SPORTS
CTC who are in hot water for their T-shirt gaming sponsorship deal and irked head-honchos at Parktown, face the much improved Orlando Pirates in the PSL duel at Orlando Stadium on Tuesday evening. McCarthy who is former Bucs striker, face a baptism of fire should he not field his strongest possible line-up. Having lost to […]
Bafana beat the Senegalese 2-1 in Polokwane in November 2016‚ but the result has since been tainted after referee Joseph Lamptey was found to have manipulated the outcome of the encounter. The controversial Ghanaian official received a lifetime ban from Fifa for his trouble and while the football governing body confirmed that they had established […]
‘Mampyane or Gommorah’ as Alex is fondly known by its natives, will host the annual Reverend Sam Buti Fun Walk at the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa, corner Sam Buti Street and 5th Avenue, Alexandra. A Theologian, Rev Buti was a former mayor of the township and the pioneer of the “Save Alexandra Campaign”, […]
Some believe the matter should be between the organization FIFA and the referee, while a few believe the game should be replayed. To refresh the memory, in November 2016 at Mbombela Stadium, Bafana won 2-1 against Senegal during the World Cup qualifying Group D match. It is believed the referee who was officiating the game […]
He almost chopped of some of the reporters heads-off as he took them to task, instead of answering questions he decided to do it his peculiar way way. “I’m trying to be calm and balanced to answer your questions. “But everybody thinks that every player that you change you could ask me ten questions,” he […]
Yes, the game we went on to lose dismally 2-1. Unfortunately, that word came back to haunt us as players’ went from heroes in the first half to ‘sheroes’ if such a superlative exist. Tonight at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Bafana players’ are expected to avenge and fight until bitter end to win, because either a […]
Bafana Bafana came through the qualifiers to reach the finals in 1998 and 2002‚ and appeared as hosts in 2010 having played‚ and failed in the qualifiers too‚ but missed out in 1994‚ 2006 and 2014. They take a mostly positive qualifier record into the games with the west Africans‚ with the previous 46 preliminary […]
He passed away on Tuesday, following kidney failure at the Johannesburg Academic Hospital in Johannesburg. This was confirmed by wife Asanda. “It was complicated and he was in pain‚” Asanda told Sowetanlive. “He was complaining about painful kidneys and sore legs. “He was in and out of hospital since April and things got out of […]
Thanking financial institution African Bank for partnering with hers, Mahlangu emphasized the appreciation of educating children through sport. Of a tournament touted as aiming to purge the stereotype of football’s contact nature as a sport which might physically harm females, the sponsoring bank’s regional manager, Kalebe Marumo urged the young girls and boys penciled in […]
To some, like top local promoter Rodney Berman, the fight is a pure gimmick, considering that the American is undefeated in 49 fights. He is widely considered the greatest boxer of the past 25 years. Others, like BSA chief executive Tsholofelo Lejaka, promoter Lebo Mahoko and trainer Bernie Pailman, believe this is exactly what the […]