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After winning the man of the match award in the last game and helping the team to score their first goal in the last game, Bafana Bafana’s star player Percy Tau says they are now more focused at the job in hand.

The introduction of the four third best placed teams proceeding to the last 16, also means that a draw will be more than enough for Bafana Bafana against Morocco in the last Group D AFCON game at Al Salam stadium tonight. As things stand with all second round of fixtures played in the groups, Bafana currently top that table of third placed teams. But things could still change after the third round...

With Morocco qualified to the second round of the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, one would think that Coach Herve Renard will rest some of his key players when they face Bafana Bafana tonight. But the Frenchman says they are going for maximum points and will only make two or three changes. The two sides last met at the AFCON finals in Durban in 2013 and Nordin Amrabat is one of the surviving memb...

When the South African Football Association (SAFA) went out to search for Shakes Mashaba’s successor, one of the leading candidates for the job was the current Morocco head coach Herve Renard. The French man was in the top three alongside former Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz and then Cameroon head coach Hugo Broos. But the word spread that the SAFA head honchos decided against pursuing Renard becaus...

Former Orlando Pirates defender-cum-midfielder Marshall Munetsi has thanked the Bucs management for making it possible for him to realize his long held dream of playing in Europe. Pirates concluded a deal with French Ligue 1 top side Stade de Reims two weeks ago and Munetsi was unveiled as a new player by the French side. In this exclusive interview with SABC Sport journalist Velile Mnyandu, the Z...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has rejected the revised ministerial handbook saying it fails to set limitations on lavish ministerial expenditure.

Cape Umoya United will return for pre-season training on Monday, as the team that finished tenth in the National First Division, aims for a better run in their second season in South Africa’s second tier of professional football.

South African senior Baseball national team Kyle Botha is confident that they will qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan.

Orlando Pirates chairman Dr Irvin Khoza brought out the cheque book ahead of the 2019/20 season ringing wholesale changes at the club having singed eight players and a goalkeeper coach Jyri Nieminen.

The Old Mutual Soweto Marathon, popularly known as “The People’s Race” seems to be growing exponentially as this year alone it has not only increased entries from 30000 to 40000 participants but race organisers have also launched free Pop-up Gyms for ladies as they look to galvanise by starting conversations and activations ahead of the actual event itself which takes place annually in November.

The South African Communist Party (SACP) says it remains unshaken and maintains that the Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane must go.

A former acting chief procurement officer at South African Airways has told the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Parktown, Johannesburg, that when he joined the airline in 2014, there were many procurement loopholes.

The unavailability of Dean Furman in tonight’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) meeting between Bafana Bafana and Namibia will force Stuart Baxter to ring some changes in the midfield.

Baroka FC coach Wedson Nyirenda says he does not mind his head being on the block when he is the one recommending players.

This will be the first time in two years that the Guinness Pro 14 and Currie Cup would be overlapping allowing the Cheetahs to have their best players available.

The 2019 Currie Cup kicks off on the 12th of July with the first game between Cell C Sharks and Tafel Lager Griquas at the Jonsson Kings Park Stadium in Durban. Fourie, who was head coach at Stellenbosch says it is an important Currie Cup.

Baroka FC captain Mduduzi Mdantsane says it is not his place to decide if he leaves the club or stays.

South Africa women’s hockey side lost 1-0 to world seventh ranked Spain in the semi-final of the FIH Series in Valencia, Spain yesterday.

Bafana Bafana midfielder Bongani Zungu is one of the few players in this current squad who are coming back for their second African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament after he was Equatorial Guinea in 2015 with Shakes Mashaba.

Kaizer Chiefs target Emmanuel Okwi has had a very good start to the AFCON 2019 tournament currently underway in Egypt. The Ugandan striker has scored two goals in as many matches at this tournament following his latest goal during the 1-all draw against Zimbabwe in a Group A match played at the Cairo International stadium last night.

Bafana Bafana midfielder Hlompho Kekana is one player in this squad who understands the African football conditions very well and many are expecting him to play a prominent role in this 2019 African Nations Cup campaign.

Baroka FC officially unveiled their new players, sponsor and kit for the 2019/20 Absa Premiership season in Jane Furse today. Gerald Phiri Jr, Kamohelo Mogashwa, Sibonelo Ngubane, Manuel Kambala, Richard Mbulu and Mfanafuthi Shozi were paraded in front of Makhuduthamaga local municipality officials and the club’s fans today while Global Oil Company was announced as the side’s new main sponsor.

South Africa Netball Proteas team is already preparing for life after Coach Norma Plummer. The Australian-born Coach is expected to leave the Proteas the world cup in Liverpool, England next month.

Awande Malinga is undeniable having the best season in her squash games. Having recently came back from a victory of Junior Squash Association (NJSA) Closed Tournament and Interprovincial Tournament in Bloemfontein last week, Malinga stands a great chance to be in the top three of the Top 10 U-16 Junior Squash Rankings to be announced on the 30th of July.

South African Football Association Technical Director Neil Tovey says that Namibia is not a weak team. Bafana Bafana will meet their neighbours in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group D match in Egypt tomorrow night.