Banyana Banyana have suffered a 3 - 0 defeat in a friendly match against South Americans champions Brazil at Orlando stadium. Banyana Banyana sat back in the opening stages of the match and observed pressure from Brazil nearly resulted in a breakthrough as Adriana de Silva headed wide at the back-post after latching onto a cross. The visiting team kept putting pressure on    Banyana and forced a point-blank save from Amanda Dlamini to parry a first-time shot from Geyse Ferreira and Kerolin most notably. The Brazilians found the breakthrough three minutes before halftime when Geyse chest down a looping ball outside the area and volleyed in off the underside of the woodwork. The South Americans champs capitalised from a poor defensive clearance by Bongeka Gamede with Adriana scoring the second goal for her team two minutes before halftime. The lead gave the visitors a chance to introduce debutant Beatriz Zaneratto who replaced Deborah de Oliveira and Micaelly replaced Ker...

  Kaizer Chiefs and Njabulo Blom agent are currently failing to come to terms with the renewal of the new contract for the player.  Blom is a Kaizer Chiefs development product that got promoted in 2019 and signed four years contract with Amakhosi and has been a regular starter under coach Gavin Hunt and Stuart Baxter for the past two seasons. His agent (Rob Moore) is not satisfied with the amount of money his player get compared to his teammates, and stated that the player wants to negotiate based on what he has achieved. “Blom earns less than a lot of players in the Kaizer Chiefs starting 11 and he has proven himself and paid his dues. He now wants to negotiate based on what he has achieved," Rob Moore told Andile Ncube. “I like to think we don’t suck numbers out of our thumbs when it’s comes to our players. Boom played about 28 out of 30 games for KC last season and he has represented SA. “Blom is not asking for fantasy numbers. He has achieved more at a younger age. What Bl...

  Orlando Pirates will face the defending champions of MTN8 Mamelodi Sundowns in the Semifinals. The Buccaneers have beaten Royal AM 2 - 1 away from home in an encounter that ended with their midfielder maestro Goodman Mosele getting a red card. Pirates are still unbeaten under the new coach Jose Riveiro in all competitions. Having won five matches and drew two in all competitions. The Sea Robbers will host Masandawana at Orlando stadium in the first leg of the semifinals before they visit Mamelodi Sundowns in the second leg. On the other hand, Kaizer Chiefs will host AmaZulu in the first leg of the semifinals. The Glamour Boys had a tough game against Stellies in a sold out Danie Craven Stadium. Chiefs skipper Itumeleng Khune was the hero after saving two penalties to help his team to progress to the next round of the competition. Dates and venues for both matches are yet to be confirmed.

  Mamelodi Sundowns co-coach Rulani Mokwena was pleased with some of his players performance last night against SuperSport United. Bafana Ba Style came out with a 2-0 victory over SuperSport United in a completely dominant performance at TUKS Stadium on Sunday evening.  The Brazilians had several chances from the first half, however United’s solid defense only crumbled in the second half, Coach Rulani projected his joy in a media briefing after the triumph. “Congratulations to the entire football club and to the players for winning a very difficult match. We needed to run, we needed to stay patient, we knew that there’d be a very resolute block but we did very, very well. We played without anxiety, we gave our best which is very, very good and congratulations to the technical team on a good win, a very important win,” says Rulani Mokwena after the match. Goals from Tom Chile international signing Marcelo Allende in the 80th minute and Ethiopian forward Abubeker Nasir in the 90...

  Record winners Kaizer Chiefs and defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns progressed to the 2022 MTN8 semifinals after securing wins on Sunday. Chiefs, who are 15-time MTN8 champions, showed character as they came from behind to defeat Stellenbosch FC 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in a quarterfinal match at the Danie Craven Stadium. Sihle Nduli opened the scoring to hand Stellies, but Ashley du Preez scored to level matters for Amakhosi who went on to win 4-3 on penalties with Itumeleng Khune being the hero in the penalty shootout. Meanwhile, Sundowns produced a strong second-half display in their 2-0 victory over their city rivals SuperSport United in a Tshwane Derby match which was played at the Tuks Stadium. Masandawana's two goals were netted by Marcelo Allende and Abubeker Nasir who were both introduced in the second-half and they proved to be inspired substitutes for the DStv Premiership champions in a quarterfinal clash. Chiefs and Sundowns joined AmaZulu FC and Orlan...

  Banyana Banyana are Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations champions for the first after beating Morocco 2-1 at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium-Rabat, Morocco. Banyana Banyana have lost five previous WAFCON finals since 1995. Tonight victory made South Africa a third country to win Africa Women’s Cup Of Nations after Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.    Africa Women’s coach of the year Desiree Ellis made three changes to his starting lineup against Morocco. Morocco dominated the possession in the first half and overloaded their left side which forced Lebohang Ramalepe to get a yellow for a bad tackle. However, Hildah Magaia had a chance to score for Banyana in the 36th minute, but her attempt was stopped by Morocco goalkeeper after a through pass from Jermaine Seoposenwe.  Eighteen minutes into the second half Hildah Magaia open the scoresheet for Banyana after a cut back from Seoposenwe who managed to beat the Moroccan defender. A forced change was made by Desiree Ellis few mi...

  Banyana Banyana have beaten 1 - 0 Zambia to progress to Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations Finals for the second time in a row.  Desiree Ellis made three changes to his starting lineup that beat Tunisia last week against the Copper Queens.  Zambia had chance to hurt Banyana in the fourth minute of the game, but Grace Chanda attempt went wide of Andile Dlamini’s goal, as the South African goalkeeper gathered comfortably.  South Africa enjoyed the possession of the ball at  Stade Mohamed V Casablanca,  but they couldn’t create enough goal scoring opportunities against the Copper Queens who were more dangerous than Banyana when they attack. Noxolo Cesane was brought down in the 59th minute on the edge of the area, but after a VAR check, it was brought back to being a free kick. And, Jermaine Seoposenwe’s effort from the set piece was deflected behind.  Seoposenwe was fouled in the box and a VAR check was made in the stoppage time which resulted in Banyana be...