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Pirates Soccer League

Maritzburg United returned to their home ground to face Orlando Pirates just five days after losing a “home” League Cup semifinal to the Buccaneers in Durban. Despite the change of venue the visitors from Soweto won again. Final score: Maritzburg United 1, Orlando Pirates 2. Check out the video for goals and the Harry Gwala […]

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PSL = Premier Soweto League?

Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will meet in the Telkom Knockout Cup final at Soccer City on December 4. That’s the fifth Soweto classic of the 2010-11 season, and it’s not Christmas yet. With the rest of the PSL attracting small crowds after the 2010 World Cup, it is once again the two most popular […]

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Agudelo spoils the party: SA 0, USA 1

Juan Agudelo — six days shy of his 18th birthday — scored the only goal of the game in the 84th minute and spoiled a massive party in Cape Town. 51,000 of us were on hand at Green Point stadium for this glossy friendly on a warm and breezy late spring evening. As we walked […]

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The Americans Are Coming!

The year of Africa’s first World Cup is coming to an end. Tomorrow I am headed to Cape Town with my family for the South Africa – United States match at Green Point stadium. It’s a friendly branded as the Nelson Mandela Challenge — all proceeds go to the Mandela Children’s Fund. A couple of […]

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Heartbreak for South Africa

The biggest day in South African women’s football history ended in heartbreak as Equatorial Guinea defeated Banyana Banyana 3-1 after extra time on Thursday at a packed Sinaba stadium in Daveyton outside Johannesburg. After 90 minutes the score was 0-0. The decisive moment came in the 103rd minute. Salimata Simpore capitalized on a defensive mistake […]

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Can Anyone Stop Nigeria?

Three victories by a combined score of 10-1 so far in the 2010 African Women’s Championship make Nigeria’s Super Falcons heavy favorites to claim the continental crown. Led by superstar striker Perpetua Nkwocha’s seven goals, the Super Falcons face Cameroon in tomorrow’s first semifinal. (This match kicks off at 10am. Brunch at Sinaba stadium anyone?). […]

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South Africa through to AWC semis

Another packed house at Sinaba Stadium was on hand to support Banyana Banyana in the last match of the group stage of the 2010 African Women’s Championship. Needing only a draw to qualify for the semifinals, South Africa defeated Mali 4-0 to take second place in the group behind Nigeria (3-0 winners over Tanzania). South […]