saturday. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/shocked-simba-coach-explains-chiefs-rout/ After the match, Hunt was asked about the protest of...

A shocked Didier Gomes tried to explain his side’s bad day in their 4-0 thrashing by Kaizer Chiefs. The French manager saw his side concede four goals without a response at the FNB stadium on Saturday. Not many expected Amakhosi to come up with such a brilliant performance after winning just...

Pitso Mosimane was full of praise for Mamelodi Sundowns' "beautiful football" despite beating them 2-0 in the their first leg of the CAF Champions League quarter-final. The South African saw his side secure an important 2-0 win at home against his former side following goals by Mohamed Taher and Salah...

Percy Tau played an instrumental role in Brighton & Hove Albion’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United on Saturday. The 27-year-old came off the bench in the 73rd minute, replacing Alireza Jahanbakhsh. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/potter-reacts-to-tau-olympics-call-up/ It was Tau’s first Premier League appearance since January and only his third since joining the Seagulls, but the...

Pitso Mosimane and Al Ahly have beaten Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in a tightly-contested first-leg encounter of their CAF Champions League quarter-final. Al Ahly started the game with intent, attacking Downs from the first minute but the visitors were up for it as well. The hosts asked for an early penalty when...

Can Mamelodi Sundowns beat Pitso Mosimane and finally stop their horrible run in Egypt? Here is how the two side’s line-up. Masandawana enter the game on a good run of form, but have lost all of their previous three games at Al Ahly, without scoring a single goal. Al Ahly, meanwhile,...