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The South African U-17 Women’s National Team captain Jessica Wade says the lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic is a double challenge for her and her young peers, adding it will take concerted hard work and discipline from them to juggle between school and the national team once everything is back to normality. A Grade 11 learner at Waterstone College on the South of Johannesburg, Wade says sh...

Midfielder Tiyani Mabunda also added his voice in a fight against the pandemic.

Sundowns Captain Hlompho Kekana also thanked the authorities and appealed to the public to wash their hands often and sanitize.

Zambian international and Sundowns reserve goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene had this to say.

PSL has been suspended until further notice due to the pandemic affecting the whole world. Sundowns were currently in second position behind Kaizer Chiefs. Defender Wayne Arendse appealed to the public to sanitize and wash hands regularly.

There are more than 1200 infections and two deaths in SA. Sundowns team manager Peter Ndlovu has also thanked the authorities in a fight against the pandemic.

Meanwhile, Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club has also appealed to the public to obey the rules and stay home. Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane also thanked personnel who are at the forefront of dealing with the virus such as medical practitioners and law enforcement authorities.

Banyana Banyana Vice-Captain and AC Milan star Refiloe Jane has appealed to South Africans to stay at home during the lockdown period of 21-days. Jane is currently in Italy, the country that is one of the worst affected by the virus in terms of infections and deaths. Jane assured South Africans that she is very safe.

Baseball is going to its off season now, but this was supposed to be the time for some of the national teams to prepare for their respective world cups coming up later in the year. Moreau says they will still decide when they will reschedule their events.

Baseball is classified as a minor sport in SA compared to Football, Rugby and Cricket. Moreau says the cancellation of events will jeopardise their chances of securing potential sponsors.

All the sectors globally have been affected financially and Baseball is no different. Moreau says the cancellation of the National Champs will hit them very hard.

Many sporting events globally have either been cancelled or postponed due to the deadly pandemic that has been ravaging the whole world. Moreau says apart from cancelling the World Baseball Classics, they also had to cancel the senior and junior National Baseball Championships in Cape Town at the end this month.

South African Baseball Federation President Marc Moreau says one national team player tested positive for Coronavirus when the team was on tour in Arizona, United States few weeks ago. The SA team was there for the World Baseball Classics, which is organized by Major League Baseball when the tournament was cancelled due to the travel bans imposed by several countries. SA also has got players plyin...

Despite the assurances from SAFPU that players have nothing to worry about, there are already fears from other stakeholders in the game that players at certain clubs might not receive their full salaries and Covid-19 will be used as an example. Gaoshubelwe says they are hoping to have a follow up meeting with the league soon.

Currently the country is sitting on 1280 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and two deaths and its only Day Four of the 21-day lockdown. The PSL’s wish is to finish the league by the end of June this year and most teams are left with six, seven and eight matches in this campaign. The Nedbank Cup is at semi-final stage. Gaoshubelwe says they continue to consult with their members (players) and if the situ...

Economically the country is not in a good space, just last week SA was downgraded into a junk status by the ratings agency Moodys and this is something Gaoshubelwe says they are fully aware of but the interests of the players still comes first to them.

Prior to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) suspending its programme indefinitely even before the lockdown was enforced in SA, SAFPU is one of the stakeholders they had consulted. Gaoshubelwe says they continue to engage the league and no drastic measure will be taken yet.

In responding to Covid-19 pandemic which has brought the whole world to a standstill, resulting in almost all the football leagues around the world being suspended, the world’s football mother body FIFA has established a task force. The duty of this FIFA working group on Covid-19 is to come up with measures, part of which will be to normalize the situation in the professional game during an abnorm...

Sharks’ captain Lukhanyo Am has joined Bosch in a call for solidarity among South Africans. The Health Department reported its first two deaths from the virus on Friday morning. With more 1000 South Africans now testing positive for the virus, Am reiterated the directive from government to stay indoors.

Sharks players have taken to social media to help educate their fans and the public at large about the coronavirus pandemic. The Durban team were the form side in this season’s Super Rugby competition, topping the table after seven rounds, before SANZAAR opted to suspend the campaign due to the spread of the virus. Curwin Bosch, who was the standout flyhalf in the competition, has urged South Afri...

Mamelodi Sundowns star Lyle Lakay says his team has been in isolation ever since the league was suspended early last week.

Carteron coaching in the PSL would also revive his rivalry with Sundowns head coach Pitso Mosimane, he helped Mazembe beat the Brazilians in 2015.

When Chiefs were looking for a replacement for Steve Komphela, they came very close to enlisting the services of Carteron but he ended up settling for Al Ahly in Egypt.

Having coached in Central, West and now in North Africa, Zamalek head coach Patrice Carteron has his sights on coaching in the Southern African region with Premier Soccer League (PSL) being his preferred destination.

Author Mokone Mmola says he decided to self publish following rejections from some publishing companies.