Thu May 24 01:43:03 SAST 2012

Josephs quits Bafana squad

FRUSTRATION at not being handed the Bafana No 1 jersey drove Moeneeb Josephs to despair, forcing him to seek advice from Orlando Pirates teammate Benni McCarthy, who has also quit the national team in the past.   285 Comments

Majoro added to Bafana squad

Kaizer Chiefs striker Lehlohonolo Majoro has joined the Bafana Bafana squad in Rustenburg in place of Eleazar Rodgers.   5 Comments

Chansa looks to Chiefs or Sundowns

ISAAC Chansa has hinted at a move away from Orlando Pirates to either Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs or Mamelodi Sundowns when his contract expires in June.   50 Comments

Drogba confirms his exit from the Blues

LONDON - Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba will leave Chelsea when his contract expires at the end of next month, the Premier League club said yesterday.   17 Comments

Khoza defends sponsorship

IRVIN Khoza yesterday defended the "plus-minus R1billion" sponsorship deal of his club Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs.   19 Comments

Sangweni will fight for place

LATEST Mamelodi Sundowns acquisition Thamsanqa Sangweni says he is ready for the challenge for regular game time facing him at the star-studded Chloorkop outfit.   20 Comments

Hartog is SuperSport Utd's best

ASHLEY Hartog received two major awards as SuperSport United honoured their best performers of the season at the awards function in Johannesburg last night.   1 Comments

Sea Robbers must conquer Africa next

ORLANDO Pirates! The mighty Buccaneers!   10 Comments

Neeskens needs to win remaining trophy for reward

JOHAN Neeskens faces a defining moment in his career at Mamelodi Sundowns as he prepares for the epic Nedbank Cup final battle against crosstown rivals SuperSport United this weekend.   13 Comments

Mourinho to stay with Real Madrid

MADRID - Jose Mourinho has agreed to extend his contract with Real Madrid for two years, which will keep him at the club until the end of the 2015-16 season.   2 Comments

Amazulu stand by Palmgren

AMAZULU will retain the services of coach Roger Palmgren for next season, ending speculation that he might be asked to return to his role as technical director in the new campaign.   2 Comments

Play-off history favours NFD

THE PSL promotion-relegation play-offs have not been a happy hunting ground for Absa Premiership clubs seeking to retain their top-flight status - just two have saved themselves in the past seven seasons.   1 Comments

Bulls breathe sigh of relief

THE Bulls averted a potential loose-forward crisis when Dewald Potgieter and CJ Stander were declared fit to play in the team's final tour match against the Chiefs on Friday.   0 Comments

Pirates take the Premiership trophy to the streets - PHOTOS

ORLANDO Pirates paraded their football league trophy through the streets of Johannesburg and Soweto.   41 Comments

Madubanya is number one at Celtic

BLOEMFONTEIN Celtic's anchor midfielder Letladi Madubanya beamed with joy as he scooped the player of the season accolade at the club's end-of-the-season awards function in Bloemfontein on Monday night.   4 Comments

Lekgwathi not bowing out yet

ORLANDO Pirates captain Lucky Lekgwathi, who turns 36 on August 1, is putting retirement on hold for the African Champions League.   79 Comments

Villas-Boas in no hurry

LONDON - Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas insists he won't be rushed into a decision on his future.   2 Comments

Gavin Hunt can complete cup double, eight years on

GAVIN Hunt has the chance to achieve a cup double on Saturday - by winning the country's premier knockout trophy for a second time.   2 Comments

International duty calls for stars

A BEVY of Premier Soccer League and National First Division players are headed for international duty this week, going straight from the end of the league to preparing for upcoming World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.   0 Comments

Leopards stick with trusted Sunday

ZIMBABWEAN Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambwa has been reappointed coach of Black Leopards, a promotion from his position of technical director at the Limpopo Premier League club.   1 Comments

