The South African Football Association (SAFA) has supplied a revised fixture list in the Hollywoodbets Super League as some teams will not be in action due to their players being called up for national team duties with Banyana Banyana. This is in preparation for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup – the global football spectacle […]
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Senegal-born Fatma Samoura was FIFA’s first female and non-European Secretary General Fatma Samoura helped to transform FIFA and restore its credibility as a global governing body Women’s football gained new impetus under her leadership FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura will leave her role at the end of the year after seven years in which she […]
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The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana have assembled for a training camp ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, that is scheduled for Australia and New Zealand from 20 July to 20 August. Head coach Desiree Ellis has named a preliminary squad of 36 players, expected to be trimmed down to the final 23 that will represent […]
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South Africa’s star goalkeeper reflects on lessons learned from Banyana Banyana’s World Cup debut in 2019 and shares what the team’s mindset is like heading into Australia and New Zealand. South Africa are preparing for their second FIFA Women’s World Cup Banyana Banyana have been drawn in Group G with Sweden, Italy and Argentina Goalkeeper […]
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After announcing a preliminary squad of 36 players last week, head coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, could be without two key players. The players are expected to start a training camp today (Monday, 12 June 2023). Central defender Tiisetso Makhubela and left-back Karabo Dhlamini, both from Hollywoodbets Super League reigning champions, Mamelodi […]
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The leading five teams in the Hollywoodbets Super League experienced varying results as the second round gets into full swing. Newcomers TS Galaxy Queens suffered their second defeat of the season as they fell to new kids on the block, University of Pretoria (Tuks Ladies), who had to come from behind on Sunday (11 June […]
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Co-captain of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Refiloe Jane, is in town and wasted no time in doing what she loves best – giving back to the community. No sooner had she arrived from Italy, where she plays her club football for US Sassuolo Calcio in the Serie A Femminile, than she visited her alma mater, […]
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It was Gauteng vs Limpopo during midweek matches in the Hollywoodbets Super League when Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies took on First Touch and JVW tackled Copperbelt Ladies at the Wits Sturrock Park Stadium on Wednesday (7 June 2023). The province of Gauteng collected all six points on offer, as the Brazilians swept past Dikgoshigadi 8-1 while […]
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Every one of the 732 players (23 per team) that will be in the final squad at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, will earn a guaranteed 572-thousand rand each. According to Sky Sports, this is in line with the promise made by FIFA in March to help improve the women’s game […]
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Long serving Banyana Banyana defender, Janine van Wyk has moved quickly to dismiss rumours that she has retired from the national team. This comes after she withdrew from South Africa’s preliminary 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad of 36, which will be trimmed down to 23 closer to the start of the tournament. “I have […]