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The football world in South Africa is going to witness a new dawn with the approval of Pitso Mosimane as a Bafana Bafana head coach on August 8, 2026. One of Africa’s most respected football coaches in recent times will return as a coach of the national team of South Africa after being approved by […]
Olympic champion Chad le Clos, who won a gold medal in the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, is facing another tragedy in his life after a fire burnt his apartment in Cape Town while he was at the Games. Chad le Clos house fire, The apartment, which belongs to Le Clos, was completely burnt down […]
Caster Semenya says she will not defend her World Championship 800m title in September after a setback in her challenge to the restricting of testosterone levels in female runners. But the South African said she would “continue her fight for human rights” despite her “disappointment”. Semenya has twice appealed against IAAF rules preventing her from […]
Super Eagles star Moses Simon has opened Simoiben Football Academy in Kaduna as a way to give back to the society. The 24-year-old Levente forward who was bred in Kaduna through his formative years and started his football career but the Nigeria international make four appearances and provided two assists after helping Genort Rohr side […]
Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye sealed £30 million moves to Paris Saint-Germain from Everton. The 29-year-old Dakar-born signed a four-year deal with the French champions until 2023 after the Toffees rejected a £21.5m offer from Ligue 1 giant in January and manager Marco Silva had hoped to keep the African star at Goodison Park this season […]
Kelechi Iheanacho scores again in a pre-season friendly match 2-2 draw with Rotherham United at the New York Stadium in one of two friendlies on Saturday afternoon. The 23-year-old Nigeria international who miss the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to poor form with the Foxes last season. Iheanacho last scored for Leicester City in […]
The Zimbabwe football association is reportedly thinking of withdrawing from COSAFA after last week’s suspension and $200k fine. ZIFA was fined after it failed to comply with the deadline to commit to hosting 2021 COSAFA Tournament. If or when the Body withdrawals its membership from COSAFA they plan or wish to join the Council for […]
The Confederation of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) has banned Zimbabwe from participating in the 2020 senior men’s tournament. The ban follows Zimbabwe’s failure to honour an agreement to host the 2019 edition of the COSAFA Cup tournament. ZIFA had initially agreed to host the tournament but pulled out at the eleventh hour after the […]
Manchester City beat Premier League rival Chelsea to sign Nigerian wonder kid, Samuel Edozie, who played for the youth team of Millwall last season Millwall. The 16-year-old forward has attracted interest from several clubs including Liverpool, Arsenal, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund as well as RB Leipzig before agreeing on terms with Pep […]
The International Cricket Council has barred four Zimbabwe women cricketers from travelling to England to take part in a series of T20 games against Kia Super League teams at the end of July. The cricketers, Zimbabwe women’s captain Mary-Anne Musonda and squad members, Anesu Mushangwe, Tasmeen Granger, and Sharne Mayers had been selected for the […]
A man was stabbed during a fight in central London where Algeria football fans were celebrating winning the Africa Cup of Nations. Algeria won the tournament on Friday and fans had congregated in Trafalgar Square for two nights in a row to celebrate. The Metropolitan Police said that at about 01:20 BST a man in […]
After winning the Golden Boot at the Africa Cup of Nations, Odion Ighalo slammed Nigeria’s soccer fans a shocking news: he is retiring from the Super Eagles, with immediate effect. The 30-year-old Shanghai Shenhua striker struck five times as the Super Eagles finished third in Egypt, bagging him the top scorer honours with two goals […]
Algeria defeated Senegal with a slim scoreline of 1-0 to win the AFCON tournament in Egypt, as the Desert Foxes win the tournament after 29 years. It took just two minutes for Baghdad Bounedjah to break the deadlock through his effort took a slight deflection to beat Senegalese goalkeeper who left his line. Senegal kept […]
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has rejected comments that the global soccer body has taken a “colonialist” attitude towards African football and its governing organisation CAF (Confederation of African Football). FIFA last month took the unprecedented move of announcing it would jointly administer African football with CAF and would send it its Senegalese secretary general Fatma […]
The tenure of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, as the 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) elapsed on Thursday and CAF President, Ahmadu Ahmadu did not re-appoint him. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF Director of Communications on Thursday in Abuja, said Pinnick’s tenure along with […]
The stakes are as high as they can get when Senegal contest the Africa Cup of Nations final against Algeria, at the Cairo International Stadium, at the Cairo International Stadium. While Algeria will be seeking its second crown, having won the competition in 1990, when they hosted it, the Lions of Teranga will be playing […]
Super Eagles beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Cairo based Al-Salam Stadium on Wednesday night to win eight Africa Cup of Nations Bronze medal. Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr made two change from the squad that lost to Algeria in the semi-finals with Francis Uzoho and Ola Aina came in for Daniel Akpeyi and Chidozie Awaziem Odion […]
Almost a year in charge of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon but not good enough to continue after his first major outing, the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT; on Tuesday confirmed the termination of the appointment of Dutch man Clarence Clyde Seedorf, as coach. The July 16, 2019 statement signed by Seydou Mbombo Njoya confirmed widespread […]
South Africa have been dealt an injury blow ahead of their Rugby Championship opener against Australia at Ellis Park on Saturday after wing Aphiwe Dyantyi picked up a hamstring injury in training. Dyantyi will see a specialist on Monday to discuss a rehabilitation plan, after which a time-frame for a return to action will be […]
Clarence Seedorf could be sacked as head coach of the Indomitable Lions, the Minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi has hinted. During a frank interview with state media CRTV on Monday, Prof. Narcisse Mouelle Kombi drew a balance sheet of the team’s participation at the competition before hinting at the exit of […]