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Orlando Pirates take on Djabal Club in the second leg of their CAF Champions League first preliminary round and here is how you can watch the game live. The Buccaneers secured a slim 1-0 first-leg win thanks to a late Zakhele Lepasa goal. Pirates missed a host of chances in Comoros...

Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro suggested he's at the club to improve players and help them win and not to manage emotions. Pirates hold one of the fearsome squads in South African football at present, with the likes of Vincent Pule, Thembinkosi Lorch, Miguel Timm, Kermit Erasmus, Karim Kimvuidi...

Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has warned that knockout games "are always complicated" and his side cannot take reaching the next round in the CAF Champions League for granted. Pirates beat Djabal Club 1-0 in the first leg in Comoros thanks to a late goal by Zakhele Lepasa...

The Premier Soccer League have confirmed the dates, venues and kick-off times of the upcoming MTN8 semi-finals in September. Four teams are left in the competition, with defending champions Orlando Pirates facing Stellenbosch FC, who qualified for this stage for the first time. Meanwhile, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs will look...

In this week’s edition, Velile Mnyandu pens a feature explaining why it’s time to professionalise women’s football. Rob Delport meanwhile takes a look at Kaizer Chiefs’ eight new signings, while also catching up with Orlando Pirates star Vincent Pule, who is hoping to be fighting-fit soon to help the...

Orlando Pirates striker Kermit Erasmus says he knows that he is not everybody’s cup of tea, especially for supporters from rival sides but he is okay with that. The 33-year-old is one of the most outspoken players in the Premier Soccer League, something that extends to even his at times...

New Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Melusi Buthelezi has credited South African football legend Jomo Sono for the role he played in his career. Buthelezi joined Pirates in June from TS Galaxy, having played 23 matches for The Rockets in all competitions last season, joining Sipho Chaine, Siyabonga Mpontshane and Richard Ofori...

New Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Melusi Buthelezi has opened up about the hijacking incident he endured in Soweto in February last year. The keeper was hospitalised along with his brother after they both suffered wounds from the incident when was playing for TS Galaxy. Buthelezi told iDiski Times senior writer Velile...

A late goal by Zakhele Lepasa saw a wasteful Orlando Pirates side pick up a 1-0 win at Djabal Club in the CAF Champions League first preliminary round. Jose Riveiro made several changes to his starting XI, with Sipho Chaine, Bandile Shandu, Nkosinathi Sibisi, Tapelo Xoki, Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo, Patrick Maswanganyi...

Orlando Pirates have announced their starting XI to face Djabal Club from Comoros in the first preliminary round of the CAF Champions League. The Buccaneers return to the competition for the first time since the 2018/19 campaign when they got knocked out in the group stages. Jose Riveiro's men enter this...