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Under-23 dominate Parreira team to face Swaziland
SABC - The reason, quite clearly, is that the PSL in their wisdom have allocated the Absa Cup game between Sundowns and Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium in Maritzburg to take place within 24 hours of what Parreira had hoped will be an

Another PSL coach axed
Independent Online - Boebie Solomons became the Premier Soccer League’s third managerial casualty in five days on Friday when he was sacked Vladislav Heric of Maritzburg United was the other coach to go this week. “We’ve gone from second to 10th in the table in a short

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SABC - Mamelodi Sundowns went through to the quarter-finals of the Absa Cup when they beat Maritzburg United 1-0 at Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg this afternoon. The interval score was 0-0. The only goal of the match came from substitute Patrick

Careful Igesund plays it cool
Independent Online - incredible form of Downs since the winter break has seen them open up a six-point gap at the top of the Premier Soccer Maritzburg United vs Benoni Premier United (Harry Gwala Stadium, 8pm). Saturday: Moroka Swallows vs Golden Arrows (Germiston

Major task ahead for AmaZulu
Independent Online - Going away to Bloemfontein Celtic is currently one of the biggest challenges in the Premier Soccer League, so AmaZulu Maritzburg United, who are two points behind AmaZulu in last place, still have defender Nkosinathi Ngema and forward Bradley

Not fancy, but also not footloose
Star - Maritzburg United 0 It may not be “sexy football” as Ruud Gullit used to say, but Bibey Mutombo’s Buccaneers continue to make their efficient way up the Premier Soccer League table. A fifth clean sheet in seven games under new coach ensured that

Another PSL coach bites the bullet
SABC - Another coach in the Premier Soccer League has been shown the door. Bidvest Wits have parted ways with their coach The other two coaches are Ernst Middendorp, formerly with Kaizer Chiefs, and Vladislav Heric, who was at Maritzburg United. Wits

PSL create headache for Parreira
Sunday Times South Africa - an embarrassing gaffe, few are more adept at the art than the PSL, like billeting the last 16 Cup game between Maritzburg United from the PSL champions squad who might have drawn his attention as he seeks to evaluate the country s soccer

Sundowns smash transfer record
Beeld - the kick that knocked him unconscious during his team’s League Cup final win. Mark Gleeson’s 2010 diary Renowned soccer Johannesburg - Big-spending Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday signed Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez for a South African

‘Sky is the limit’ Downs continue to soar
Independent Online - this moment than anything is the achievement of accounting for all three Soweto giants, Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and now Swallows within a period of 15 days - an achievement considered unique in the annals of South African professional soccer.

2010 stadium project rocked by scandals
Independent Online - The investigation will clarify whether construction consortium Lefika Emerging Equity Group was entitled to R43-million payments that Mogale allegedly approved without authorisation. Businessman and manager of Premier Soccer League club Kaizer Chiefs

Middendorp returns to Bielefeld for third time
ESPN Soccernet - US Soccer Middendorp, who was sacked as coach of South African club Kaizer Chiefs earlier this month, has already had two separate spells

Parreira gets tough with European clubs on players
Business Day South Africa - NATIONAL soccer team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has put his foot down and refused to succumb to European clubs Rowen Fernandez (Kaizer Chiefs), Moeneeb Josephs (Bidvest Wits) DEFENDERS: Jimmy Tau and Cyril Nzama (both Chiefs), Ricardo

Cup football a ‘beautiful game’
Beeld - Today Birds operate in the Vodacom League, a third level league below the Premier Soccer League. Radebe would later leave this stifling rural outback to join SA’s cup kings Kaizer Chiefs, later Leeds United in England and captain of Bafana Bafana

Another Week
Financial Mail - diamond-studded tennis racquet after her third consecutive Diamond Games title victory, against Kim Clijsters. PSL defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns defeat Moroka Swallows 1-0, making the Birds the third Soweto soccer team, after Kaizer Chiefs and

Chiefs give Middendorp the boot
Sunday Times South Africa - German-born Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp has been given the boot The bitter fruits of being in charge of a soccer team performing below expectations were tasted and digested with no small degree of discomfort by Ernst Middendorp after the

