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Orlando Pirates have won their first round, 1st leg CAF Confederation Cup clash against GD Sagrada Esperanca in Angola. The Buccaneers won 1-0 and will take an all-important away goal into the return leg on Wednesday, January 6. The venue and kick-off time for that match is yet to be confirmed. THEMBINKOSI LORCH BROKE THE […]

It was a splendid afternoon for South African football with both Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates earning crucial continental away victories. Mamelodi Sundowns overcome Botswana outfit Jwaneng Galaxy FC in the CAF Champions League thanks to early goals in both the first and second halves via Mothobi Mvala and Peter Shalulile while a late Thembinkosi […]

Kaizer Chiefs’ campaign can look a lot more prettier than it currently does should the Amakhosi qualify for the CAF Champions League group stages however standing in their way are 13 time Girabola Champions Primeiro de Agosto. Kaizer Chiefs have won just three out of 13 fixtures in all competitions so far this season however […]

A look at 15 moments in sport during an extraordinary, coronavirus-disrupted 2020:  READ | FROM KOBE TO DIEGO, 12 SPORTING GREATS WHO DIED IN 2020 Bayern sweep to Champions League title When the pandemic forced UEFA to transform the final stages of the Champions League into a mini-tournament in Lisbon, Bayern looked the best team […]

Lionel Messi beat Pele’s record of goals for a single club when he scored his 644th for Barcelona in a 3-0 victory against Valladolid on Tuesday. ‘NEVER THOUGHT I’D BREAK RECORDS’ – MESSI The Argentina forward scored Barca’s third goal when he collected Pedri’s backheel and struck the ball past goalkeeper Jordi Masip in the […]

Argentina captain Pablo Matera said he was just “an immature boy” when he posted tweets deemed to be racist and which saw him briefly suspended from the Pumas team earlier this month. PABLO MATERA: I HAVE GROWN UP Matera, 27, told Canal Plus on Sunday that he had “grown up” since the tweets of 2011 […]

Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer will on Tuesday, December 22 begin a CAF Confederation Cup campaign he hopes will end with him becoming the first German to lift the trophy.   NO GERMAN COACH HAS WON THE CAF TOURNAMENT Spanish and Swiss coaches have each won the African equivalent of the Europa League twice and […]

DStv Premiership club TS Galaxy axed coach Dan Malesela on Sunday after a struggling start to their 2020/21 campaign – and may already have found his long-term successor. Despite only recording one win in their opening eight matches, TS Galaxy aren’t the worst team in the league this season. Far from it in fact. TS […]

The dates of two Currie Cup matches – both involving the Bulls – have been moved to combat the threat of Covid-19 infection. WATCH | HIGHLIGHTS FROM CURRIE CUP ROUND 4 The Bulls’ home match against the Lions – scheduled for Boxing Day, Saturday, 26 December at 19:00 – has been postponed to Wednesday, January 6, […]

Kaizer Chiefs’ troubles in the 2020/21 DStv Premiership have received a lot of coverage and are well documented. KAIZER CHIEFS ARE IN 13TH PLACE After eight matches this season, the Soweto giants are down in a lowly 13th place in the standings. This after losing out on the 2019/20 title on the final day of […]