Category Archives: Hollywoodbets Super League

Busy period as all 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup participants are in action this international break

The 3-11 April 2023 FIFA International Break has provided countries with an opportunity to finetune their sides ahead of the upcoming Women’s World Cup scheduled for Australia and New Zealand from 20 July to 20 August. All 32 participants in the tournament – including the four African representatives, South Africa, Morocco, Nigeria and Zambia – […]

Banyana Banyana’s Magaia and Seoposenwe on target abroad ahead of the FIFA break

Head coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, will have been pleased with the news that two of her top strikers, South Korea-based Hilda Magaia and Jermaine Seoposenwe, who plies her trade in Mexico, were both on the scoresheet over the weekend (Sunday, 3 April 2023) for their respective clubs ahead of reporting for […]

Sundowns Ladies lose, Ma-Indies win while TS Galaxy Queens dominate the Mpumalanga Derby in the Hollywoodbets Super League

Ma-Indies 1-0 Thunderbirds Ladies: Ma-Indies Ladies will go into the FIFA break in high spirits after registering their first win of the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League season in eight attempts. The Limpopo outfit defeated fellow strugglers Thunderbirds Ladies 1-0 in Polokwane, a result which saw a swopping of places – the home side moving just […]

CAF releases Women’s Football Landscape Report 2022 giving overview of progress in Women’s football in Africa 

First landscape report highlights progress made so far in Women’s Football Report part of CAF’s commitment to invest in Women’s Football in Africa 52 countries participate in the research of the Study Study details progress in Women’s football and findings summarizes overview of women’s football on the continent For the first time, 47 out of […]

Ellis looking for improvement against Serbia as Banyana Banyana wind down WC preparations

Head coach of Banyana Banyana Desiree Ellis has been impressed by the local-based players after a week-long camp held in Johannesburg from 27 – 31 March 2023. The purpose of getting together early was to accelerate the level of conditioning for the players before the FIFA break, where the overseas-based players were expected to join. […]

Battle of the strugglers & 1st ever Mpumalanga Derby take centre stage in Week 8 of the Hollywoodbets Super League

MA-INDIES vs THUNDERBIRDS LADIES: Week 8 of the Hollywoodbets Super League action will see bottom-of-the-table Ma-Indies Ladies will battle it out with fellow strugglers and second-from-bottom Thunderbirds Ladies, as both try to revive their poor start to the season. The two teams are yet to win a match after seven rounds of matches. Eastern Cape’s […]

SAFA President excited about the future of women’s football

With the FIFA World Cup trophy tour having already having passed through the continent, President of the South African Football Association (SAFA) Dr Danny Jordaan, says the future of women’s football looks very bright. He was speaking at a gala dinner held to welcome the FIFA delegation that had brought the trophy to South Africa. […]

Ma-Indies suffer another defeat, while Sundowns Ladies claim bragging rights

It was a low-scoring affair this weekend in South Africa’s elite women’s league, with a total of 18 goals in eight matches. Only one team – the University of Johannesburg (UJ Ladies) registered a big win. Things are not looking good for  Ma-Indies Ladies after they suffered their seventh defeat on Week 7 of the 2023 […]

Banyana Banyana’s Andile Dlamini adds to her growing list of awards

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies goalkeeper Andile Dlamini’s star continues to shine brighter with each passing moment. Sticks, as she is popularly known among her peers, was on Saturday (25 March 2023) named the 2022 Sports Star of the Year at the 16th annual South African Sports Awards held at Sun City near Rustenburg. She pipped Ashleigh Buhai- golf […]

Banyana Banyana defender expresses disappointment on missing out on final World Cup preparations

Long serving Banyana Banyana defender Janine van Wyk has expressed her disappointment of not being included in the national team’s final preparations ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup set for 20 July to 20 Augustt in Australia and New Zealand. The Greece-based player was recently left out of the preliminary squad of 32 […]