African women in Europe: Kgatlana regains scoring touch

Thembi Kgatlana regained her goalscoring touch by netting as third-placed Atletico Madrid crushed Real Betis 6-1 at the weekend in the Spanish Primera Iberdrola. After scoring in two consecutive matches, the South African could not find the net in two matches for her club before notching the third goal against Betis. Kgatlana is the joint […]

Basetsana confident of victory over Uganda in home leg

The South African U-20 Women’s National Team, Basetsana, is confident of overturning the away loss they suffered to Uganda in the African U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament. Basetsana were beaten one nil by Uganda in a closely-contested match at the St Mary’s Stadium in Kitende, Uganda earlier this month (3 December 2021), courtesy of […]

The 2021 FIFA FIFPRO 23 most voted women players

FIFPRO and FIFA have announced a list of the most voted players for the 2021 FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 – the only global player award organised by the players and for the players. The list was whittled down from 55 to 23. For more on the story: https://www.fifa.com/news/the-23-most-voted-players-for-the-2021-fifa-fifpro-womens-world-11 Source: FIFA.com

New commercial partnership structure for women’s football

The world football governing body, FIFA, has overhauled the commercial structure for their tournaments – these include the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA, the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and FIFA’s other competitions. In an exciting move around women’s football, the brands will be a able to take […]

Stage set for biggest FIFA WWC in history

The 2023 Women’s World Cup™ match schedule was revealed last week, with the news celebrated in the host countries of Australia and New Zealand. The tournament is now under 600 days away and the much anticipated 64-fixture match schedule for the tournament will see Australia hosting 35 matches, and New Zealand set to stage 29 […]

Zambia Women’s U17 win gold

Zambia have cruised to the Girls’ Under-17 football crown at the Region 5 Youth Games Maseru 2020 with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Botswana in the final at the Setsotso Stadium on Monday. Zambia finish the competition unbeaten in their three matches and without having conceded a goal as they emphasised their quality and lived […]

Sundowns Ladies crowned official League champions

Mamelodi Sundowns have been officially crowned the 2021 Hollywoodbets Super League champions. Banyana Ba Style closed off an impressive season with a dominant 7-0 victory over Ma-Indies Ladies of Limpopo at the Wits Sports Stadium. Here’s more on the story: https://www.safa.net/2021/12/05/champions-mamelodi-sundowns-ladies-conclude-hollywoodbets-super-league-season-in-style/ source: SAFA.net  

Sasol League National Playoffs postponed

The South African Football Association (SAFA) and sponsors Sasol have postponed the Sasol League National Playoffs in the wake of rising covid-19 cases across the country. The national play-offs were scheduled to take place in Durban from 6-12 December with the finals pencilled for Princess Magogo Stadium next Sunday. ‘’The Omicron variant cases are on […]

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup match schedule

FIFA has announced the 64-fixture match schedule for the 9th edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand in 2023. The opening match and opening ceremony will be held on 20 July 2023 at New Zealand’s Eden Park in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau, while Stadium Australia in Sydney/Gadigal […]