The 2022 Hollywoodbets Super League season was one of the most exciting in the three-year existence of the competition – the first edition was known as the SAFA Women’s League, with Hollywoodbets coming on board in the last two campaigns. Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies is the most successful team with three wins out of three, and […]
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She may not have won the Coach of the Year accolade in the 2022 Hollywoodbets Super League awards, but in her own right, Nthabeleng Modiko is a top class coach. In 2022 alone, she won four tournaments as head coach of the University of Johannesburg Ladies – the Engen Knockout Challenge in June, Engen Champ of […]
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Over the past weekend (9-11 December 2022) leading automotive brand Volkswagen hosted the inaugural VW Vaya Cup which saw 16 under 13 boys’ and eight under 16 girls’ soccer teams battling it out with the hopes of being crowned the first VW Vaya Cup Champions. The event was attended by VW Vaya Cup ambassadors, Simphiwe Dludlu […]
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One club, three seasons, seven trophies – and all of these far away from home! What a good story to tell. And that tale belongs to Banyana Banyana defender Lebogang Ramalepe. She has now called time on her adventures with FC Dinamo Minsk in Eastern Europe after her contract expired. Hailing from Ga-Maupa in Limpopo, […]
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When her contract ended with Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies in July this year, the Tembisa-born Bongiwe Thusi did not hesitate to jump at the opportunity of joining Malabo Kings Ladies FC in Equatorial Guinea. It is the same team that she scored a penalty against in 2021 in the inaugural edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s […]
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In four matches the South African Women’s U17 National Team (Bantwana), scored a total of 23 goals to lift the 2022 COSAFA Women’s U17 Championship that ended in Malawi on Sunday (11 December 2022). They conceded only four goals. Bantwana defeated defending champions Zambia in a thrill-a-minute and end to end encounter in the final […]
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Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana will be based at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington, New Zealand for their group stage matches. Desiree Ellis’ charges will also use Porirua Park as their training site. This comes after FIFA confirmed the Team Base Camps (TBC) for all the 29 qualified teams. A Team Base camp is like “a home […]
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After Uganda (2019), Tanzania (2020) and Zambia (2021) lifted the COSAFA GIRLS’ UNDER-17 Championship, South Africa ended the drought following a 4-3 victory over Zambia in the final of the 2022 edition held in Malawi. The Zambians had hoped to defend their title won in Maseru last year, but despite leading twice in the match […]
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The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana ended the year 2022 in second place on the continent and 54th in the world on the latest Coca Cola/FIFA Women’s World rankings released today (Friday, 9 December 2022). Nigeria remains the top-ranked African nation in the world on position 45, and number one on the continent. Cameroon, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire […]
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Nobahle Mdelwa scored a brace of goals as South Africa booked a place in the final of the COSAFA Girls’ Under-17 Championship with a 3-0 victory over Botswana at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Thursday. South Africa will meet old foes and defending champions Zambia in Sunday’s decider, which will be staged at […]