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Every goal scored in MTN 8 Final between Supersport United and Highlands Park at the Orlando Stadium tomorrow will earn the goalscorer a whooping R25,000, but only applicable within the 90 minutes.

Domestic football action paves way for national team focus as the FIFA break kicks offs this coming Sunday, and Bafana Bafana Coach Molefi Ntseki has nothing but praise for Bafana striker Percy Tau following his hair-raising Champions League exploits against Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Having lost last season’s finals on the lottery of penalties, Matsatsantsa a Pitori will look to redeem themselves against “The Lions of the North”. This will be Tembo's second Cup final as head coach and the Zimbabwean mentor would not only want to become one of the youngest coaches to lift this trophy, but the first to win it as a coach and previously as a player.

History books could well be rewritten when Highlands Park and SuperSport United line up for the MTN 8 Final at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 6pm).

Former Bafana Bafana midfielder Eric Tinkler says that watching Percy Tau grace some of most significant football pitches in the world is a joy to behold, adding that the young striker had the ability now to draw audiences back to South Africa.

Pitso Mosimane says he is conflicted on who to back to win this season’s MTN 8 final between Highlands Park and SuperSport United. The two sides will lock horns in the season’s first domestic cup final at Orlando stadium on Saturday evening.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane says he was a little bit emotional when he watched former player Percy Tau in the Uefa Champions League with Club Brugge KV against Real Madrid.

Maritzburg United Coach Eric Tinkler hailed the guts and bravery showed by his team after they edged to a vital 1-0 Absa Premiership win over Baroka FC at the Harry Gwala Stadium last night.

Mamelodi Sundowns moved within five points of Kaizer Chiefs at the top of the Absa Premiership log with 14 points and two games in hand with a 2-1 victory over Black Leopards in Thohoyandou last night.

Stellenbosch FC won their first match of the 2019/20 Absa Premiership season, a 2-0 victory over Polokwane City at the old Peter Mokaba stadium last night.

Coaching a big club and brand like Kaizer Chiefs is not for the faint hearted, head coach Ernst Middendorp and his troops have had a great start into the new Absa Premiership season. The club registered its sixth win in eight matches in the league last night beating Golden Arrows 2-0 at FNB stadium but Middendorp is still concerned about his future. Such are the challenges of coaching big clubs th...

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Chief Operations Officer Patience Shikwambana was happy with the appointments of the South African Netball coaches. SA Netball appointed coach Dorette Badenhorst and Dumisani Chauke as an assistant coach on Tuesday until the World Cup in 2023 in Cape Town.

Zille says a petition signed by 40 000 South Africans will form part of the submission they will make in response to parliament's invitation for written comments on the NHI.

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Chief Operating Officer Patience Shikwambana says they are still hopeful that athletes participating in the IAAF world athletics championships in Doha, Qatar will still bring home medals. The games started on Friday and will end on Sunday but there is still no medal for team SA. SA finished third in the medal table in London two yea...

Dolphins coach Imraan Khan says Senuran Muthusamy fully deserves his selection for South Africa. The young all-rounder was handed his first cap by the Proteas in the first Test against India in Visakhapatnam earlier today (Wednesday).

Cape Town Blitz coach Ashwell Prince is happy with the squad they have assembled for Mzansi Super League (MSL) 2.0 that takes place next month. The Newlands-based team, who finished as runners-up in the inaugural season last year, have held on to their usuals, like Quinton de Kock, Dale Steyn, Anrich Nortje, Asif Ali, Janneman Malan and George Linde, all players that excelled for them during their...

Bidvest Wits struck late in the second half to earn themselves a 1-0 victory over Chippa United in the Absa Premiership on Tuesday evening. The result moves the Clever Boys up to second place, two points ahead of Polokwane City who play host to Stellenbosch FC on Wednesday. Wits coach Gavin Hunt says he knew that playing in Mdantsane was going to be difficult for his side as he believes that the S...

AmaZulu coach Jozef Vukuzic was delighted for his players after they ended a run of five months without victory by edging Cape Town City 2-1 in their Absa Premiership meeting in KwaMashu on Tuesday night. It was new coach Vukuzic’s first win in his third game since taking charge and the Slovak was delighted afterwards.

Golden Arrows head coach Steve Komphela feels his side had better chances after they failed to convert against Kaizer Chiefs on Tuesday night. Arrows extended their winless run in the Absa Premiership to five games after suffering a 2-0 defeat to the Soweto giants.

Chippa United have dropped one place to the bottom of the Absa Premiership standings following their 1-0 loss to Bidvest Wits at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, East London, on Tuesday night. This was the Chilli Boyz’s fourth loss in eight matches having drawn the other four games. Mbuyiselo Sambu, who was the Chilli Boyz’s caretaker coach last night, reckons that his players’ lack of confi...

Kaizer Chiefs are going to the extended international break sitting comfortably four points clear at the top of the Absa Premiership after beating Golden Arrows 2-0 in a league game played at the FNB stadium on Tuesday night. Daniel Cardoso converted a penalty in the first half and Nkosinathi Sibisi scored an own goal in the second half to hand Chiefs their third win in a row and record six wins f...

Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has promoted prop-forward Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira, Hooker Bongi Mbonambi and lock-forward Lood de Jager to the starting lineup for their crucial Pool B clash against Italy this Friday evening.

South Africa A coach Malibongwe Maketa believes a lot of the Proteas players will be in good shape to make an impact when the first Test against India begins today (Wednesday).

Standard Bank Proteas Test captain Faf du Plessis says they are looking forward to see how the newly introduced ICC Test Championships unfolds over the next couple of years. South Africa gets their three-match Test Series against India underway tomorrow(Wednesday) at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium with the Proteas interim coaching staff hoping their young players fire from all cylinde...

Badenhorst was coaching the Spar Smileys team that comprised of the locally based national team players to keep them active in the Netball Premier League before the world cup. She says she will make the country proud…