Premiership scapegoat paranoia must be nipped in the bud
Star - I’m glad that the Premier Soccer League have taken the matter up by writing to Modisane who, in all likelihood, will be charged with misconduct. He should also be fined heavily, as we saw this week when Eddie Jones, the coach of Super 14 rugby side

Nestle Zimbabwe unveils $100 million for Charity Shield
New Zimbabwe.com - THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) on Wednesday received a major boost ahead of the 2007 season when Nestle Zimbabwe unveiled a $100 million sponsorship package for the season-opening Charity Shield. League champions Highlanders and CBZ Cup holders

New power battle over LOC post
Beeld - The situation comes hot on the heels of the storm created by the appointment of a Norwegian, Kjetil Siem, as the Premier Soccer League (PSL) chief executive. The appointment of another Caucasian to a top football position is likely to cause more waves

Diop desperate to stay at Cottage
TEAMtalk - Sack him, sack him now! ” Post your own comment on this story The Fulham Your Say main page The Wigan Athletic Your Say Subscribe to TEAMtalk Football News RSS Feed RSS Terms & Conditions

RFL RIGHT TO GO FOR SMITH
Sporting Life - The Rugby Football League must be applauded for appointing Tony Smith as the Great Britain coach. They went for the best Widnes v Wigan: The Widnes team is full of former Wigan players so they won’t be lacking motivation and Wigan know they are

Liverpool and Arsenal clash for third
Sports Illustrated - That is the reason he gave up international football.” Scholes will return for United’s game against Blackburn on Saturday Wigan; Fulham vs. Portsmouth; Newcastle vs. Manchester City; and West Ham vs. Middlesbrough. On Sunday, Tottenham hosts

Doyle’s deadly finish buys Staunton time
Belfast Telegraph - Instead, after the match, Sir Bobby Robson, the Republic’s football consultant, held court. “Seeing some of the The Reading striker almost reached another Duff cross while goalkeeper Kamil Contofalsky gratefully grasped Kevin Kilbane

Sheffield United Preview
Sportnetwork.net - Sheffield have done relatively well on their few visits to the Reebok Stadium with a record reading two draws and a defeat football cricket f1 rugby union other

Bellamy cleared for Wales action
BBC News - against San Marino at the Millennium Stadium and Collins could be the man to miss out, despite playing his club football for Sunderland), Gareth Bale (Southampton), Danny Collins (Sunderland), James Collins (West Ham United), Richard Duffy (Portsmouth

Hospitality with Wigan Athletic Football Club
Wigan Athletic - Our delightful Italian restaurant offers a charming mix of football, music, entertainment and delicious food in a very Why not visit the JJB Stadium for Wigan Athletic V Portsmouth and experience some fantastic hospitality at a reduce rate

Sport In Brief
Grantham Today - Grantham Town player and Nottingham Forest manager Paul Hart has been appointed as Director of Youth Operations at Portsmouth. United and Chesterfield. Jackson went to Worksop Town after 24 appearances for the Gingerbreads and returned to the Football

Thursday’s gossip
Sportnetwork.net - Portsmouth are chasing Helsingborg star McDonald Mariga in a 250,000 swoop that would make the midfielder the first Kenyan The Football Association hopes to officially announce on Friday that Brazil will be the opponents for the first England

Cole’s fired up for promotion fight
Birmingham Evening Mail - back and think ‘I’ve left the biggest club in the world’ but I wanted to play football. “Everywhere I have gone, nobody can turn round and say ‘he’s just picking his money up, sitting on his backside’. It’s not in my nature. “Same thing at Portsmouth

English Premier League Roundup, Mar. 17
FOXSports.com - Reading 0, Portsmouth 0; and Wigan 0, Fulham 0. United took a 3-0 lead in the first 25 minutes at Old Trafford to set up its 24th league victory of the season. “I’m very pleased. It is a terrific result for us against a Bolton team which is a very good

Gerrard rescues England from brink of Euro 2008 qualifier disaster
Citizen.co.za - Steve Gerrard celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal against Andorra during a Euro 2008 Group E qualifying football The Newcastle midfielder should have doubled England’s lead with just over 20 minutes left, shanking his finish wide from the

