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World champions France and Bafana Bafana have announced their starting XIs for tonight's much anticipated friendly. The two countries have met twice before in international friendlies, while they have also met twice in official games, both at World Cup tournaments. In fact the last time France and Bafana met was...

France coach Didier Deschamps has pointed out four Bafana Bafana stars who he is aware of ahead of their friendly against South Africa on Tuesday. The French coach was speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of Tuesday's game at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille. Deschamps said it is not often...

After France coach Didier Deschamps gave some insights into his team selection for the Bafana Bafana game, here is how the world champions could line up. Deschamps met media on Tuesday ahead of Les Bleus friendly match with Bafana, which will kick off at 21:15 on Tuesday. The France coach confirmed...

After the confusion around the television coverage of Bafana Bafana’s friendly with Guinea, here is how you can watch Tuesday’s match against France. South Africa were held to a goalless draw by Guinea, with the match being shown live on SABC Sport on DTT, as well as TelkomOne and also...

French club FC Bondues, who have hosted Bafana Bafana during their time in France, have been delighted to have the South Africans training at their facilities. Bafana have been training in Bondues, a suburb of Lille, where they will face world champions France on Tuesday at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The local...

After making his Bafana Bafana debut, Stellenbosch defender Athenkosi Mcaba has said his international call-up will motivate him to work harder. The teenager came off the bench to win his first international senior cap in the 0-0 draw with Guinea in Belgium. Mcaba, who only made his senior club debut at...

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says he doesn't want to dwell too much on their misses against Guinea as he looks to boost the morale of the squad. South Africa had nine shots on target out of 19 attempts but failed to find the net against the West Africans,...

France manager Didier Deschamps has confirmed that Chelsea midfielder N'golo Kante is set to feature in the friendly against Bafana Bafana on Tuesday, but there are doubts over Kylian Mbappe. Neither French star featured in the international friendly 2-1 win over Cote D'Ivoire on Friday. Deschamps has now said that Chelsea's...

The upcoming friendly between world champions France and Bafana Bafana has been sold out already, with the French Football Federation (FFF) set to donate R1.6 million to UNICEF. Les Bleus will face Ivory Coast and South Africa in two friendly games on 25 March and 29 March and will donate...

France coach Didier Deschamps has hit back at critics of Les Bleus' two friendlies against Ivory Coast and South Africa. The 2018 FIFA World Cup-winning coach has arranged two friendlies against African teams in the upcoming international break after securing their ticket for the tournament by topping their qualification group...