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Greatest AfricansAfricaJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansThe African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament is the most important sporting event on the continent. It attracts media attention, sponsors and draws significant global viewership. Organised every two years, it is also considered one of the most difficult to win based on a large qualification pool. Since it was first held in 1957, only ...
The Belgian striker has been rumoured with a move to the Serie A ever since Antonio Conte was appointed manager at Inter Milan, replacing Luciano Spalletti after the later was sacked. Under more normal circumstances, Inter Milan would not have spent the current transfer window looking at securing a main striker in the mould of Edin Dze...
For many South Africans, it sure is a queer feeling going into a new week at the back of an impressive and equally important Bafana Bafana win. Thanks to a late-show sucker-punch from reigning PSL Player of the Season, Thembinkosi Lorch, a Mohamed Salah-led Egypt succumbed to a shock 1-0 defeat in front of their home fans to see Bafana...
Much has been said and written of Bafana Bafana’s unpalatable loss to Cote’ d’Ivoire in their first Group D clash, with the general consensus intimating that, outside the glaring defensive errors, Stuart Baxter’s charges could have retained the ball a little better and attacked a lot more.A number of pundits connect Bafana’s frail stra...
Pre-season games hardly tell a full story of how a club is going to fare once the season is in full swing. A team can have a cracking pre-season and still falter when it matters most. A perfect example could be Kaizer Chiefs’ win against Manchester United in 2006, under the guidance of current coach, Ernst Middendorp. This was a high p...
Of four Nigeria defenders, three were taller than our lankiest attacker, Lebogang Mothiba, and yet Bafana Bafana’s main attacking outlet in Wednesday’s AFCON quarterfinal clash was hoofing obscure long balls upfront, to very little succe...
The Confederation of African Football president recently announced that an official from the world football governing body FIFA would run its Cairo-based secretariat. The move to send a secretary-general to Africa comes on the heels of s...
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