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South Africa’ U23 side have announced their starting XI for the much-awaited opener against hosts Japan. David Notoane and his team didn’t have the best preparations for the tournament after two preparation camps were cancelled and the team experienced several Covid-19 scares. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/how-to-watch-sas-olympics-opener/ Five players had to withdraw from the squad due...

South Africa’s U23 side will open their Olympics campaign against hosts Japan today, and here is how you can watch the game. David Notoane’s men take on Japan at 13:00, SA time, while France and Mexico already meet at 10:00. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/official-safa-confirm-final-sa-olympics-squad/ South Africa have qualified for back-to-back Olympics and held hosts Brazil...

The South African under-23 team have received a boost with Kaizer Chiefs players Nkosingiphile Ngcobo and Reeve Frosler having linked up with the team. The pair had played in last Saturday's CAF Champions League final loss to Al Ahly, so didn't travel with the Olympic team to Tokyo initially. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/notoane-a-mammoth-task-before-us/ Ngcobo and...

National under-23 head coach David Notoane says South Africa face a mammoth task against Japan in the opening game of the men's football competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. South Africa face the hosts at 1pm South African time tomorrow. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/caf-champions-league/chiefs-back-in-sa/ Notoane has explained the difficulties the team has faced since...

SA U23 captain Tercious Malepe, who is set to become the first South African to play at two Olympic football tournaments, says the achievement is a huge honour. Malepe and sixteen of his teammates have already settled into the Olympic village in Tokyo, where they will soon be joined by...

Two Kaizer Chiefs players are heading from Morocco to Tokyo rather than back to South Africa after Saturday’s 3-0 loss to Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League final in Casablanca. Nkosingiphile Ngcobo and Reeve Frosler are heading to join up with David Notoane’s under-23 team, ahead of the start...

South Africa’s U23 team has once again been hit by Covid-19 after three more team members tested positive for Covid-19 just four days before the tournament starts. Just five days ahead of the opener against Japan, the team is in quarantine, awaiting results from another round of testing. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/pitso-on-cafcl-win-over-chiefs/ The team arrived...

SAFA have finally confirmed the official South African U23 Olympics squad, including three Kaizer Chiefs players. The preparations for the Tokyo Olympics were disrupted by Covid-19 hitting the squad, with five players having to withdraw.  The players in question were Lyle Foster, Fagrie Lakay, Abbubaker Mobara, Sipho Mbule and Keletso Makgalwa,...

By Velile Mnyandu The South African U23 preparations for the Olympics have been thrown into total disarray as head coach David Notoane has been forced to make five changes to key players on medical grounds. iDiski Times can exclusively reveal that the five players, most of whom have been with...

South African national U23 head coach David Notoane says that while they are prepared as they embark to the Tokyo Olympics, he admits they are also under prepared. The Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the Tokyo Games to be postponed by a year, has caused chaos with Notoane’s preparations, and two...