Search Is On To Fill Top SAFA Role

Sports: Search Is On To Fill Top SAFA…

The search is on at the South African Football Association for a candidate to fill the technical director role. The SAFA TD role became vacant at the end of June, following the expiry of Neil…

Plenty of time for Rhulani Mokwena to bounce back

Sports: Plenty of time for Rhulani Mokwena to…

Rhulani Mokwena’s time at Orlando Pirates may have had its ups and downs during his three-year spell at the club, but he is content with his time there. This week Mokwena returned to Mamelodi Sundowns…

BREAKING: Super Eagles striker tests positive for COVID-19

Super Eagles striker tests positive for COVID-19

Super Eagles striker, Paul Onuachu, has tested positive for COVID-19. However, the results of his fellow Nigerians: Stephen Odey and Cyril Dessers at Belgian club, Genk, came out negative. The 26-year-old becomes the first Eagles…

South Africa: Date For Return To Football?

PSL: Date For Return To Football?

The Premier Soccer League is edging closer to a return, the Siya crew being informed that a tentative date for matches to resume has been proposed. It’s almost four months since the 2019/20 season was…

Update On Midfielder, Chiefs Approach Wits

Sports: Kaizer Chiefs Approach Bidvest Wits Midfielder

Siya sources have indicated that Kaizer Chiefs have approached Bidvest Wits for the services of one of their midfielders. Chiefs are currently banned from signing players for the upcoming two transfer windows, though are set…

CAF Confed Cup, Champions League

Sports: CAF Confed Cup, Champions League

A glimmer of hope for CAF inter-club competitions. The Champions League and the CAF Confederations could resume in September. But CAF has yet to fix the exact date for the resumption of the two club…

Tshakuma Confirm Wits Takeover

Sports: Tshakuma Confirm Wits Takeover

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Football Club have confirmed completing the sale of Bidvest Wits. For some time now, TTM owner Masala Mulaudzi has been in negotiations to buy the topflight status of the Sturrock Park club,…

New sponsor to replace Absa

Sports: New Sponsor To Replace Absa

Another big sponsor is believed to have shown a keen interest in stepping in to replace Absa next season as the Premier Soccer League forges ahead with plans to find a new backer for its…

Corruption trial of Lamine Diack

Sports: Corruption trial of Lamine Diack opens

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…

Peter Shalulile's hefty price tag

Sports: Highlands Park boss places hefty price tag…

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…

Rugby

Sports: Fallen Kenya Sevens star instilled fear in…

The sporting fraternity continues to pay tribute to one of Kenya’s fastest and most skillful rugby players, Allan “Malala Sibwor” Makaka, who died in the early hours of yesterday. The 37-year-old former Kenya Sevens star…

Social distancing

Sports set to return in Seychelles

Sports activities and competitions can resume on June 1 in Seychelles following the restricting of such activities in mid-March because of COVID-19. KnowAfrika spoke to the chief executive of the National Sports Council (NSC) to…

Wastage of money

How I wasted all my football money –…

Former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder, Alexander Song, has revealed how he wasted all his money on expensive cars, trips, and dinners during his career at Emirates. Song, who spent eight years at Arsenal before joining…

Payment

CAF begins early payments to 32 clubs featuring…

Caf release funds to respective clubs Good news to the clubs featuring this season in African interclub. CAF decided to pay the quotas earlier than expected. A great relief to the teams facing uncertainty linked…