Category Archives: Women’s Leagues

Debutants Copperbelt Ladies not in the Hollywoodbets Super League to add the numbers 

They say if at first you don’t win, try again. That holds true for Copperbelt Ladies FC of Limpopo.  In 2021 in Durban they failed to make it to the final of the Sasol League National Champs, thereby missing out on a promotion to the Hollywoodbets Super League. But they did not give up. Led […]

Banyana Banyana’s Ode Fulutudilu leaves France, returns to Spain

Striker Ode Fulutudilu is the latest Banyana Banyana player to switch clubs, following on the footsteps of midfielder Linda Motlhalo, who moved from Sweden to Glasgow City FC in Scotland. Fulutudilu has left French side FC Fleury 91 and returned to Spain to sign for Spanish Women’s First Division side Real Betis on Tuesday (31 […]

Hollywoodbets Super League returns this weekend

The Hollywoodbets Super League kicks off this coming weekend in what promises to be an entertaining season in the domestic women’s league. Last season saw the first year of relegation and promotion, and we bid farewell to Tsunami Queens from the Free State and North West’s Golden Ladies. This season, Hollywoodbets Super League welcomes Copperbelt […]

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ targets over 100,000 fans for epic opening matchday

The first match to take place in Australia of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ will be an even bigger celebration, with co-host country Australia now facing the Republic of Ireland at the tournament’s largest venue, Stadium Australia, in Sydney/Gadigal.  Stadium Australia was due to host knockout matches only, but given the significant interest in […]

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ match officials fine tune preparations in Doha

Some of the match officials who will be on duty at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup are already hard at work in Doha, Qatar. Representatives from Europe are the first group currently attending the one of three preparatory seminars for the world football spectacle that will run from 20 July to 20 August 2023 […]

Banyana Banyana to face Turkey, Uzbekistan and Venezuela at the Turkish Women’s Cup

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup preparations for the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana will be taken to a higher level when they participate in the annual Turkish Women’s Cup that takes place next month (13-23 February 2023). South Africa will face the hosts on the 15th of February, followed by a clash again Uzbekistan three days […]

TS Galaxy Queens want to be a force to be reckoned with in the Hollywoodbets Super League

Twice they won the Sasol League in their province of Mpumalanga, and twice they could not crack the promotion code into the Hollywoodbets Super League as they failed at the Sasol National Champs. They finished in sixth position in Umlazi near Durban in 2021 and failed to make any progress beyond the group stages a […]

Motlhalo makes her debut for Glasgow City FC

Banyana Banyana Linda Motlhalo made her debut for new side Glasgow Rangers FC but could not help them to victory, as they played to a goalless draw against last year’s  Scottish Women’s Premier League champions, Rangers WFC on Sunday (29 January 2023). Playing in a number 10 jersey, the midfielder was a 90th minute substitute, taking the […]

Kgatlana joins her new teammates at training in the USA

Thembi Kgatlana is expected back on the field of play in April. The Banyana Banyana forward told the media at her first training session with her new club in the USA, Racing Louisville FC. Since July she has been side-lined by an Achilles tendon injury sustained at the 2022 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations […]

FIFA unveils the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup official match ball

The world football governing body, FIFA, in partnership with adidas, has unveiled the official match that will be used at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The tournament, which will see 32 nations playing for the first time in the history of the competition, will run from […]