Soccer

Tshidiso Patjie’s 84th minute goal ensured that Baroka FC bagged maximum points against AmaZulu and moved four points clear of the relegation zone on the Absa Premiership log.

Nikola Kavazovic admits their prospects of automatic Absa Premiership survival are bleak following defeat to Lamontville Golden Arrows in Clermont on Sunday (28 April 2019).

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Pitso Mosimane says his team is capable of turning around the CAF Champions League semi-final tie against Wydad Casablanca at Lucas Moripe stadium in Atteridgeville this coming weekend after seeing his side losing 2-1 in Rabat in the first leg on Saturday (27 April 2019).

With just nine points to play for, yet ten points behind log leaders Orlando Pirates, Supersport United are out of contention to clinch the League but will look to solidify their place in the top four when they take on title-chasers Bidvest Wits in an Absa Premiership clash at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday evening. Matsatsantsa sits on 43 points on fifth spot, four points below third-placed Wits and Coach Kaitano Tembo knows his side is in for a tough period against “The Students”.

Highlands Park Coach Owen da Gama says he will be wary of Polokwane City ahead of their Absa Premiership encounter at Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa on Saturday. The Lions of the North will welcome the sixth placed team from Limpopo with the goal of vying for a spot in the top eight but first, Da Gama feels they need to overcome a team whom he describes as “good travelers.”

A share of the spoils in an Absa Premiership match between Free State Stars and Baroka FC has left the two sides still threatened by relegation.

Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt has been playing Ricardo Goss in goalkeeping ahead of the team’s regular Darren Keet.

Bloemfontein Celtic Coach Lehlohonolo Seema says his team owes a great deal of gratitude to Steve Komphela for the resilient way Phunya Sele Sele have faced a bumpy season.

Ndumiso Mabena scored in injury time to steal a 2-1 Absa Premiership victory for Bloemfontein Celtic against Polokwane City at the old Peter Mokaba stadium last night (Wednesday).

Bidvest Wits keep their League title chasing hopes alive after beating Black leopards 3-1 at Bidvest Stadium last night (Wednesday).

While they have nothing but pride to play for in the NFD, Dan Malesela wants his TS Galaxy team to get in a winning habit before they take on Kaizer Chiefs in the Nedbank Cup final next month.

Stellenbosch returned to the summit of the National First Division yesterday when they beat Nedbank Cup finalists TS Galaxy 2-1 at the Idas Valley Stadium in Stellenbosch. Stellenbosch Coach Steve Barker says it was a good win and was great to go back top in front of the home fans in a televised game.

SuperSport boss Kaitano Tembo drew with AmaZulu and failed to contend for top three on the log.

AmaZulu ensured they cannot be automatically relegated from the Absa Premiership after claiming a fighting 2-0 victory over SuperSport United in Umlazi last night (Wednesday).

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Orlando Pirates took another big step towards securing the Absa Premiership title last night (Wednesday) when they edged their top versus bottom clash 1-0 against Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium.

Experience, mental stability and strength will be key in deciding the league title race in the next few weeks. This is the view of Arrows head coach Steve Komphela when he analyses where the league title could be headed to.

When Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune got injured at the beginning of this year, the club medical team said he would only be back next season.

Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane is looking forward to playing against Wydad Casablanca away from home in the CAF Champions League semi-final first leg clash in Morocco on Friday evening.

Chippa United Coach Clinton Larsen says that his boss Chippa Mpengesi is happy with his performance so far. Chippa are lying precariously on the log on the 14th spot with 24 points from 27 matches. They have won five matches, drawn nine and lost 13 matches. Larsen is confident Mpengesi will not fire him…

Polokwane City coach Jozef Vukusic says he is not going to rely on off-pitch problems to rattle Bloemfontein Celtic t in the sides Absa Premiership outing at the old Peter Mokaba stadium. Celtic’s last league match at home to Cape Town City was abandoned after some fans invaded the pitch and damaged some parts of Dr Molemela stadium during protest. Vukusic highlights Celtic’s challenges from off-season and at the start of the campaign as something that motivated the side.

Black Leopards head coach Dylan Kerr says tonight’s Absa Premiership match away at Bidvest Wits is an enormous one for both sides.

Kaizer Chiefs poor run in the Absa Premiership continued unabated on Tuesday night when they were held to a one-all draw by Golden Arrows at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg.

Kaizer Chiefs poor run in the Absa Premiership continued unabated on Tuesday night when they were held to a one-all draw by Golden Arrows at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg.

Having kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the league this season, Supersport United goal-minder Ronwen Williams has undoubtedly netted in a good campaign between the sticks. Despite conceding 29 goals, Williams has kept 13 clean sheets and saved more penalties than any other goalkeeper in the league so far. The Bafana international’s heroic saves have penned him for “Goalkeeper of the Season” award…

Cape Town City Coach Benni McCarthy says he does not care about the consequences but was not happy with the officiating from referee Eugene Mdluli

As the generation of Willard Katsande, Tendai Ndoro and Nyasha Mushekwi gradually vacates the limelight, a new crop of Zimbabwean attackers looks primed to seize centre stage in the PSL. Bidvest Wits forward Terence Dzvukamanja is one such emerging star. The 24 year old believes his best years are most certainly ahead of him as he diligently sets out to make a name for himself in South African football with the “Clever Boys”…

Ten man Cape Town City fought back to force a 1-1 draw against Highlands Park at a cold and windy Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday night. City had been reduced to ten men early in the Absa Premiership game after Kermit Erasmus was sent off for a malicious kick on Mothobi Mvala. Tendai Ndoro put Highlands into the lead ten minutes into the second half, and the visitors had chances to double their lead, but were caught on the counter by City late in the game when Craig Martin found an equaliser with five minutes remaining. Highlands Coach Owen Da Gama thought they were tactically on point on the night but were not ruthless enough in front of goal

Buoyed by their empathic 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Mamelodi Sundowns in their last League outing, Supersport United now have a coastal date with Amazulu at the King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday night (kickoff 19:30). Still in with a mathematical chance to clinch the league, United are unbeaten in their last five games and lie fourth on the log with 43 points, seven adrift of log leaders Orlando Pirates. Matsatsantsa coach Kaitano Tembo insists it’s still anyone’s title as they look to lay their hands on a trophy they last held aloft nearly a decade ago

Mamelodi Sundowns beat Chippa United 3-2 in a league match at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon.