Turkey rush for United striker
Sheffield Today - TURKEY’S Football Association have thrown their weight behind Colin Kazim-Richards’ efforts to win a full international cap Matthew Kilgallon are both winning their battles against injury. “Matthew could play a half for the reserves against Newcastle

Republic of Ireland 1 Slovakia 0
Sporting Life - FOOTBALL LIVE REPORTS Singalr and Duff compete for possession. Republic of Ireland 1 Slovakia 0 E-mail Article Print-Friendly The Newcastle number one then showed his agility with a one-handed stop in diving to his right, turning aside a 25-yard drive

Gerrard averts Andorran calamity but England remain the unforgiven
Belfast Telegraph - Rugby Football Local Premiership International European GAA Racing Golf Hockey Ice Hockey Motorsport Other Sports Local Heroes Health Dyer (Newcastle United) for Richards, 61; Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) for Rooney, 61; Nugent (Preston North End) for Johnson

Boss warns Toon stars over attitude
FOXSports.com - His comments came as he answered questions posed by readers via the Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Asked if there was the motivation within his current squad to succeed, Roeder replied: “I have been in football all my life and one thing I have learned is

Ferguson lowers his sights after injury list grows
Times Online - Wembley Stadium last weekend, has spent the second half of the season on loan at Parma after a frustrating spell at Newcastle Football Highlights

Bent could saved England’s blushes
News Shopper - was unavailable for international duty after a troublesome knee ligament injury resurfaced at the end of the Newcastle game. You’re talking about the highest level of football and you need to be 100 per cent right. “There is nothing going on that is

Newcastle boss Roeder serious about Man Utd’s Brown
Tribal Football - Newcastle United boss Glenn Roeder is preparing a move for Manchester United defender Wes Brown. Roeder denied interest in Brown’s teammate Mikael Silvestre yesterday, however he remains keen on the England international, who is considering his

Moore challenges Newcastle to avoid slump
Independent Online - relegation-threatened Manchester City at St James’ Park on Saturday with only a slim chance of bridging the nine-point gap between themselves and the top six spot that would guarantee European football. Having under-performed this term, Newcastle’s

Muldoon can help fire up Derry again
Belfast Telegraph - versatility could leave Derry manager Paddy Crozier with a poser as he contemplates Sunday’s vital National Football and Paul Bradley failed to make any real impact and may be under threat to hold their places for the trip to Newcastle

Giggs promises San Marino mauling
BBC News - to the Republic of Ireland, with Giggs falling way short of the level of performance he has been producing for Manchester International photos 24 Mar 07 | Football

Lampard provides prime target for disenchanted England supporters
Times Online - Frank Lampard is discovering the hard way just how fickle football fans can be. After being voted the England supporters In addition to helping Chelsea to maintain the pressure on Manchester United, Lampard will also be anxious to prove a point to

Fans hit by redevelopment
Watford Observer - I have been a fan for 30 years actually and not see a worse style of FOOTBALL at the club. Even during the dark days of think some of you live in cloud cookoo land, think small and we will always be small.look at the likes of clubs like fulham

Jon Carter
ESPN Soccernet - he won consecutive European Cup’s in 1979 and 1980, as well as winning the league in 1978, O’Neill went on to play briefly for Norwich, Man City, Notts County, Chesterfield and Fulham before hanging up his boots and entering the world of football

Cooper Fears Pearce Treatment
Sportnetwork.net - His appearance as a substitute at the age of 39 at Fulham on the final day of the Premiership campaign was his 421st for the football cricket f1 rugby union other

Spurs fan banned from football match for three years
Kerala Next - A Tottenham fan who ran into the pitch after their FA Cup quarter-final loss to Chelsea at White Hart Lane and tried to hit Frank Lampard was banned from football matches for three years Tuesday. The 18-year-old Timothy John Lawrence Smith was

It s official Times Sport is best seen and heard
Times Online - the blue part of Merseyside, Trevor Nelson, the Radio 1 DJ and Chelsea fanatic, and Nigel Winterburn and Terry Butcher, the former England defenders. Among the regular contributors are Gabriele Marcotti, who provides insight into overseas football