Orlando Pirates are on the brink of winning the South African Premier Soccer League after seven years without a title, the silverware set to crown a campaign underpinned by the coaching prowess, and sleepless nights, of coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic.
The 49-year-old Serb originally joined the Buccaneers back in 2006, but departed after just over six months at the helm, despite overseeing the club’s best continental campaign since they won the African Cup of Champions Clubs (now the CAF Champions…
Free State Stars midfielder Sinethemba Jantjie has died in a car crash, the South African Premier Soccer League club has confirmed in a statement.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Free State Stars midfielder Sinethemba Jantjie,” the club announced.
“Mr Jantjie passed away in the early hours of the morning when his car was involved in an accident.
“The club plans to meet with Jantjie’s family, after which they will give further details of the funeral and memorial arrangements.”
Jantjie,…
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…
New Kaizer Chiefs signing Reeve Frosler says he is looking forward to playing for a club big as Amakhosi, and is keen to add trophies to the club’s cabinet in the wake of his Bidvest Wits exit.
Frosler signed with Chiefs this week after turning down a new deal at Wits at the start of the Absa Premiership season, and will be hopeful that a new team will allow him to make his case for a Bafana Bafana call up heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
The 21-year-old defender, who has played for South Africa…
South Africa’s Absa Premiership resumes on Tuesday after a break of more than two weeks without the clubs that are competing in the continental club competition, with the pick of the clashes SuperSport United’s trip to Bloemfontein Celtic on Wednesday.
The pair have the two best points-per-game ration in the league but have only played 10 games so far and this is a chance for them to further cement their status as championship Dark Horses.
Celtic will go top of the table with a win, level on points…
Another deflating Soweto Derby loss for Kaizer Chiefs and the exit at the semifinal stage of another cup competition highlights the growing crisis at Naturena that threatens to turn the once mighty Glamour boys into one of the ‘also-rans’ of the Premier Soccer League.
The scoreline might only have been 2-1 in their latest defeat to Orlando Pirates, the first time in history that The Buccaneers have won three games on the bounce against their bitter rivals, but the margin on the field was much greater…
The fitness of his international players is occupying the mind of Orlando Pirates coach Micho Sredojevic ahead of Saturday’s crunch Telkom Knockout semifinal against bitter rivals Kaizer Chiefs at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
Pirates had a number of players away on duty with their countries in the African Nations Cup qualifiers and subsequent friendlies, in particular the South African duo of Vincent Pule and Innocent Maela, Zambia’s Justin Shonga and Augustine Mulenga and Zimbabwe’s Marshall…
Giovanni Solinas believes his Kaizer Chiefs side is in better shape to face bitter rivals Orlando Pirates this weekend as the pair square off in a Telkom Knockout semifinal at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
Chiefs were well beaten when the…
There will be another Soweto derby this weekend when Kaizer Chiefs host Orlando Pirates in the Telkom Knockout semifinals at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, a fixture that was sold out within two hours of tickets going on sale.
Saturday’s clash gives both under-achieving rivals a chance to take one step closer to elusive silverware, and is also an opportunity to gain bragging rights going into what is a hectic December period in South African domestic football.
Here are five things to ponder…
Nine individuals found guilty of public violence for their actions following the Nedbank Cup semifinal between Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars in Durban in April face an anxious wait for their sentencing on December 12.
In ugly sc…