It must be tiresome being an English national soccer team supporter. I mean, it’s tough supporting our own Bafana, but at least we have come to accept our limitations on the world stage.
But imagine having the richest league in the world -- tho...
It would not be unfair to say that a boxing match between Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki would have been far more exciting than watching Bafana Bafana against Australia. While both politicians cannot be said to be world-class boxers, the anticipation tha...
THE love-hate relationship between perennial country snob Benni McCarthy and Bafana Bafana continued unabated at Nasrec this week.
Benni, the lad many folks would love to loathe, is back in the Bafana Bafana squad.
And already the bets are goin...
The SuperSport TV channels showed us the entire European Championship soccer tournament in Austria/Switzerland -- many great matches with excellent soccer, providing an excellent learning opportunity for all PSL teams and Bafana Bafana.
We saw ho...
There are so many extraordinary photographs of South Africa's favourite son, but the one image that captures the mood of this country's greatest sporting achievement – securing the rights to host the 2010 World Cup – is of Nelson Mandela clutchin...
Barring an act of God, exactly two years from now, Soccer City will be the centre of the universe with billions of people tuning in to experience the grand finale of the world's biggest single-code sporting event.
On July 11, 2010 when the World C...
I have returned from a trip to Eastern Europe, one of the former enclaves of the USSR (remember them?). I went to Poland and saw a bit of Slovakia as well.
It was, I must say, quite a revelation in many ways, including from a football perspective...
It may be the beautiful game, but the world’s most popular sport is also synonymous with death and destruction.
Take the qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, for example. Earlier this month, 10 fans died before a 2010 World Cup qualifier...
We have been riding this roller-coaster train since South Africa's announcement as the host of the 2010 World Cup finals. It seems, however, that as the "rainbow nation", we are yet to agree on whether we would like to see this beautiful country of o...
Our national football team, Bafana Bafana, have always taken great pride in humiliating their long suffering fans, with this past Saturday's performance proving to be no exception. In losing to Sierra Leone, a country comprising of 253 people, 14 dog...
