What a way for South Africa to kick-start their 2019 AFCON campaign, taking on 2015 winners, Ivory Coast. It’s one of two so-called tough games for Bafana Bafana in what is considered to be the group of death alongside…
Group D action gets underway with somewhat of a David vs Goliath fixture between Morocco and Namibia on Sunday. The Atlas Lions are one of the favourites for the tournament in many pundits’ eyes, but not the bookmakers, surprisingly.…
The Lions of Teranga are expected to hit the ground running in their opening Group C encounter as they face a Tanzanian team coached by one of Africa’s fast-paced wingers in Emmanuel Amuneke. Senegal are amongst the tournament favourites…
Algeria ended the World Cup qualifying campaign with a nightmare of four defeats in six matches and missed out on a trip to Russia. The Desert Foxes backed it up with a couple of fine displays in recent African…
The second Group B fixture of Saturday certainly looks a bigger mismatch than the first fixture. Guinea head into the encounter as heavy favourites against a Madagascar side who are probably just happy to be participating in the tournament…
Nigeria will certainly be looking to get their 2019 AFCON campaign off to a winning start when they go up against Burundi in Alexandria. With memories of the failure to qualify for the last edition still fresh in the…
The likes of Denis Onyango, Godfrey Walusimbi and Allan Kateregga will be looking to propel underdogs, Uganda, to greatness while the likes of West Ham’s Arthur Masuaku, FC Porto’s Chancel Mbemba and Anderlecht’s Yannick Bolasie will be looking to…
This year’s tournament kicks off with a scintillating encounter between the hosts who are deemed as the tournament favourites and the Warriors of Zimbabwe who come into the competition with little or no pressure. The likes of Khama Billiat,…
Injury prone Kaizer Chiefs central defender Eric Mathoho will not be leaving the club says his agent Basia Michaels of Quality Talent Sports.Mathoho's fortunes have declined in the past two seasons as he has made just 19 league appearances,…
Bafana Bafana legend Siyabonga Nomvethe has been awarded an honourary doctorate by the St Paul Bible Institute in Umlazi.Nomvethe recently called time on a stellar career with AmaZulu which included spells playing all over the world.Nonetheless, 'Bhele' has been…
Kaizer Chiefs full-back Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya says he dreams of one day playing in Europe as well as representing Bafana Bafana.Ntiya-Ntiya was promoted to the first team 18 months ago and made his professional debut under then coach Steve Komphela…
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter says star forward Percy Tau was not his usual dangerous attacking presence because he did defensive duties against Ghana.Tau was involved in the friendly international against the Black Stars but produced little in the…