Sun Feb 05 01:41:39 SAST 2012

Safa gives Pitso ultimatum

SOUTH African Football Association has given Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane an ultimatum: Get to the final of next year's Africa Cup of Nations - or else.   101 Comments

Safa sets targets for national teams

SOUTH African Football Association laid out plans for all their national sides to be in the top three in Africa by 2020 and inside the world's top 20 in the longer term.   7 Comments

Poor crowd turn-out at African football games

LIBREVILLE - A depressingly common sight at many 2012 Africa Cup of Nations games has been the ranks of empty seats at stadia in both Gabon and  Equatorial Guinea.   0 Comments

AFCON schedule

LIBREVILLE - Schedule of knockout round matches at the Africa Cup of Nation finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (kick-off times GMT):   1 Comments

Afcon redeems itself with flair

FOOTBALL isn't just about quality, sometimes it's also about excitement and the creation of memories, and the group stages of the Afcon provided two moments that will live forever in the minds of those who witnessed them.   4 Comments

April skips SA championships

LUSAPHO April is giving this year's national marathon championships a miss because he is afraid of spoiling his chances at the London Olympics in August.   1 Comments

Ex-Zim football boss arrested

Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested Thursday on charges of corruption, bribery and match-fixing, state television said.   1 Comments

Egypt tragedy observed

LIBREVILLE - A minute of silence will be observed at the Africa Cup of Nations this weekend in memory of the scores killed and hundreds injured when rival fans clashed in Egypt on Wednesday.   1 Comments

D-Day for goal-line technology

BERLIN - A final decision on the introduction of goal-line technology is set for July 2, world football governing body Fifa said.   0 Comments

Jozi run to mark Rights Day

MOTORISTS and pedestrians who happened to pass the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg on Tuesday night should be forgiven for thinking that people were belatedly celebrating the dawn of the new year.   2 Comments

Calls to strip Terry of armband

LONDON - England captain John Terry faced mounting calls to be stripped of the armband yesterday after the Chelsea star's trial on racial abuse charges was delayed until July.   0 Comments

Can Barca end poor run?

MADRID - Barcelona are in the unusual position of having drawn their last three matches as they prepare for tomorrow's home La Liga game against Real Sociedad and Pep Guardiola's unwillingness to commit to a new contract is not helping settle jangled nerves.   3 Comments

Toffees loan lifts Pienaar

BAFANA Bafana captain Steven Pienaar got some peace of mind minutes before the January transfer window closed on Tuesday night - a loan deal back to his former club Everton until the end of the season.   20 Comments

Ghana top group after Guinea draw

Ghana drew 1-1 with Guinea here Wednesday to finish top of Group D and qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals   0 Comments

Terry pleads not guilty to racism charge

LONDON - Chelsea and England soccer captain John Terry pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of racially abusing opponent Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October.   0 Comments

Celtic want Mulenga's side of story

BLOEMFONTEIN Celtic are waiting for Clifford Mulenga to explain himself after he was expelled from the Zambian squad at the Africa Cup of Nations tournament under way in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.   6 Comments

UEFA controls put brakes on spending

LONDON - European football's January transfer window closed on Tuesday with clubs reining in the lavish spending of recent years in an apparent response to Uefa's strict new financial controls.   0 Comments

Afcon breaks the mould

MALABO - Uefa President Michel Platini, a staunch supporter of Europe's smaller teams, may be casting an envious eye towards Africa, which has seen a dramatic levelling out in the past two years.   4 Comments

Myeni's family chooses Pirates

And Shabba signs new deal with Chiefs   57 Comments

Mayweather to box Cotto

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will challenge Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title on May 5, less than a month before the American is due to report to jail.        27 Comments

Boxing great Teofilo Stevenson out of hospital

Olympic heavyweight champ spent 15 days in intensive care after doctors detected a clot in an artery near his heart   0 Comments

Famed boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies

Trainer worked with 15 world boxing champions   2 Comments

Taliwe happy to play underdog

SIPHO "Tsunami" Taliwe admits that he is still the most underrated boxer in South Africa despite continuing to blow his opponents away.   0 Comments

New rules for Super 15

NEW disciplinary rules will go on trial during this year's Super 15 competition in an effort to create a more effective and consistent system.   0 Comments

Mokoka bolstered by Ramaala

RISING South African marathon star Stephen Mokoka is excited about the return of experienced campaigner Hendrick Ramaala, who has also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics.   0 Comments

Softball icon dies

THE founder member of one of the oldest softball clubs in the country, who died in Pretoria after a long illness, is to be buried on Saturday.   1 Comments

Djokovic to rest for Davis Cup

BELGRADE - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will not play in Serbia's Davis Cup match against Sweden this month.   0 Comments

An African at the Super Bowl

AFRICA will have a representative on Sunday in that most American of sports events, the Super Bowl.   0 Comments

Beast faces long lay-off

SOUTH Africa prop Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira has been ruled out of rugby for three to four months after breaking his ankle, the Sharks have confirmed.   0 Comments

Dippenaar in sevens mix

STEPHAN Dippenaar, the former Bulls centre, will make his Springbok Sevens debut in Wellington this weekend after he was named in the Blitzbokke team for the New Zealand Sevens tournament.   0 Comments

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