R8m carrot

Rich rewards if Downs win cup
Mamelodi Sundowns yesterday dangled an R8 million carrot for their players to beat rivals Kaizer Chiefs in the MTN8 final in Durban on Saturday.
At stake in this final will be the usual pride and prestige, but according to their spokesman Mahlatse Mphahlele, “as per tradition, Mamelodi Sundowns players will share the R8 million if they win the inaugural MTN8 against Kaizer Chiefs”. Click here for more

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Amakhosi stunned

A sending off, a missed penalty, five goals and a suspected broken nose – Maritzburg United’s first win in the PSL had all the ingredients of a drama.
The PSL rookies outsmarted the wasteful Amakhosi, beating them 3-2 at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban yesterday. Click here for more

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Amakhosi stunned

A sending off, a missed penalty, five goals and a suspected broken nose – Maritzburg United’s first win in the PSL had all the ingredients of a drama.
The PSL rookies outsmarted the wasteful Amakhosi, beating them 3-2 at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban yesterday. Click here for more

Golden boy

I changed the game: Ronaldo
Rome – Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo believes he changed the game by scoring 31 goals from midfield in the Premier League last season to win the European Golden Boot award.
“With this Golden Boot I have changed football a little. Usually strikers win it and I’m a winger,” the Portugal international told La Gazzetta dello Sport after receiving the trophy at a ceremony in his native Madeira on Saturday. Click here for more

Don't write off United

Igesund promises Chiefs tough outing
Maritzburg United could surprise a lot of people when they host Kaizer Chiefs in an Absa Premiership game at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday. Click here for more

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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