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Orlando Pirates and AmaZulu FC have announced their starting line-ups for this evening’s DStv Premiership fixture at Orlando Stadium. It’s been over 270 minutes for the Pirates to score a goal across all competitions, while it’s over 450 minutes since Usuthu last won a league match.       googletag.cmd.push(function() {...

New AmaZulu coach will be on the bench against Orlando Pirates this evening, iDiski Times has learnt. The Frenchman joined Usuthu last week Sunday after the departure of Brandon Truter and was unveiled by the club on Monday.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   Usuthu were initially still waiting for...

Former Orlando Pirates captain Lucky Lekgwathi says his former teammate Kermit Erasmus could have a similar impact at Buccaneers as Benni McCarthy. Erasmus joined Pirates after leaving Mamelodi Sundowns just before last month's deadline day, making a return to the club where he starred at between 2013 and 2016.       googletag.cmd.push(function()...

Veteran defender Rooi Mahamutsa has reacted to the viral video that saw him being sworn at while playing a match in a township recently. Mahamutsa, who will turn 40 later this month, was sworn at by a "fan" in the video that left many shocked on twitter. He was then...

Orlando Pirates could be in for a nice payday from FIFA, should Richard Ofori be named in the official Ghana squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The 28-year-old shot stopper is expected to make the Black Stars' final squad for the tournament in Qatar, which would mean the Buccaneers would...

Mamelodi Sundowns are the highest-ranked South African club in the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) ranking. Masandawana find themselves in 87th position in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, which takes games between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022 into consideration.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });  ...

Itumeleng Khune is once again the run-away leader in the current voting for the Carling Black Label Cup starting XIs, while new Kaizer Chiefs striker Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana currently doesn't make the line-up. Carling Black Label revealed the current voting standings on Tuesday, with Chiefs players receiving the most votes from...

Austin Muwowo says the departure of Milutin Sredojevic at Orlando Pirates made things difficult for him to break through. He said that left him with no motivation because Rulani Mokwena, who took over from Micho, said there was no way he was going to play because he doesn’t know him.  ...

Fadlu Davids has also left Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow after head coach Josef Zinnbauer was sacked on Saturday. Davids, 41, had only joined Lokomotiv on 27 September but was seemingly unable to stop the club's negative trend.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   After an initial 5-0 win in the...

Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro confirmed Kermit Erasmus was left out of the squad due to injury while providing updates on Thembinkosi Lorch and Evidence Makgopa. Erasmus earned two cameo appearances for Pirates against Mamelodi Sundowns and Sekhukhune United since his shock deadline day return to the club after...