On Wednesday at 6 PM in Morocco, Egypt and Senegal will play a very important football game. It’s the semifinal of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The winner will go to the final. Egypt is the most successful team in this tournament’s history. They have won it seven times before. Their best player is […]
The Africa Cup of Nations 2026 has provided drama, goals, and upsets, but now the most critical part of the tournament is here. The AFCON 2026 Quarter-Finals are going to witness the best football nations from the continent, as only the most decorated nations have up to this point. Expectations are high as former titlists, […]
Moses Simon has revealed that he would love to fulfil his boyhood dream by playing for Real Madrid. The Super Eagles winger is aiming at following the steps footsteps of former national teammate Odion Ighalo who joined Man United in January 2020. Simon who narrowly missed joining Gernot Rohr’s side to the 2018 World Cup […]
The general mobilization after the death of George Floyd has hit the football fraternity. Footballers joined the Black Lives Matters movement to stop racism, a scourge that pollutes the sport environment, particularly football. We take a look at the the progressive development on women’s football in Africa. A Ugandan international, Jean Sseninde, is very committed […]
Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.89 million) from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the allegations and allow them to continue competing, including […]
Victor Osimhen has confirmed his readiness to welcome back Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo back to the Super Eagles if the striker wants to return. There have been talks of Victor Osimhen returning to the Super Eagles since he joined Manchester United in January in which the player has not made a statement on it. […]
Namibian attacker Peter Shalulile enjoyed a decent goal-scoring run in his second top-flight season at Highlands Park, and won’t leave the club for cheap, according to chairman Larry Brookstone. The Lions of the North boss was on Power987 Sport on Friday, where he revealed the price tag he’s placed on the player, who helped the […]
Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa is concerned over the lack of urgency in the transformation of South African sport. In a statement released by the department of sports, arts and culture on Friday, it was confirmed that Mthethwa had met with chairperson of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG), Happy Ntshingila. The EPG, every year, is tasked […]
Vihiga United captain Patrick Okullo has set a return to the top flight as the team’s irreducible minimum when they face Kisumu All Stars in the Kenya Football Federation /Kenya Premier League playoff. Vihiga finished third behind Nairobi City Stars and Bidco United in the 2019-2020 National Super League to book a place in the […]
In what has been a busy week of player contract extensions at Mamelodi Sundowns, the Siya crew can now reveal their next target! Deon Hotto is believed to have made coach Pitso Mosimane’s wishlist and there may already have been contact between the Namibian international’s current club Bidvest Wits and Sundowns over a potential deal. […]
The representative of Knowledge Musona has given an update on the player’s current situation in Belgium. The 29-year-old Zimbabwean international is returning to his parent club, Anderlecht, after his loan stint with KAS Eupen got cut short due to the Jupiler Pro League being called off early amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Musona’s camp is […]
Nigerian international Odion Ighalo’s loan to Manchester United has been extended until January 2021. The club made an official announcement via a statement posted on its website. The news ends widespread speculations that he was due to return to his parent club Shanghai Shenhua with the expiry of his contract. His contract was initially due […]
Head coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has insisted that it will be ‘very difficult’ for his team to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, title because Nigeria is not number one on the continent. Rohr, who recently put pen to paper for a two-and-half-year deal with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), […]
Liverpool FC legend, John Barnes shared some of his memories about facing Kaizer Chiefs back in 1994. Liverpool and Amakhosi played to a 0-0 draw in a United Bank Festival match, which took place at Ellis Park back in 1994. Speaking on Chiefs’ official website, Barnes, who captained the English giants at the time, shared […]
Super Eagles player, Moses Simon has been named by his French club side, Nantes Fc, as their player of the 2019/2020 season. The French Ligue 1 club made this known in a recent tweet they shared on Twitter yesterday. It could be recalled that Simon joined Nantes on a season-long loan from La Liga club […]
A local agent has confirmed discussions for an Italian coach with an Absa Premiership club, who is keen to come to Mzansi. As reported in edition 1175 of Soccer Laduma, Italian coach Marko Ragini has expressed an interest in coaching in Mzansi’s topflight, as confirmed by his South African-based representatives. I’ve got an Italian coach […]
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has narrated how he cried after scoring two goals against Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Nigeria was condemned to win the showdown against the debutants in Volgograd as the African nation lost their first group game 0-2 to eventual runners-up Croatia. The hero of the match […]
Teko Modise has shared his thoughts on whether or not he thinks Thabo Rakhale would be a good fit for Kaizer Chiefs. The Siya crew reported over the past weeks that Rakhale has made it on Chiefs’ wish list despite the current transfer ban. However, Amakhosi are in the process of trying to get the […]
African football fraternities have been thrown into mourning following the shocking death of 21-year-old Cameroonian footballer Joseph Bouasse webp died from heart attack. According to the report on UK Sun, Joseph Bouasse died on Sunday night, May 24. At the age of 16, Joseph Bouasse moved to Italy from Cameroon with the hopes of him […]
Ahmed Musa has finally explained how himself, Mikel Obi and Emmanuel Emenike went to beg former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh after stripping Vincent Enyeama the captain armband. Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama had issues with Sunday Oliseh five years ago in the Super Eagles which forced the legendary goalkeeper out of the team. […]