Will blundering Safa do us a favour and fire this man!

We lost again. So what’s new? You may ask. Nothing as this is also part of the “bigger picture”!
Next time I hear anyone speak of this out-of-focus picture, I am going to scream. We lost twice in four days. Amen! Click here for more

SA soccer mourns

Condolences for hard-tackling former Moroka Swallows and Bafana Bafana defender Jacob “Bobo” Lekgetho, who died this week at a Lenasia private hospital, are pouring in and soccer people are heartbroken over the loss of this talented player. Click here for more

This is not good enough, Mr Coach

Out of sorts Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana is beginning to sound like a stuck record.
After losing 0-1 to Guinea in an international friendly in Atteridgeville on Tuesday night, the Brazilian was once more on cloud nine that Bafana Bafana played well. Click here for more

Going for bust

Orlando Pirates intend starting the new Absa Premiership season on home soil with a win on Friday night to kickstart an early challenge for the championship title. Click here for more

Nees gets Safa post

German official chosen over local talent
The South African Football Association’s big bosses never cease to amaze. Safa has roped in German Michael Nees to work in the coaching education department headed by Kenneth “Continental” Kubheka. Click here for more

Bafana humbled

Another humiliation for SA

Bafana Bafana’s crisis under clueless coach Joel Santana continued at Super Stadium in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, last night after the 2010 World Cup hosts were shown the stars by Guinea, who narrowly beat them 0-1 in an international friendly. Click here for more

Mtn8 final sold out already

In what will certainly go down as a record at the Premier Soccer League, tickets for the MTN8 final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs in Durban on September 20 have been sold out. – Sowetan

It’s do or die

Bafana need to go on the attack against Nigeria
South Africans will be holding their breath hoping Bafana Bafana get that all important win over Nigeria’s Super Eagles at Port Elizabeth Stadium tomorrow.
Bafana Bafana are under tremendous pressure to get a positive result to enhance their chances of making it to the MTN Africa Cup of Nations finals in Angola in 2010. Click here for more

Spain top Fifa ranking

Zurich – European champions Spain held their number one status yesterday in the latest Fifa world rankings as it prepares to kick off its World Cup qualifying programme.
European nations dominate the rankings, with world champions Italy up one place to second as Euro 2008 runners-up Germany dropped to third. Click here for more

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McCarthy no fat cat

Bafana Bafana’s golden striker Benni McCarthy has rubbished utterances by Blackburn Rovers that he was “fat and unfit”, saying people must come watch him contribute to the demolition of Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Saturday. Click here for more

Soccer sale ends

Big deals and shocks galore
Paris – Ronaldinho, who left Barcelona for AC Milan, and Manchester City-bound Robinho were the two top names in football to have completed transfers during the summer.
Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Andrei Arshavin of Zenit St Petersburg had been tipped for big-money moves but that came to nothing. Click here for more

Nigeria in mean mood

Bafana Bafana are living in dreamland if they think Nigeria will fall for the first time in the 2010 World Cup-Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. This was the message from the Super Eagles after landing in the country in dribs and drabs for Saturday’s game at Port Elizabeth Stadium. Click here for more

Everton lose out on Nsofor

London – Everton have failed to secure a work permit for the Nigerian Olympic star Victor Obinna Nsofor.
The English Premier League side had hoped to take Nsofor on loan from Italian club Inter Milan. Click here for more

Packing the house

The Eastern Cape provincial government is pulling out all stops to get a full house for the game between Bafana Bafana and Nigeria in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
“We are mobilising support throughout the Eastern Cape,” said Noxolo Abraham-Ntantiso, MEC for sports and recreation in the province. Click here for more

Real lash out at Blues

Madrid – Real Madrid lashed out at Chelsea yesterday over the English Premier League club’s continued efforts to lure Brazilian striker Robinho away from the Spanish champions.
Real said it “profoundly regretted the behaviour of Chelsea’s directors who, despite knowing perfectly well the decision not to sell the player, have continued to make statements and gestures [linking the player to a move], even going as far as to sell shirts with the player’s name through their official website. Click here for more

No surprise!

Mamelodi Sundowns started the new season positively by beating Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in a one-sided Absa Premiership match at Free State Stadium yesterday.
The Brazilians’ deadly striker, Surprise Moriri, scored the only goal of the match with the game only six minutes old. Click here for more

Booth back

Struggling Bafana Bafana respect Nigeria’s Super Eagles but were definitely not afraid of the Group D leaders in the 2010 World Cup-Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. This was according to Bafana coach Joel Santana, who stopped short of saying Nigeria will suffer their first defeat in the qualifiers against Bafana in Port Elizabeth on September 6. Click here for more

Itumeleng Khune talks on Web TV

In this Web TV report, listen as soccer’s golden boy Itumeleng Khune talks about his plans for the next season, why he will not be playing international football anytime soon and what he hopes to accomplish with young players... Click here for more

WEB TV: Itumeleng Khune talks about his disadvantaged background and his goals for this PSL season