As we build up towards the 2022 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women’s Champions League that will be staged in Durban from August 7-13, we will be bringing you profiles of all the competing teams. These are packed with history, statistics, head-to-head records and goalscorers ahead of the second staging of the regional championship. Today we profile MAMELODI […]
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Zambia pulled off a major shock by beating Nigeria 1-0 on Friday to win the bronze medal at the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.The Copper Queens clinched the third position for the first time in their history thanks to an unfortunate own goal by the Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie in Casablanca.The goal […]
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South African State President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has wished Banyana Banyana well ahead of Saturday’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final against hosts Morocco at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. President Ramaphosa was hosting his Ivorian counterpart President Alassane Ouattara on Friday but took time to make a video call to the SASOL-sponsored Banyana Banyana’s […]
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Head coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, quickly wanted to put aside the events of Thursday night (21 July) when she won the CAF Women’s Coach of the Year award to resume focus on one of the most important matches for her and her charges. Ellis scooped the award for the third time […]
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Desiree Ellis is on cloud nine after being crowned the CAF Women’s Coach of the Year for the third time in a row in a glittering ceremony of the 2022 CAF Awards. The awards were held at Morocco’s impressive Mohamed VI Technical Centre in Sale, Rabat and attended by a gathering of Africa’s top football […]
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The HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Champions League 2022 will be staged in Durban from August 7-13 and once again serves as a qualifier for the continental finals. It is another chance for the region’s top teams to come together and compete, with not just a magnificent trophy on offer, but also the chance to advance to […]
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Champions Mamelodi Sundowns have been drawn against Costa Do Sol of Mozambique and last season’s semifinalists Double Action Ladies from Botswana in Group A at the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Champions League 2022 zonal qualifier. Green Buffaloes of Zambia, Young Buffaloes from Eswatini and Olympique De Moroni of Comoros make up Group B at the August […]
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South Africa may have missed out on the Player of the Year category at the upcoming and much-anticipated CAF Awards 2022, but they still have a strong presence in the event. Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies trio of goalkeeper Andile Dlamini, defender Bambanani Mbane and head coach Jerry Tshabalala are still in the running for accolades, along […]
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The members of CAF’s Technical Study Group (TSG) have pointed to the increase of teams in the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations from eight to 12 as the key to the considerable increase in the level and standard of the tournament. TSG members Clémentine Touré from Côte d’Ivoire, Mercy Tagoe from Ghana and Jacqui […]
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“We have two objectives – but we have to tackle each at its own time,” said Banyana Banyana head coach to her team leading up to the 2022 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The first objective was to get out of the group and make it to the semi-finals, which would guarantee […]