Hilda Magaia and Sinoxolo Cesane have made their much-awaited debut for new side Mazatlán FC Femenil in the Liga MX Femenil in Mexico, but could not help their side in a 4-1 defeat away to Club Tijuan on Match-Day 2 2 of the league season on Friday, 12 January 2024. Magaia played the entire match […]
Category Archives: Women’s Leagues
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Jan
Jan
Banyana Banyana may have to face Tanzania in a crucial Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifier with the bulk of the team without match fitness. The same scenario played itself out in 2022 ahead of the CAF Women Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria – which took place in February before the South African elite […]
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Jan
Jan
South African women’s football had some incredible moments in 2023 and as the dawn of the new year affords more opportunities for all the role-players to stake their claim in this fastest growing sport around the world. The year 2023 saw the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana break record after record – getting their first win at […]
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Jan
Jan
The pair of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Hilda Magaia and Sinoxolo Cesane, have been unveiled by Mazatlán Futbol Club Femenil in the Mexican Women’s League (Liga MX Femenil) as their new signings. With the arrival of the duo in that country, the number of South Africans now playing in the Liga MX Femenil swells up […]
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Dec
Dec
Ten days after being announced as a new signing for newly-crowned Liga MX Femenil champions, Tigres UANL, Banyana Banyana striker Thembi Kgatlana has already arrived in Mexico and joined her teammates for pre-season training. Donning the number 16 jersey, unlike her usual 11, the Randfontein-born player was welcomed and introduced to her new colleagues by […]
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Dec
Dec
For the second year running, Head Coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis dug deep into her pockets to put a smile on the less fortunate. Through her foundation, the Desiree Ellis Foundation, she teamed up with, among others, the Alcardo Andrews Foundation, the Michel Davids Foundation, the Lavender Hill Sports Club, long time […]
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Dec
Dec
Captain of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Thembi Kgatlana, has made a massive career move, leaving USA’s Racing Louisville to join Mexican women’s football league champions Tigres UANL Femenil (Women) in a record-breaking transfer for an African women footballer. She joins fellow South African forward Jermaine Seoposenwe in Mexico, where she is on the books of […]
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Dec
Dec
Ma-Indies Ladies and Coal City Wizards suffered the drop from the Hollywoodbets Super League two weeks apart. Saturday, 14 October 2023 and Sunday, 29 October 2023 – the dates that changed the fortunes of both sides, respectively, as their stay in the South African elite women’s football league came to an end. Limpopo’s Ma-Indies went […]
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Dec
Dec
The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana have dropped seven places in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola FIFA Women’s rankings released on Friday, 15 December 2023. The African Champions started the day in position 45 following their exploits at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in August, but are now placed 52nd in the world. They, […]
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Dec
Dec
The 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League season has come and gone… and once again Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have been unstoppable, winning their fourth league title in a row. Two teams have been relegated – Ma-Indies Ladies and Coal City Wizards – while the pair of Fort Hare University and Lindelani Ladies will be joining the elite […]