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Victor Gomes, who has recently been appoint as Referees Committee chairperson of the South African Football Association, has been invited to a top FIFA seminar. Gomes, 40, hung up his whistle earlier in the year after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar but is widely considered one of the...

South African Football Association (SAFA) match officials Luxolo Badi and Sumukele Jali will not officiate in this weekend’s matches, iDiski Times has learnt. The mother body of football took this decision after Badi and Jali disallowed a legitimate goal when AmaZulu midfielder Hendrick Ekstein thought he had scored what was...

Legendary former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be arriving in South Africa within the next few weeks, South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan has confirmed. Wenger who has since taken up a role with FIFA after ending his managerial career with the Gunners is set to share his...

South Africa's U16 team has been invited to a tournament in Poland, where they will face hosts Poland, Luxembourg and Northern Ireland. The tournament will run from 27 March to 1 April 2023 and Zipho Dlangalala will be in charge of the team, assisted by Mandla Mathaba while Thomas Nare...

Mistakes that are continuing to be made by referees have seen South Africa Football Association (SAFA) speeding up the process to have Video Assistant Referees (VAR) installed. According to iDiski Times sources, SAFA have written to CAF and FIFA to look for better expertise to train all match officials to...

SAFA president Danny Jordaan has met up with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in France, where he was part of many member associations to visit the #TheBest Awards that were held in Paris on Monday - but he also had another mission. Jordaan told iDiski Times that he had a meeting...

Banyana Banyana drew their second and last match at the Turkish Women’s Cup 1-1 with Slovenia at the Emirhan Hotels Sports Complex on Tuesday afternoon. Head coach Desiree Ellis made four changes from the team that won 3-0 against Uzbekistan in their tournament opener over the weekend. Jermaine Seoposenwe, Gabriela...

Noxolo Cesane was the star of the show as Banyana Banyana opened their Turkish Women’s cup campaign with a 3-0 win over Uzbekistan at the Emirhan sport complex in Turkey on Saturday.   https://twitter.com/banyana_banyana/status/1626965979308728320?s=46&t=RYFfZrcxqMFjhUhBPBEG2Q Cesane was involved in the creation of the first and second goals while scoring herself in the...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed the appointment of Victor Gomes as the new Chairperson of the National Referees Committee. Gomes is widely considered one of the continent's greatest-ever officials and retired from the game after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. While he divided opinion in the...

Former SAFA Vice President Ria Ledwaba has joined South Africans in mourning the passing of the late John “Dungi” Moeti.  The former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana midfielder’s passing was announced early last week following an eight months long illness. Moeti was part of the 1995 CAF Champions League-winning Pirates...