German Bundesliga Preview

Last week’s Bundesliga action certainly favoured the travelling team as only Ingolstadt and Frankfurt managed to give their home fans something to cheer about across the weekend. Of course, it did little to assist punters who favoured a few…

Italian Serie A Preview

Another week of Italian football goes by and Napoli refuse to surrender top spot. However, Juventus are hot on their heels and are firing on all cylinders.  Fiorentina are six points off the log leaders along with Inter Milan…

Local News – Issue 295

Mayambela Signs For Djurgardens Djurgardens IF have confirmed that Mihlali Mayambela has signed a four-year contract with the club from Cape Town All Stars. Mayambela linked up with the Swedish outfit on the weekend, following in the footsteps of his…

International News – Issue 295

Liverpool Desperate To Sign Alex Teixeira Before Transfer Deadline Day Shakhtar Donetsk forward Alex Teixeira wants to join Liverpool but the Anfield club will have to improve upon their latest £28million offer. Shakhtar rejected Liverpool's revised bid for…

Player Profile – Charlie Austin

Southampton’s New Hitman Personal informationFull name: Charles AustinDate of birth: 5 July 1989 Age: 26Place of birth: Hungerford, EnglandHeight: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Playing position: Forward Club informationCurrent team: SouthamptonNumber: 28 Youth career2005: ReadingSenior career2006–2007: Kintbury Rangers - 28 Appearances, 21…

Arsenal vs Chelsea Preview

English Premier League | Sunday 24 January | Emirates Stadium | 18:00Arsenal and Chelsea will renew hostilities on Sunday in an epic London derby at the Emirates Stadium. Arsene Wenger's title-chasers returned to the top of the table with…

West Ham vs Manchester City Preview

English Premier League | Saturday 23 January | Boleyn Ground | 19:30West Ham United host title-chasers Manchester City looking to pull the double over The Citizens after winning the reverse fixture 2-1. It won’t be just about revenge for Man City though, as they…

Commodore’s EPL Picks

Normality has been restored. After almost six months of erratic results, the Premier League is starting to go as expected. There was Man City’s manhandling of Crystal Palace, Leicester’s draw at Villa Park and Watford’s defeat to Swansea. All…

South African PSL Preview

There are just seven fixtures in the Absa Premiership this weekend with the encounter between Maritzburg United and Golden Arrows postponed due to the tragic passing of Mondli Cele. Mamelodi Sundowns, who beat struggling neighbours University of Pretoria 2-1…

Spanish La Liga Preview

Gameweek 20 of the Spanish La Liga saw Atletico Madrid maintain their two-point lead at the summit of the table with a 3-0 victory at Las Palmas, while Barcelona and Real Madrid stayed hard on their heels with thumping…

German Bundesliga Preview

And the Ruckrunde begins. Germany’s clubs return to action following a month long winter break, with only a few sporadic friendlies in the interim to keep squads sharp. Bayern Munich command an eight-point lead at the top of the…

English Championship Preview

There was drama aplenty last week as news of a slew of shock results from the Football League Championship filtered through to South African punters. Middlesbrough, Reading and Derby were all on the wrong end of poor results which…