UEFA Champions League Preview

The UEFA Champions League returns with some mouth-watering encounters lined up. Arsenal will look to claim their first points in the competition, but it won’t be easy as they face Pep Guardiola’s mighty Bavarian juggernaut. Speaking of juggernauts, Paris…

Manager Profile – Jurgen Klopp

Klopp For The KopPersonal informationFull name: Jurgen Norbert KloppDate of birth: 16 June 1967 Age: 48Place of birth: Stuttgart, West GermanyHeight: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Playing position: Striker/Defender Club informationCurrent team: Liverpool (manager)Youth career1975–1983: SV Glatten1983–1989: TuS ErgenzingenSenior career1989–2001: Mainz…

South African PSL Preview

The PSL has postponed four of this weekend’s scheduled ABSA Premiership fixtures. The move has been necessitated by the late arrival of Bafana Bafana who are now scheduled to arrive on Saturday morning from their trip to Central America. That…

Italian Serie A Preview

The international break is finally over, and regular service resumes in the top leagues across Europe including, of course, the Italian Serie A. The 4-0 defeat suffered by AC Milan at the hands of Napoli will be a memory…

German Bundesliga Preview

With Deutsch hopes of Euro 2016 qualification finally realised following a shock loss to the Republic of Ireland, their first in sixty years, fans of the Western Europeans’ domestic league will be pleased to have normality restored. Gameweek 8…

Local News – Issue 280

Mashaba Names Makeshift Squad For ChanSafa have named a squad for Chan that predictably includes many players who are not seeing game-time for their clubs. As in previous years, national coach Shakes Mashaba has had to make do with…

International News – Issue 280

New Liverpool Manager Klopp Outlines Coaching Philosophy New Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he always wants his teams to "play at full throttle". The Reds confirmed Klopp's appointment as the successor to Brendan Rodgers last week, who was…