Cape Town City FC coach Benni McCarthy has all but accused Kaizer Chiefs of trying to hurt his players in their midweek Absa Premiership clash this week, after Teenage Hadebe leveled a crunching tackle on Siphelele Mthembu.
The Chiefs defender w…
Benni McCarthy says he looks no further than the methods of his former boss Jose Mourinho when gauging the great managers of the world as he plots his own coaching path at Cape Town City.
McCarthy recently gained his UEFA Pro License, putting him on a par in terms of qualifications with managers across Europe’s elite leagues, and recently collected his first piece of silverware with the MTN8 in September.
The former Bafana Bafana striker played under Mourinho at FC Porto and…
There were important wins on Saturday for Mamelodi Sundowns, Cape Town City and this season’s surprise package Polokwane City as a breakaway group of likely title challengers emerges at the top of the Absa Premiership table.
That will seemingly not include Kaizer Chiefs, who suffered another demoralising defeat, this time at the hands of their great rivals Orlando Pirates in the Soweto Derby.
Pirates move to within one point of league leaders Bidvest Wits, though they have played a game…
AmaZulu completed the quarterfinal line-up of the 2018 Telkom Knockout after defeating MTN8 champions Cape Town City 2-0 at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi on Tuesday.
Argentine forward Emiliano Tade and Bongi Ntuli netted the …
The quarterfinal line-up for the 2018 Telkom Knockout will be complete on Tuesday night when AmaZulu host Cape Town City at King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi in the last of the first-round matches.
City were recently crowned MTN8 champions but h…
The 2018-19 Absa Premiership season is shaping up to be an intriguing tussle for a trophy seemingly ‘no-one wants’ as none of the 16 teams in the elite league have managed to find any consistency to pull ahead in the title race.
The South African championship has almost exclusively been fought out between a handful of clubs in recent years, but this campaign any number could emerge from the pack with a good run of fixtures.
Just five points separate leaders Bidvest Wits in top spot and Free…
A busy weekend of action in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League began in unconvincing fashion on Friday as Maritzburg United and MTN8 cup winners Cape Town City played out a goalless draw at the Harry Gwala Stadium.
The result means both clubs have won only once in the new league campaign – Maritzburg in seven games and City in eight.
Both sides now also have seven points, still stuck in the bottom five places on the league table.
For City, clad in an unfamiliar all yellow away strip, it was their…
Benni McCarthy admits feeling fear and dread, but has emerged with his first trophy as a head coach after securing the MTN8 title with Cape Town City on Saturday.
City defeated SuperSport United 4-1 on penalties after a goalless draw at Moses Ma…
Dutch goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburgh proved the hero with two saves in the penalty shootout as Cape Town City claimed the MTN8 trophy with a 4-1 victory over SuperSport United following a 0-0 draw at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday.
I…
The MTN8 final between SuperSport United and Cape Town City will be a fascinating battle between two sides who enjoy playing attacking football and with coaches that are seeking the first pieces of silverware in their careers.
The teams will cla…