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The South African Football Association (SAFA) is taking the allegations of match fixing, bribery and corruption in the Glad Africa Championship very seriously and they will be meeting the South African Police Service (SAPS) this afternoon to take this further.

Mamelodi Sundowns attacking midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi says his team cannot afford to drop points, when they face arch-rivals Orlando Pirates in an eagerly-awaited league match at Orlando stadium in Soweto tonight at 19h30.

Sundowns is battling for supremacy with the Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, and they are regarded as one of the three big teams.

Pirates assistant Coach Rulani Mokwena is not in the camp with his team at the moment.

Sundowns will play against Orlando Pirates in a crucial league encounter at Orlando stadium in Johannesburg this evening.

Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane has revealed that he has not renewed his contract with the PSL Champions.

There’s some interesting debate in the footballing banter space leading to this game as a win for Pirates could see their bitter rivals Kaizer Chiefs benefitting and possibly stretching the gap to 12 points at the top should they beat Black Leopards away on Saturday.

Some good news for Bucs is that they are coming this game on the back of a positive run of five matches unbeaten in the league and will be hoping to stretch it. Its their best run so far this season after a slump which saw them only registering four league wins in 13 matches before Zinnbauer arrived.

Orlando Pirates head coach Josef Zinnbauer has proclaimed Mamelodi Sundowns as favourites for tonight’s Absa Premiership encounter at Orlando stadium.

Following the disappointment of the previous World Cup in the Caribbean, Van Niekerk says she believes now is another chance for them to rewrite their wrongs from the West Indies.

The Proteas Women’s team departed for New Zealand today with high hopes of putting together their final touches ahead of the upcoming ICC T20 Women’s World Cup in Australia starting next month.

Following another successful feature in the Big Bash for a handful Proteas Women, Van Niekerk says she believes the team has come a long way with the core group playing together since the infamous 2014 T20 World Cup in India.

On form Bloemfontein Celtic Coach John Maduka says they need to remain consistent to remain at the top-half of the log.

With this being the last planned year of rugby at the Newlands Stadium, before shifting to Cape Town Stadium, Kolisi says 2020 is going to be an emotional year.

Meanwhile WP Rugby have announced that Paul Zacks will be stepping down as Group CEO at the end of month.

Kolisi, who has been all over the world since lifting the Webb Ellis trophy at the start of November, says while it was an amazing experience celebrating their World Cup win, he is happy to be back on the rugby field

It is just over two weeks to go until the start of the Super Rugby season and Stormers Coach John Dobson is for the most part pleased with how the pre-season has gone.

Johannes says that Saturday’s win was a huge confidence booster for the squad, especially after their previous two home defeats.

After last Saturday’s big 4-1 away win against Highlands Park moved Stellenbosch FC up to 11th in the Absa Premiership, Steve Barker’s team will be looking to build on that result when they host Baroka in Cape Town on Friday night.

Meanwhile, Sundowns reached the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League when they beat USM Algers from Algeria 2-1 in Pretoria on Saturday.

Mamelodi Sundowns will be hoping to close the gap on top of the log when they visit Orlando Pirates in the crucial league match at Orlando stadium on Wednesday night (kick-off 7:30pm).

Khaka, who suffered a career threatening shoulder injury and had to undergo surgery following her move from Border to Gauteng Women three years ago.

Proteas medium pacer Ayabonga Khaka, who recently returned from a lengthy injury lay-off after surgery on her right shoulder, believes that if they do their basics to the Tea, there is no team that can beat them.

The Proteas Women are grouped with England, Thailand, Pakistan and West Indies with only the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals while India, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and New Zealand complete the second pool.

Cricket South Africa (CAS) has named a strong and experienced squad to do battle at the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup scheduled for Australia next month.