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Orlando Pirates right-wing-back Thabiso Monyane has expressed joy for his teammates Patrick Maswanganyi and Relebohile Mofokeng who have been nominated in the PSL end-of-season awards. Maswanganyi who joined Pirates this season from SuperSport United, is nominated in four categories - DStv Premiership Player’s Player of the season, MTN8 Last Man...

In this week’s edition, iDiski Times has named its PSL Team of the 2023/24 Season, as voted for by all iDiski journalists. The criteria was for the entire 2023/24 campaign, including all competitions that South African teams were involved in. Six players were unanimously voted for by all of iDiski’s journalists,...

Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela has taken the time to appreciate technical team member Helmy Gueldich. Gueldich is the conditioning coach who joined Pirates from Tanzanian giants Young Africans at the beginning of the current season. He was part of Nasreddine Nabi's technical team at Yanga, but they split after...

TS Galaxy head coach Sead Ramovic admits that their last game of the season was an anti-climax as they couldn’t clinch a top four place and qualify for the CAF Inter-Club competition. Galaxy lost 1-0 to Polokwane City at the old Peter Mokaba Stadium on the final day of the...

The 2024/25 MTN8 quarter-final fixtures were confirmed after the final DStv Premiership games of the season were played on Saturday. Sundowns had long already wrapped up their seventh successive DStv Premiership title, but failed to finish the season unbeaten. However, they go as top-seeded side into the MTN8 quarter-finals and will...

Orlando Pirates midfielder Thabang Monare could leave the club at the end of the season, with his contract set to expire. Monare, 34, joined Pirates in October 2020 from Bidvest Wits after the status of the club was sold to Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila. The midfielder has made 93 appearances at Bucs,...

Moroka Swallows coach Steve Komphela says he was not surprised by the heroic performance of Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Sipho Chaine in the MTN8 final, having witnessed his qualities first-hand at Bloemfontein Celtic in the 2018/19 season. Chaine was at his best as he saved three penalties as Pirates beat Mamelodi...

MTN have announced the official MTN8 Team of the Tournament after Orlando Pirates claimed the first silverware of the domestic 2023/24 season. The Buccaneers beat Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 on penalties in the final after the game had ended 0-0 after 120 minutes. Jose Riveiro's men defended their title from last season,...

After the first trophy in domestic football was won by Orlando Pirates, the iDiski Times' editorial team picked the competition's Team of the Tournament, including five players from the champions. Sipho Chaine won the Man of the Match award in the final after saving three Mamelodi Sundowns spot-kicks in the...

Moroka Swallows head coach Steve Komphela says Orlando Pirates are showing there are ways to compete against Mamelodi Sundowns. Pirates have been one of the biggest tests for Sundowns in recent times and grinded an MTN8 final title 3-1 on penalties last week. While Sundowns were perhaps the more fluent and...