Slim chance of Swallows playing in African League

THERE is little chance Moroka Swallows might also get to play in the African Champions League next year, alongside Premier Soccer League winners Orlando Pirates.   1 Comments

No move to Reds: De Boer

THE HAGUE - Ajax coach Frank de Boer yesterday ruled out a move to Premier League club Liverpool.   0 Comments

Play-off race wide open

THE race for a place in the 2011-12 third-tier Vodacom League national play-offs is drawing to a conclusion, though no team has yet managed to book their place in the finals.   0 Comments

Amajita punish Aces in warm-up

AMAJITA started their final preparations for the Eight-Nation International tournament in Cape Town with an emphatic 6-0 win over Vosloo Aces at Sinaba Stadium at the weekend.   0 Comments

Slap! Slice! Crrrunchh! Angry Russell grabs and smashes

FORMER Jomo Cosmos and Ajax Cape Town striker Russell Mwafulirwa's career and marriage have seemingly hit a brick wall - affecting him so badly that he crashed himself into one too.   8 Comments

Sinyabi takes loss on chin

MACBUTE "Macman" Sinyabi has warned his detractors not to write him off after last Friday's 10th-round stoppage loss to Thangthong "Machine Gun" Kiattaweesuk.   1 Comments

Mrwebi stops Pattison again

RITA Mrwebi made history while also proving that her last two wins over Shayvonne Pattison were no fluke during the first South African title fight to be held in the former Transkei.   0 Comments

Durandt says no to fight

FLAMBOYANT boxing trainer Nick Durandt has ruled out the possibility of a fight between Jeffrey Mathebula and MacBute Sinyabi as long as they are in his stable.   3 Comments

Turnaround strategy for boxing

THE government is prioritising the revamping of boxing in South Africa to ensure the country continues to produce world champions in the various credible world organisations, including getting the once popular sport back on national television.   0 Comments

Trio of southpaws helped hone Sinyabi

NICK Durandt is confident South African junior featherweight champion Macbute "Macman" Sinyabi will beat Thangthong Kiattaweesuk.   0 Comments

Pattison to tackle Mrwebi from back foot

ANTON Gilmore is not bothered by the thought of his boxer, Shayvonne Pattison, fighting in the "bundu" for the first time in her boxing career.   0 Comments

Olympic torches fetch small fortune

LONDON - Some of Britain's Olympic torchbearers have been making the most of their country's special moment - by selling their torches on eBay, attracting bids of more than £150000 (R1.97m).   0 Comments

Sharks play-off hopes will be boosted if they weather storm

HAVING set themselves the post-tour goal of winning five matches before the June break, the Sharks stayed on course with their third Super 15 victory in a row but this weekend they face possibly their sternest test yet against the Stormers.   0 Comments

'We would really like to score four tries'

THE Stormers head to Durban for what has become a vital derby match against the Sharks on Saturday night still searching for an elusive bonus point try after another win against the Waratahs at the weekend.   0 Comments

Olympics Countdown: Where's the cash?

LOCAL sprint star Tsholofelo Thipe and other Olympic hopefuls must pay out their own pockets if they want to qualify for the London Games.   0 Comments

Aussie cricketer held in India for groping

Indian police said Friday they had arrested Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach for allegedly molesting a woman and beating up her fiance during a late-night party at a posh New Delhi hotel.   0 Comments

Olympics 2012: What happened to Team SA's funding?

South African Olympic athlete, Lebogang Moeng, may not have sufficient funding to leave for Europe for his Olympic preparation this weekend. This is according to Winston Rapotapi MP, DA Shadow Minister of Sport & Recreation   0 Comments

Olympics tactical battle: Mkhonza

BANYANA Banyana head coach Joseph Mkhonza says tactics will be the key to advancing to the knockout phases of the Olympic Games.   3 Comments

Mokoka aims for track event

STEPHEN Mokoka, one of the three South Africans who have qualified for the Olympic marathon, still has hopes of making it onto the London track rather than the road at the Games.   0 Comments

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