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Bafana Bafana gave away a two goal lead to lose 5-4 on penalties to Botswana in the COSAFA Cup quarterfinals at the Princess Magogo stadium in KwaMashu on Sunday. Two early goals in the first half from Luther Singh and Grant Magerman gave the hosts an early promise. But they went to sleep in the second half and the Zebras replied with two identical headers from Lebogang Ditsele and Thatayaone Ditl...

Eastern Cape Aloes beat Mpumalanga Sunbirds 40-37 in a Telkom Premier League division two Netball match at the Rembrandt Hall in the University of Pretoria on Saturday.

Lesotho set up a potential semi-final showdown with Bafana Bafana at the 2019 Cosafa Cup after upsetting Uganda in one of two quarter-finals played at the Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu on Saturday.

A full strength Zimbabwe were easy 2-0 winners over Comoros thanks to a strike apiece from Absa Premiership duo Evans Rusike and Khama Billiat in the Cosafa Cup quarter-final encounter in Durban on Saturday.

South African men under-20 Coach Thabo Senong says they have learnt valuable lessons at the FIFA world cup in Poland.

Banyana Banyana will wrap up their preparations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup when they play former World Champions Norway in an international friendly match at Stade Moulonguet in Amiens France this evening (20:00).

University Sport South Africa (USSA) announced a strong team that will take part at the 30th world student games in Napoli, Italy from the 3rd until the 14th of July in Pretoria yesterday.

The Sharks have made just one change to their starting line-up to face the Hurricanes in their final home game of the Super Rugby regular season tomorrow (Saturday).

Mozambican national team head coach Abel Xavier appears to be heading out of the Black Mambas job. Following their final Group B game in the COSAFA Cup last night against Malawi which ended 1-all at King Zwelithini stadium in Umlazi, Xavier revealed that his two-year contract is coming to an end.

The Proteas slumped to one of their worst starts at an ICC Cricket World Cup event following their second consecutive loss, by 21 runs to Bangladesh, on Sunday night at the Oval. Captain Faf du Plessis’ men looked a shadow of themselves in an identical performance to their crushing opening defeat at the hands of tournament favorites England last Friday. Former SA A,SA U19 and bizhub highveld Lions...

Maritzburg United boss Farook Kadodia says his side thrice came back from the dead over the past season before finally retaining their Absa Premiership status yesterday (Wednesday). The Team of Choice beat Royal Eagles 2-0 at the Chatsworth Stadium in Durban to ensure their survival for another season by winning the three-team Premier Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs with a game to spa...

The Premier Soccer League’s reserve league is set for a revamp as it heads into its sixth edition next season. During a press conference held at the PSL headquarters, Chairman Dr Irvin Khoza confirmed that from next season, the face-lifted version will see 30 rounds of fixtures in which each team gets to play one another in a 'home' and 'away' format, allowing for more action and exposure for the...

The 2019 edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup is underway from today at 11:30am as South Africa faces the host nation England in a much anticipated opening fixture. Up against the number one ranked team in the tournament, Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis says England are a side that is constantly pushing the envelope, but remains solid his boys are all geared up.

Maritzburg United have retained their Absa Premiership status after winning the Premier Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs yesterday (Wednesday, 29 May 2019). The Team of Choice emphatically sealed the three-team mini-league with a game to spare after cruising past Royal Eagles 2-0 in Chatsworth. Coach Eric Tinkler was delighted to have completed the job.

With only a couple of days to go before the African Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt next month kicks-off, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad has expressed his excitement as he looks forward to the first AFCON tournament under his reign.

Former England International and Arsenal legend Ian Wright believes that Percy Tau deserves to play in a bigger league in Europe. Tau recently won the Player of the Season award in the Belgian second tier league playing for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Tau is currently in the books of English Premier League team Brighton and Hove Albion but on loan to the Belgian team.

Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung says he is still traumatised by the embarrassing defeat they suffered against TS Galaxy in the Nedbank Cup final few weeks ago. Chiefs lost 1-0 to the National First Division (NFD) team to end the season without silverware. Motaung has also dismissed rumours that he is no longer running the club.

Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza has warned that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA) draft sports broadcasting services amendment regulations could destroy local football.

Mamelodi Sundowns star attacker Phakamani Mahlambi’s hopes of going to the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Egypt next month have been dashed! He has been kicked out of the Bafana Bafana camp for the COSAFA Cup in Durban on disciplinary grounds. It is alleged that the 21-year-old arrived in the camp on Sunday evening under the influence and the technical stuff has since resolved t...

The 2019 Cricket World Cup takes off today and anticipation has hit an all-time high as South Africa kicks off their campaign against the host nation England at The Oval today (Thursday, 30 May 2019). There could be no better standard for the Proteas to measure themselves against than Eoin Morgan’s England who start the tournament ranked number one in ODI cricket. Proteas coach Ottis Gibson believ...

Coach Steve Komphela is saddened by the fact that his former Kaizer Chiefs missed out on the top eight this past season. The Soweto giants suffered their worst finish in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) era when the 2018/19 season concluded earlier this month. In fact their 39 points from 30 Absa Premiership games was their poorest total since 1985 – a span of 34 years. All this happened in the fir...

Sharks centre Lukhanyo Am wants to build on their Super Rugby win against the Lions this past weekend, saying it can spur them on to a strong finish to the campaign.

Mozambique’s disappointing performance in the COSAFA Cup continued again in this edition as they failed to beat Seychelles on Tuesday, with their game finishing goalless. Coach Abel Xavier, the former Portuguese international says this tournament has given his youthful squad the much needed challenge. For Seychelles, they finally picked up their first point in the tournament after losing 3-0 to Ma...

Malawi and Zambia will rekindle their rivalry in the COSAFA Cup quarterfinals this coming weekend after The Flames confirmed their quarterfinal spot on Tuesday following a hard fought 2-1 win over Namibia. Malawi national football team caretaker Coach, Meke Mwase. Namibian second assistant coach Colin Benjamin accepted that they lost to a better team on the day.

Kaizer Chiefs are still reeling from a crushing 1-0 loss to the National First Division team TS Galaxy in the Nedbank Cup final last weekend. They were the overwhelming favourites to beat the NFD side in Durban based on their pedigree. Captain Willard Katsande was at the Carling Black Label Cup launch in Johannesburg yesterday and admitted he was still battling to recover from the loss.