KwaZulu-Natal Sasol League Champions, Lindelani Ladies, showed their intentions of winning the 2022 Play-offs when they emerged the biggest winners on Day 1 of the tournament held in Polokwane. Lindelani eased past Royal Wizards, Northern Cape’s representative, in a 6-0 demolition job. In this opening match of the week-long competition, Zethembiso Vilakazi grabbed a hat […]
Category Archives: National Teams
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Despite suffering an ACL injury and sitting out the last few months of the season, Spain’s Alexia Putella had done enough to convince the judges to name her the world’s best female player – becoming the first woman to claim back to back Ballon d’Or titles. Before being felled by injury in July, the Barcelona […]
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The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana retained their second position on the continent and 54th in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s World Rankings released today (Thursday, 13 October 2022). Despite lifting their maiden continental title in July, the South Africans were not able to unseat Africa’s number one team, Nigeria who moved just one step up to 45 […]
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The draw for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Play-off tournament is scheduled to take place on Friday, 14 October 2022. Ten teams will complete for the remaining three slots for next year’s women’s football showpiece. The play-offs will be played in Aotearoa in New Zealand from 17-23 February 2023. The ten teams will come […]
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The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana will not be in action until the new year – when preparations for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup move up a gear. And by that time, they will know the identity of their opponents in Australia and New Zealand as the draw will be held in about two weeks’ time […]
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Post the CommBank Matildas 4-1 victory over the African Champions, head Coach Tony Gustavsson spoke with media about getting a glimpse into the exciting future of the Australian team. Gustavsson was asked what it was like offering brace-scorer Cortnee Vine the opportunity to come in and lead the line with several key players unavailable and Sam Kerr […]
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In 2018 FIFA launched its first global strategy for women’s football, and this has seen the growth of women’s football worldwide since the then. More on the story: https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/fifa-womens-football-strategy-celebrates-four-year-anniversary Source: FIFA.com
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A depleted Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana went down to a spirited Australia in an international friendly match played on Saturday, 8 October 2022 at the Kingsmeadow Stadium in London. Three goals in the first half and another in the second were enough to seal victory for the Matildas – as they won 4-1, with the South […]
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The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana have lost their third match in a row since lifting the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) trophy in Morocco in July. The South Africans couldn’t contain the Brazilian counterparts in two international friendly matches, losing 3-0 and 6-0 last month, before losing 1-4 to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World […]
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The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana lost 4-1 to their Australian counterparts, the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosts in an international friendly match played at the Kingsmeadow Stadium in London, the home of Chelsea Women’s FC. The clash took place on Saturday, 8 October 2022. Three goals without a reply saw the South African trail 3-0 […]