All posts tagged bafana bafana
Adam Wakefield
With 2011 done and dusted, it's time for some cheer to be spread among those sportsman and suits who, in a nutshell, didn't say "The boys are disappointed" when asked how they felt about losing: We will miss you award (if he is not reappointed) P...
Greg Hurvitz
The Vodacom Challenge is well underway with the pre-season visitors on our shores - the English Premier club Tottenham Hotspurs. They have not been so hot here in SA though. I naturally expect to hear that this is their pre-season tour but when yo...
Adam Wakefield
Upon surfing the net this afternoon, I see that Safa are headed in the direction of a name change, among other things, for Bafana Bafana. Well, it's about damn time isn't it? Safa, which is the one sports body in South Africa that will always b...
Siphiwe Hlongwane
After Amajita's failure to qualify for the Under-20 African Youth Championships, South African football was dealt another blow last weekend when the Under-17s (Amajimbos) were booted out of the Under-17 qualifiers by Burkina Faso. This is a sad situa...
Siphiwe Hlongwane
Pitso Mosimane announced a strong squad for the 2012 Afcon qualifier against Niger on Saturday. It is encouraging to see Jingles including youngsters like SuperSport United striker Kermit Erasmus, Daylon Claasen, Keegan Ritchie and Andile Jali. It sh...
Siphiwe Hlongwane
A 3-2 defeat by Lesotho last weekend means that South Africa's Under-20 national team will miss out on the next edition of the African youth championships as well as the world youth championships. This is yet another big blow for the progress of S...
Siphiwe Hlongwane
Football has a way of rewarding its true servants, if you respect the game, it returns the favour. It can open a well of endless possibilities and opportunities for you. You only have to look at the likes of Lucas Radebe, Jomo Sono, Mark Fish and ...
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By Siphiwe Hlongwane There seems to be a big problem brewing between technical directors and head coaches in South African football. With the new PSL season looming on the horizon, a number of coaces have lost their jobs and are seemingly being re...
Siyabonga Ntshingila
So with Carlos Alberto Parriera's tenure as Bafana coach at an end, questions are inevitably being raised as to who should succeed him in accepting Safa's poisoned chalice. As is usual the clamour is growing for a local coach to succeed Parreira...
Adam Wakefield
The news spread across the country like wildfire: Benni McCarthy has been left out of South Africa's final 2010 Fifa World Cup squad. My hat goes off to Carlos Alberto Parreira for making what must have been a very difficult decision. McCarthy, ...
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