Category Archives: Women’s Leagues

10 matches into the season, Sundowns Ladies remain undefeated, struggle continues for Durban Ladies

8 games, 21 goals scored Durban Ladies yet to win a match Sundowns Ladies yet to lose, yet to concede after 10 games Sundowns Ladies biggest winners: (Sundowns Ladies 6-0 Richmond United) Three drawn matches (City Lads 2-2 First Touch; JVW 1-1 Tuks; Royal AM 0-0 Durban Ladies) Six teams failed to score: (UJ Ladies, […]

Banyana Banyana’s Linda Motlhalo qualifies for UEFA Women’s Champions League next season 

Banyana Banyana midfielder Linda Motlhalo will be playing Champions League football next season. This is after her team, Glasgow City, finished second on the Scottish Women’s Premier League table – thus securing a spot in the upcoming UEFA Women’s Champions League alongside new league champions, Hibernian. Motlhalo’s side started the last day of the campaign […]

Bongeka Gamede misses out on gold in Denmark, targets UEFA Women’s Champions League qualification

Banyana Banyana’s Bongeka Gamede was on the losing side in the Danish Women’s Cup final when FC Nordsjaelland went down 1-0 to league champions Fortuna Hjorring in extra time, with only three minutes left on the clock. The clash took place at the Lyngby Stadium on Saturday (17 May 2025) with the South African international […]

Linda Motlhalo’s Glasgow City fighting for EUFA Women’s Champions League spot and cup success

With the Scottish Women’s Premier League (SPWL) title out of reach, Banyana Banyana star Linda Motlhalo will be hoping Glasgow City secures both the UEFA Champions League spot and the Scottish Women’s Cup trophy to conclude the 2024/25 season in style. Their first challenge is European competition – they are currently third on the table […]

Banyana Banyana star on the brink of cup glory in Denmark

Banyana Banyana star Bongeka Gamede is on the brink of a gold medal at her new home in Denmark. The former University of the Western Cape (UWC) captain will be looking to help her team Nordsjaelland Women against runaway log leaders Fortuna Hjorring in the Danish Women’s Cup final on Saturday, 17 May 2025. Kickoff […]

No Kgatlana, but Jane, Dhlamini and Mbane return to Banyana Banyana

Banyana Banyana will be without influential forward Thembi Kgatlana for the upcoming two international friendly matches against Botswana and Zambia in preparation of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations set to kick off in July. Kgatlana was not named in the squad of 24 players announced by head coach Desiree Ellis on Friday, […]

Banyana Banyana to face Botswana and Zambia in international friendlies

CentreCircle.online has learnt that the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana have secured two international friendly matches against neighbours Botswana and Zambia later this month. South Africa will take on the Mares of Botswana on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 and will follow up with a clash against the Copper Queens three days later (Saturday, 31 May 2025). Botswana and […]

Matlou scores to put her team in the final of promotion play-offs in Spain

Former Banyana Banyana defender Noko Matlou is two matches away from gaining promotion with Cacereño Femenino from Segundo Division to Liga F Division (Women’s Premier League) in Spain. The Limpopo-born player found the back of the net in the last minute of extra time in the second leg to hand her side a 2-1 (4-3) […]

First wins of the season for Royal AM and Richmond United, while TS Galaxy Queens run riot

Royal AM registered their first win of the season when they beat the University of Pretoria (Tuks) 3-2 at the TUT Main Campus in Tshwane in one of the two matches played on Sunday (11 May) in the Hollywoodbets Super League. The visitors led 2-0 at the break. This was their first win and first points […]

Expanded 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup speaks directly to all-inclusivity – Banyana Banyana coach

Head coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Dr Desiree Ellis, has welcomed the expansion of the Women’s World Cup from 32 to 48 team starting with the 2031 tournament, saying it will give more chances to even smaller nations who have the quality but have been struggling to qualify. In a ground-breaking move, the world […]