Johannesburg (AFP) – South African legend Neil Tovey left hospital Sunday a week after suffering a heart attack, the national football association said.     The only white to captain an Africa Cup of Nations-winning team collapsed last Sunday in Indian Ocean city Durban while training for a charity cycle race. It was the second health […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – South African Neil Tovey, the only white footballer to captain an Africa Cup of Nations-winning team, suffered a heart attack in Durban on Sunday, his brother said. "Neil suffered a heart attack while training this afternoon and was rushed to hospital," former professional footballer Mark Tovey told reporters. "We are waiting for […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – A three-goal blitz enabled Ivory Coast to whip Mali 3-1 Saturday in World Cup qualifying while Burkina Faso snatched a dramatic 1-1 draw with South Africa after wasting two penalties.   Democratic Republic of Congo thrashed Libya 4-0, Senegal overcame Cape Verde 2-0 and Gabon and Morocco drew 0-0 in other matchday […]

Soweto (South Africa) (AFP) – South Africa defeated Egypt 1-0 Tuesday in the Nelson Mandela Challenge friendly match in Soweto, but the win may not save coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba from the axe. There is strong media speculation that Mashaba will be fired this weekend after a disastrous 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa had a penalty saved as they were held 1-1 at home by Mauritania on Friday in a disappointing end to a poor 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. The result before a small crowd at Mbombela Stadium in north-eastern city Nelspruit condemned Bafana Bafana (The Boys) to finishing third […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Barcelona star Neymar failed to provide the expected flying start to Brazil's quest for a maiden football Olympic gold medal as the hosts were held 0-0 by 10-man South Africa in their Rio 2016 opener Thursday. Neymar is by far the biggest name taking part in the football competition and […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Sweden's women claimed the first victory of the Olympic football tournament 1-0 over South Africa as Rio 2016 got off to an underwhelming start on Wednesday. The sight of vast swathes of empty seats at the 60,000 capacity Olympic stadium in Rio will have embarrassed organisers at the first action […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Former World Rugby Player of the Year Bryan Habana was overlooked Thursday when South Africa named a 12-man squad for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games sevens tournament.    Club commitments with French giants Toulon limited the seven-a-side appearances of the Springbok winger, who has scored 320 points in 117 Tests.  Now 33, […]

Wednesday marks the final round of qualifying for the African Nations Cup. It will now take place in Equatorial Guinea between 17 January to 8 February next year as Morocco were officially removed as hosts due to their reluctance of hosting the tournament due to fear of the ebola epidemic. Six places are still up […]

Next year's Africa Cup of Nations is in doubt after the proposed host country Morocco pulled out of the tournament due to fears regarding the Ebola outbreak on the continent. Last week, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) received a letter from the Moroccan government asking for the tournament to be called off and had agreed to discuss […]

A friendly match in Cape Town brought together the recent hosts of the FIFA World Cup, South Africa, and the United States, a team still looking to take the next step in international competition. On this day, the Americans brought a team filled with youth and inexperience, and in the end, it was that youth […]

We've seen 19 straight days of World Cup soccer. During that time, we've watched an mind boggling 56 games. There have been plenty of highs, lots of controversy and a few lows. But how does this World Cup compare to previous ones in your opinion? Better or worse, or same? Vote in the poll below. […]