Mamelodi Sundowns beat Chippa United 3-2 in a league match at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

Nearly 70 percent of sport’s air time is focused on the beautiful game. Domestic soccer is synonymous with the Laduma brand, which focuses on the Absa Premiership, while Soccerzone and Soccer 411 are the most watched soccer review and preview shows in the country.

At the beginning of the season, Sizwe Mdlinzo and Ayabulela Konqobe were chased away from the Chippa United camp after they were alleged to have misbehaved during the pre-season in the North West. From there Mdlinzo was taken up by TS Galaxy, a new team that had just been formed by former football agent Tim Sukazi after he had bought the status of Cape Town All Stars in the NFD. Mdlinzo will now be playing the Nedbank Cup semi-final this weekend but his friend Konqobe has not had that luck. It would appear that it’s off his own doing again after Amazulu recently terminated his contract for reasons that were not divulged to the media. In this interview with SABC Sport journalist Velile Mnyandu, Mdlinzo says it’s about time that the former U20 national team captain changed his ways.

Injuries continue to hamper the Amajita camp ahead of the FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland next month. The South African national U20 men’s team departs for Saudi Arabia tonight where they will play two international friendly matches against the U19 champions of Asia next week before departing for Poland to continue with their training camp. The team is already without vice-captain Nkosingiphile “Mshini” Ngcobo who is out on a long term injury and there’s also doubts about French based striker Lyle Foster according to head coach Thabo Senong. Amajita wrapped up their preparations at home today when they beat University of Johannesburg U21 team which plays in the Johannesburg SAB Regional League team 1-0. They will play two matches against Saudi Arabia and it’s preparation matches that make Senong excited. Including Foster, Senong has called up a squad of 26 players with some overseas based players to join the camp in Saudi Arabia and Poland respectively. The final 21-man squad is expected to be announced on the 13th of the next month with the tournament kicking off on the 23rd of next month until the 16th of June. Senong who has made history by qualifying for the U20 World Cup back to back and becoming the first South African coach to achieve that feat, now has to focus on preparing for their opening game against Argentina on the 25th of next month in Tychy. After bowing out in the group stages at the 2017 World Cup in South Korea, what are the targets for Senong and his team.

Former World Cup referee Jerome Damon has been appointed FIFA’s referee development officer for Africa. His job will be to support football associations who require help with their refereeing structures, getting the right places all over Africa and also training. Damon, who is also a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) training guru for Africa, is excited.The 47-year old Cape Town-born referee quit his job as a teacher to accept the appointment. He recently completed a VAR course in Morocco and will be conducting another one soon. He was twice named referee of the year in the country. Damon has officiated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in SA. SA referees have been under flak in recent times. Only Zakhele Siwela went to the World Cup in Russia last year as an assistant referee. Damon says our referees are not bad.

Supersport United Coach KaitanoTembo says they still have an outside chance to win the ABSA Premiership title. Matsatsantsa beat their arch-rivals Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 on Wednesday to boost their title ambitions. They are currently fourth on the log with 43 points from 26 matches. Supersport win against Sundowns has blown the title race wide open with many teams still in with a chance to win the league. Matsatsantsa have won the PSL title three times between 2008 and 2010. Tembo says they want to finish as high as possible. Supersport young Zambian striker Ghampani Lungu scored the second goal against Sundowns to seal the victory. He was signed from Zambian team Power Dynamos at the beginning of the season. He was injured throughout the season, and Tembo says he is a good player.Matsatsantsa have also played with many young players this season such as Kamohelo Mahlatsi, Jamie Webber, Lungu, Sipho Mbule, Aubrey Modiba and Teboho Mokoena. Tembo says they are the future generation of the team. Tembo was also humbled with the kind remarks he got from Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe after the match on Wednesday. Motsepe congratulated him for the victory against his team.

Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane says Baroka FC are a hard nut to crack. The Brazilians will tackle relegation threatened Baroka in a crucial league match for both teams at the old Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane tomorrow afternoon. Sundowns will be looking to close a gap on Orlando Pirates at the top, while Braoka will be looking to escape from relegation zone. Sundowns are still reeling from a 2-0 defeat against Supersport United on Wednesday night. They are currently third on the log with 44 points. They are sitting in third position, six points behind leaders Pirates with two matches in hand. Mosimane says they have to take advantage of games in hand. Meanwhile, the Sundowns’ Coach was humbled by Free State Stars Coach Nikola Kavazovic remarks that he is capable of winning the league together with his Orlando Pirates counterpart, Milutin “Micho” Srejodevic. Mosimane says it also feels good to be recognised internationally. Pirates are the overwhelming favourites to win the league with 50 points, six points clear of second placed Bidvest Wits and Sundowns on 44 points. Mosimane believes that they can win the league.