Category Archives: Hollywoodbets Super League

Smeda and Mokoma shine the brightest at the Hollywoodbets Super League awards

TS Galaxy Queens forward Leandra Smeda walked away with the biggest prize when she was named Player of the Year for the 2025 season at the Hollywoodbets Super League awards held in Johannesburg on Sunday night (1 February 2026). This was her second award on the night after the 36-year-old scooped the Top Goal Scorer […]

Banyana Banyana’s Hilda Magaia leaves Mexico for Spain

Banyana Banyana forward Hilda Magaia, has joined Spanish side Real Club Deportivo de La Coruna Femenino (also known as Deportivo Abanca) in the Primera Division de la Liga de Futbol Femenino (Liga F) after leaving Club Tijuan in Mexico. Liga F is the highest level of league competition for women’s football in Spain and is […]

Spotlight to fall on Hollywoodbets Super League stars next month

The evening of Sunday, 01 February 2026 has been set aside to honour the Hollywoodbets Super League stars, and the glittering ceremony will be held at Vodaworld near Midrand. The 2025 South African elite women’s football league season will go down as one of the most fiercely contested campaigns where champions, and record six-times winners, […]

Banyana Banyana duo extend contracts abroad

The South African pair of Linda Motlhalo and Bongeka Gamede has signed new contracts at their respective European clubs. Brandvlei-born midfield maestro Motlhalo has penned an extension that will keep her at Glasgow City until June 2027, while compatriot ‘Sma’ will continue donning the colours of Nordsjaelland Women for the next two years. This is […]

Record-breaking prize money to be awarded to inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup™ winners

First-ever women’s intercontinental club champions to receive an unprecedented USD 2.3 million (R36 749 744,08) – the highest single payout ever awarded in women’s club football Runners-up to earn USD 1 million (15 978 149,60) for reaching the decisive encounter at Arsenal Stadium on Sunday, 1 February 2026 Prize structure reflects FIFA’s commitment to accelerating investment and excellence in the women’s club game globally The inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup™ is […]

Dazzling FIFA Women’s Champions Cup Trophy unveiled in London

The coveted new piece of silverware was exhibited to pupils at a school in England, host nation of the competition’s climactic closing stage The trophy was unveiled by former Lioness and Arsenal star Alex Scott MBE, alongside FIFA Chief Football Officer Jill Ellis The first-ever women’s intercontinental club champions will be crowned in London on […]

South Africa’s Bantwana drawn against CAR in 2026 U17 World Cup qualifiers

The South African U17 Women’s National team, Bantwana, has been drawn against the Central African Republic in the first round of the 2026 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers – with the first away fixture scheduled for 10-12 April, while the return leg will be held a week later (17-19 April) in South Africa. The […]

It would be great to play another WAFCON, but maybe that door closed a long time ago – Leandra Smeda

TS Galaxy Queens forward, Leandra Smeda is excited after finishing top of the scoring charts in the 2025 Hollywoodbets Super League season on 22 goals. This was her second season in the South African elite women’s football after several years abroad playing for the likes of FC Gintra (Lithuania), Vittsjö GIK (Sweden), Famalicão (Portugal), Dux […]

Banyana Banyana’s Linda Motlhalo in four different competitions in 2026

Banyana Banyana midfielder Linda Motlhalo is heading into an exciting 2026 as she will be taking part in four different competitions – Sky Sports Cup, ScottishPower Women’s Premier League, the Scottish Cup and the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON 2026). It could so easily have been five had Glasgow City not been knocked out […]

Big year for Banyana Banyana, big year for African Women’s Football

The year 2026 will present a big test for the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana as they embark on a mission to qualify for their third FIFA Women’s World Cup in a row. Dr Desiree Ellis led the 2022 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) champions to their first global participation in France in 2019 and […]