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With the defending champions, Kaizer Chiefs, dumped out at the first hurdle, the path to the podium is wide open. (Nedbank Sports/X)

Nedbank Last 16 draw finds its bite after Chiefs’ early flight

With the defending champions, Kaizer Chiefs, dumped out at the first hurdle, the path to the podium is wide open

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos. (SAFA)

Can Hugo Broos fix Bafana Bafana’s broken compass before the World Cup?

The “funeral” in the Rabat dressing room after the team’s Africa Cup of Nations defeat must serve as the birth of a stronger Bafana

Players of South Africa celebrate after a goal during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between South Africa and Morocco at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 17, 2023. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Bafana ‘must’ qualify for 2026 World Cup

The football team begin their qualification campaign this weekend, and two former players believe that they have enough to make it to 2026

TS Galaxy won the Nedbank Cup in 2019. The competition now gives underdogs a chance. (Ledty Shivambu/Gallo)

Why the Nedbank Cup will never be the same again

With a nation watching, Jomo Cosmos is one side look to use the Nedbank Cup to rediscover their prestige.

Little is known about the format the league will adopt when it does eventually kick off. (Maddie Meyer/Fifa/Getty Images)

Women’s league in Safa limbo

Teams and coaches have been left in the dark about the planned women’s football league

It doesn’t take a pundit to predict that the Seychelles will come to frustrate on Saturday. (Gallo Images)

Bafana confront their hoodoo

All too often the team panic when they play a lesser nation but the coach is working on that

(Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Stampede: We’ve been here before

Previous Soweto derbies have turned tragic, so why have we not learned from past mistakes?

Karen Bradley who had been serving as culture secretary

Gene find may save players’ lives

Mayosi, who is dean of the health sciences faculty dean at the UCT said identifying the gene would enable doctors to apply preventative techniques

U-20 team boost SA’s future hopes

U-20 team boost SA’s future hopes

The dream is to make it to Korea, and then there’s the Olympics after that

SA football to face Fifa bribery charges

The international football association claims it received a bribe from South Africa ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

According to Fuzile, Zuma also said that in other countries “finance ministers do not tell presidents that there is no money”. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty)

Hawks opt not to swoop on Fifa bribe allegations

The Hawks have declared that they are not formally investigating Safa or Jordaan over allegations that a $10-million bribe was paid to Fifa.

Fifa found the results of pre-World Cup warm-up matches against Thailand

Fifa orders probe into Safa match-fixing

A match-fixing scandal involving the national soccer team is to be investigated by an independent judicial inquiry with backing from Fifa.

Safa chief executive Robin Petersen.

Stumbling Safa stuck in defence

Damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t, Safa has been making cutbacks. But it has also been neglecting development.

Other teams in the PSL are going to battle to stop the Pirates players from celebrating again this year.

Who can stop Fat Alice at Orlando Pirates?

Sources agree that Fat Alice is piling on the kilos again – but her chefs of choice these days wear black and white, not black and gold.

Komphela named new Bafana assistant coach

Safa has named Steve Komphela as Bafana Bafana’s second assistant coach, who has been contracted ona part-time basis until after the 2014 World Cup.

Agents barred from choosing referees

South Africa will not to allow agents to appoint referees for friendly fixtures after allegations of match-fixing at pre-2010 World Cup warm-up games.

Khoza lashes Safa and Mashaba for Algeria scramble

Khoza lashes Safa and Mashaba for Algeria scramble

Irvin Khoza has blamed Safa and SA under-23 coach Shakes Mashaba’s failure to follow procedure for the struggle to get players to face Algeria.

Transformation in sport hasn’t changed

Mbalula to brief Parliament about Cricket SA, Safa

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will deliver his views on the cricket and soccer governing bodies when he speaks to Parliament on Tuesday.

Safa says TV rights valued at R150m a year

The Safa values its television rights at between R130-million and R150-million a year, an official revealed this week.

Safa pledges support for match-fixing probe

The South African Football Association said on Tuesday it wants to believe that two of its World Cup warm-up games last year were fair.