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Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro says he appreciates every single word of support he has received from chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza. Dr. Khoza recently spoke of why he appointed the Spanish coach, and had high praise for Riveiro, who won both the MTN8 and Nedbank Cup trophies in his...

Orlando Pirates stumbled a 1-0 away defeat to Jwaneng Galaxy in the first of their CAF Champions League qualifier in Botswana on Sunday. The Botswana champs stunned a somewhat subdued Pirates side, and the scoreline could've been bigger had a goal not been over-ruled for off-side. It was Pirates who took...

Jwaneng Galaxy and Orlando Pirates confirmed their starting lineups for this afternoon's TotalEnergies CAF Champions League qualification first-leg at Gaborone National Stadium Galaxy, who are led by South African coach Morena Ramoreboli, have a chance to make it to the group stages of the CAF Champions League for the second...

Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Morena Ramoreboli believes the club has the potential to become one of the finest on the continent. The Botswana Premier League champions, coached by the highly-rated South African stunned Simba SC two seasons ago to dump them out of the CAF Champions League and progress to...

Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has reiterated that Thembinkosi Lorch, Vincent Pule and Ben Motshwari are important members of the squad and they will by no means field a 'weakened' team against Jwaneng Galaxy. Pirates face the Botswana Premier League champions on Sunday afternoon at the National Stadium and...

After an exhilarating first episode of Pulse of a Nation, which told us about the beginnings of South African football, the transformation of Orlando Pirates into African champions features in the second episode. “Pulse of a Nation — A South African Football Story” is a four-part documentary that puts a...

Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Morena Ramoreboli says beating Orlando Pirates, as he did with Maluti FET College, won't be as big of an upset as that fateful clash. Ramoreboli masterminded a historic win over then treble-champions Pirates with a 4-1 thumping in the round of 32 stage of the 2012/13...

After it was confirmed that Mamelodi Sundowns sit in number one spot among the African teams, and 132nd globally, here is where the other Premier Soccer League clubs sit. Sundowns are currently ranked the highest team in Africa, based on Opta's Power Rankings, which include nearly 13,500 domestic football teams...

Former Moroka Swallows and TS Galaxy physiotherapist Brendan During has confirmed that he has joined Orlando Pirates. During has two decades of experience as a physio, and has worked in football, rugby and cricket. Last season the Wits graduate worked as Head Physiotherapist at Swallows, having previously worked at TS...

Burnley and Bafana Bafana striker Lyle Foster has opened up on the role models he looked up to growing up. Foster who left Orlando Pirates shortly after his debut as a teenager for Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco has embarked on a tumultuous journey towards the Premier League. From the second-tier...