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Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane is anticipating a tough match when his team meet Black Leopards in a league match at Thohoyandou stadium in Venda tomorrow night.

Dorette Badenhorst has been appointed as the Spar Proteas new national team Coach.

Veteran Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) midfielder Reneilwe “Yeye” Letsholonyane’s arrival at Highlands Park has been met by a very positive and warm welcome by the squad.

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 tomorrow (Wednesday).

Veteran Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) midfielder Reneilwe “Yeye” Letsholonyane’s arrival at Highlands Park has been met by a very positive and warm welcome by the squad.

Can Kaizer Chiefs record three consecutive wins in the Absa Premiership this season, that question will be answered tonight when they take on Golden Arrows FC at FNB stadium at 19:30.

Tau won the Caf champions league with his former team Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016. He did not play in the first match when his team drew against Turkish team Galatasaray in the first match.

Cape Town City Coach Benni McCarthy believes that Bafana Bafana striker Percy Tau can shine in the UEFA champions league, when his Belgian team Club Brugge play against Spanish giants Real Madrid in the group stage match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid tonight.

Maritzburg United coach Eric Tinkler believes playing Baroka FC in the Absa Premiership is like playing any of the top sides, adding that no game was easy in South Africa’s top-flight.

Stellenbosch will take on Polokwane City on Wednesday night, in an Absa Premiership game scheduled for the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.

Meanwhile 8th-placed Cape Umoya will switch their focus to an away game against Jomo Cosmos on Sunday and Coach Dominic Isaacs wants his team to pick up where they left off against Steenberg, where they put in a huge second half effort

Steenberg Coach Mike Lukhubeni says he will not be pushing any panic buttons after last Friday’s loss against Umoya, and will continue to back his players, many who helped in the promotion of the team.

Ajax Cape Town and Steenberg United will meet in a Cape Town derby this weekend in the Glad Africa Championship, with the match set for an early kick off on Saturday at the Cape Town Stadium.

First Touch Academy coach John Hlako says the trip to and from Cape Town for the South African Football Association (SAFA) National Women’s League this past weekend was taxing on his side. The Limpopo representatives had to travel over two days for their clash with University of Western Cape on Saturday night.

The Proteas and Lions opening batsman Reeza Hendricks believes that defending the two domestic titles they won last season will be a tough challenge.

Cape Town City coach Benni McCarthy says he will easily win a boxing match against Orlando Pirates coach Rulani Mokwena. He said this after the two teams played to a 3-3 draw at Orlando stadium on Saturday. There was an incident at the end of the match when the two coaches had a small tiff.

Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune continues to struggle with injuries and this time Amakhosi head coach Ernst Middendorp is shouldering the blame for Khune’s latest injury. Having been out of competitive football for more than eight months, Khune returned to action last Tuesday during the 2-0 win over AmaZulu FC. He lasted only 28 minutes in the 1-0 win over Baroka FC on S...

Department of Sport, Arts and Culture deputy Minister Nocawe Mafu could not confirm where the 2020 National Indigenous Games (IG) will be held. The 2019 edition was successful without incident in Seshego outside Polokwane last week. It was for the fifth time in a row the township hosted the event. Mafu says other provinces are now lobbying on hosting the week-long festival which comes with an econ...

South Africa’s U17 Women Football team suffered a 2-1 defeat to Uganda in the final of the Under 17 COSAFA Cup played at the Francois Stadium in Port Louis, Mauritius on Sunday. On their road to the final, Bantwana had defeated Zambia 2-1 while The Crested Cranes humiliated Botswana 12-0. Coach Simphiwe Dludlu shares her thoughts.

The curtain closed on the first ever South African Spring Open tournament on Sunday evening and South African wheelchair tennis ace Lucas Sithole clinched the Quads singles Final, defeating compatriot Donald Ramphadi 6-4 6-3. This was the inaugural edition of the competition that spanned over eight days at the Ellis Park Tennis Courts where leading domestic players took to the courts in gruelling...

The star of TS Galaxy on the continent continues to rise, this is after the Glad Africa Championship side advanced to the CAF Confederation Cup play-off stage this past weekend. Galaxy overcame a top Malagasy side Cnaps FC beating them 3-1 in the second leg in Antananarivo on Saturday to win 4-1 on aggregate. Sanele Barns scored a brace after Samkelo Shangase had opened the score earlier for the M...

The star of TS Galaxy on the continent continues to rise, this is after the Glad Africa Championship side advanced to the CAF Confederation Cup play-off stage this past weekend. Galaxy overcame a top Malagasy side Cnaps FC beating them 3-1 in the second leg in Antananarivo on Saturday to win 4-1 on aggregate. Sanele Barns scored a brace after Samkelo Shangase had opened the score earlier for the M...

Ubuntu Cape Town City beat Amazulu FC 1-0 to win the Engen Champ of Champs Under-18 tournament at Marks Park in Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon. Antonio Van Wyk scored the only goal through a penalty in the first half. The Cape Town team won all their matches and their coach Casey Prince says it was a tough match.

Polokwane City suffered a 2-0 loss to Highlands Park in a Sunday afternoon Absa Premiership fixture played at Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa. It is a second straight defeat against Highlands Park for Rise and Shine, after The Lions of the North knocked them out of the MTN8 semi-final a fortnight ago. Polokwane’s coach, Zlato Krmpotić, felt his side lost to a good team and added that the windy condit...

Highlands Park beat Polokwane City 2-0 in a Sunday afternoon Absa Premiership fixture played at Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa, with goals coming from Mothobi Mvala and Peter Shalulile. The Lions of the North came into the game having booted Rise and Shine out of the MTN8 Cup semi-final barely two weeks ago however Coach Owen da Gama admits that it was not easy beating a team that is currently lying...