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South African national U17 women’s team head coach Nthabeleng 'Dunga' Modiko believes that her side can still come back to try and qualify for the U17 Women’s World Cup to be held in the Dominican Islands later this year.Bantwana went down 3-0 to Ethiopia in the first leg of...

South African match officials Abongile Tom and Akhona Makalima will be involved in Sunday's last 16 games at the African Cup Of Nations. Highly rated Tom will be officiating his third match in the AFCON finals after making his debut two weeks ago in a 1-1 draw between Nigeria and...

The South African Football Coaches Association has released a statement in response to SAFA’s announcement about the technical requirements from the 2024/25 season. Earlier this month SAFA released a statement confirming the new minimum requirements for coaches across South African football’s systems. However SAFCA have now responded, questioning how they will...

Former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs head coach Molefi Ntseki might make a sensational return to the South African Football Association (SAFA), iDiski Times has been informed.   SAFA are reportedly considering Ntseki to beef up the Bafana technical team, to have a second assistant coach to Hugo Broos, or...

SAFA have announced their new technical regulations for all football that were agreed and approved at the last SAFA NEC meeting on 9 December 2023. This was confirmed in a letter by SAFA Technical Director Walter Steenbok, released by SAFA on Saturday. While it remains to be seen just how some...

Bafana Bafana and SAFA came to a bonus agreement on Sunday after the players met management to outline the payment structures for participation in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The team are currently in camp in Stellenbosch, but will head to the West African nation on...

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos and his players will converge on 4 January 2024 to prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Broos requested the Bafana stars to have a rest for Christmas before converging but the PSL has declined that request yet again, iDiski Times has been...

The South African Football Association has responded to the talks that former Bafana Bafana captain Lucas Radebe is keen to take over in the future as the association’s president. Radebe, who was part of the Bafana side that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996 on home soil, has...

The Premier Soccer League have changed the kick-off times of two DStv Diski Challenge fixtures in Durban on Saturday to accommodate Bafana Bafana’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Benin in the same city.  The PSL initially scheduled two matches between Moroka Swallows and Golden Arrows at 13:00 and SuperSport...

The SAFA Cape Town have opened an investigation after the LFA Promotional playoffs kicked off this past week under controversy due some freak score-lines with 58 goals scored in two matches. A week ago, eight groups of promotional playoffs for the SAB League were confirmed with Group H being identified...