Category Archives: National Teams

CAF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OPERATIONS

CAF held a four-day CAF Women’s Football Capacity building workshop in Egypt, Cairo aimed at strengthening Member Association’s operational deliverables in improving the standard of Women’s Football in Africa. The workshop that started on 26 February, was attended by the CAF Member Associations administrators. In the last three years, Women’s Football in Africa has made […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS: FOUR TEAMS, ONLY TWO SPOTS – SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA, MOROCCO & ZAMBIA

The 2024 CAF Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament has reached the business end with only four teams left in the competition but only two spots available to book tickets to Paris. South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, and Zambia stand at the gates of glory, and they are only two matches away from knowing whether they will be […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS: BANYANA BANYANA SET UP NIGERIA CLASH AFTER BRUSHING ASIDE TANZANIA

The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana will face long-time rivals Nigeria for a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers – perhaps their toughest test in the competition after knocking out the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as Tanzania en route to the fourth and final round. The South Africans defeated the Twiga Stars on […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS: NIGERIA PROGRESSES, BANYANA BANYANA ONE FOOT IN, BIG CLASH ON THE HORIZON

After a goalless draw in the first leg in Douala, the Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated Cameroon 1-0 in Abuja in the reverse fixture to secure progression to the fourth and final round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers. The match took place on Monday, 26 February 2024 at the Moshood Abiola International Stadium […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS: CENTURY OF CAPS UP FOR BANYANA BANYANA’S JERMAINE SEOPOSENWE VS TANZANIA

Jermaine Seoposenwe will become the 10th Banyana Banyana centurion when she walks onto the pitch on Tuesday, 27 February 2024 to face Tanzania in the second leg third round 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifier, which takes place at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga. The Mexico-based forward will join an esteemed list of South African women footballers […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFIERS: BANYANA BANYANA IN POLE POSITION BUT CANNOT AFFORD COMPLACENCY

The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana will not be lulled into a sense of complacency when they tackle Tanzania in the second leg third round 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers. The two nations meet on Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga with the South Africans in a comfortable 3-0 lead from the first […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFIERS: 1st LEG 3rd ROUND DONE, POTENTIAL FIREWORKS IN THE 2nd LEG

The much-anticipated first leg third round fixtures of the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers came and went with varying results in the four matches played on Friday, 23 February 2024. A lot was riding on these games as all eight teams came into this phase with one mission – to stamp their authority in the first […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFIERS: Mexican delight for Banyana Banyana against Tanzania

The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana have one foot in the fourth and final round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers after beating Tanzania 3-0 in a thorough demolition job away in the capital in Dar es Salaam on Friday, 23 February 2024. Goals from the Mexico-based trio of Jermaine Seoposenwe, Thembi Kgatlana and Hilda Magaia […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS: HEAD TO HEAD – BANYANA BANYANA vs TANZANIA

The journey for the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers continues when they take on Tanzania in the first leg third round clash on Friday, 23 February 2024. This away fixture will be played at the Azam Complex in the capital Dar es Salaam, kicking off at 15h00 (SA Time). The […]

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS GAMES QUALIFIERS: BANYANA BANYANA EAGER TO RETURN TO THE BIG STAGE AFTER MISSING OUT IN 2020

The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana has been to two Olympic Games – London 2012 and Rio 2016, but missed out on Tokyo 2020, when they were knocked out by neighbours Botswana in the second round of the qualifiers. It’s been eight years since their last appearance at the global tournament, led by former Head Coach Vera […]