Tag Archives: South Africa

By now, many Indian football fans will be aware of Mahatma Gandhiji’s links with football and his pioneering role in setting up three teams of the Passive Resisters Football Club during his sojourn in South Africa from 1893 to 1915. As the story that has been well publicised in recent …

CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe has conveyed his deep personal condolences and the condolences of CAF to Clive Barker’s family, friends colleagues, the South Africa Football Association and the African football fraternity. Clive Barker passed on in Durban, South Africa. He led South Africa to their only continental triumph in …

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ reached an important milestone as all the member associations that expressed interest in hosting the event have signed the bidding agreement, a document that ensures that the key principles of the bidding process are observed. Four bids representing the same number of confederations remain …

AFC Bournemouth’s Community Sports Trust have enjoyed welcoming another group of young people from South Africa over the past three weeks. The under-18 girls, a group of 12 from Johannesburg and Durban, visited Bournemouth after a successful trip for the under-18 boys. Throughout their trip, the girls took part in …

Following the invitation to all member associations (MAs) to express their interest in hosting the final competition of the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA has received a total of four expressions from (in alphabetical order by country): The Royal Belgian Football Association, the Royal Netherlands Football Association and the …

CAF is saddened by the passing of former Orlando Pirates captain and South Africa international, John Moeti. Moeti won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations – the first and only time ‘Bafana Bafana’ won the continent’s biggest sporting event. In 1995, he was part of the Orlando Pirates team that …

Banyana Banyana edged hosts Morocco 2-1 in the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday in Rabat in a highly contested tie that brought out the best of both teams. At the heart of this success was goalkeeper Andile Dlamini who kept three clean sheets in the six games …

Striker Hildah Magaia scored both goals for South Africa to defeat host Morocco 2-1 on Saturday, July 23 night to win their first-ever TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title. Two second-half goals by the South Korea-based attacker set Banyana Banyana on their way to their first continental title in …

Millions of football fans across the African continent and across the world are set to tune in to tonight’s historic TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final between hosts Morocco and South Africa at Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. The match will kick-off at 21h00 local time (20h00 GMT, 22h00 …

Two years after having to make the difficult decision of cancelling the event planned for March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Durban in South Africa will be the proud host of the first World Football Summit event on the African continent. The World Football Summit will …