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Football has lost its soul
Beeld - Why were there only 20 people at a local first division match between Ikapa Sporting FC and Maritzburg United? 20 people! That I was impressed that Minister Trevor Manuel had a go at some of our soccer officials. It’s high time some

Hanover Park Cape Town vs. FC Cape Town
Soccerway - Soccer Tips Comp. 1600 of prizes monthly! Free entry. Nutmeg! Global Football Tips by e-mail. 588/782 winners. Dec 07, 07 Mvela Golden League Maritzburg United - Hanover Park Ca i Nov 30, 07 Mvela Golden League Hanover Park Ca - FC Cape Town i

Spanish club annoys Blatter
Independent Online - and subsequently liquidated, you can’t avoid seeing Ndlovu’s move as furthering the circus that exists in our soccer in There was also the case of Maritzburg United buying Classic FC not long after the latter club had won promotion to the top-flight

Thanda Royals must sink Pirates to stay alive
Independent Online - In simple soccer language of the streets, Thanda Royals will have to produce a strong bolt of lightning in the same Nathi Lions have a serious injury toll going into their clash with Bay United in Port Elizabeth tomorrow while Maritzburg United

Lekoelea signs up with Platinum Stars
SABC - seen little action at both Orlando Pirates and Maritzburg United. After just four months of injury rehabilitation at Platinum Stars, the North West side has taken him under their wing. “I feel great because it’s been a long time not playing soccer

Referees under fire
Beeld - defending their title? Find out here. PSL All the latest news, fixtures, results and much more from the Premier Soccer Maritzburg United chairperson Farouk Kadodia has also expressed unhappiness about the standard of refereeing in the First Division

It s war for Chiefs, Downs
Beeld - CLASHES between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns in cup finals have mostly ended in controversy. After their last encounter in Statistics show that Chiefs have proved to be a dominant force over Downs in cup deciders under the Premier Soccer League

Great start to 2010 spectacle
Beeld - of the local stands are among the best on show with PSL glamour team Kaizer Chiefs giving some of the Host City stands a run for number one place. The Host City of Cape Town hosted a wine and oyster party last night, and it was only after TV soccer

Sleeping giant sleeps as US take Mandela Cup
Independent Online - It has been elucidated that South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana is a sleeping giant - and, on the evidence But while the late entry of Kaizer Chiefs’ attacking midfielder, Simphiwe Tshabalala, in place of defender Ricardo Katza, added

South Africa greets Soccerex business
BBC Business - is making equally big strides in the world of football business, with the hosting of the first ever Soccerex soccer including AC Milan, Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Hearts, Aston Villa, Ajax, St Etienne, Roma, Barcelona, Kaizer Chiefs

Chiefs pull players out of Lesotho friendly
Business Day South Africa - Carlos Alberto Parreira s preparations for the 2008 African Nations Cup were dealt a huge blow yesterday when Kaizer Chiefs This is hardly our problem and they (the Bafana camp) must sort it out with the Premier Soccer League (PSL). Parreira

Marketing news
Biz Community - SOUTHERN AFRICA Chiefs vs Pirates on European TV [Brad Morgan] European soccer fans will get a chance to see Kaizer Chiefs versus Orlando Pirates when, for the first time, the clubs’ clash on 24 November will be broadcast in 43 European countries. 19

Celebration time across the globe
FIFA - Premier Soccer League: Durban stages fitting prelude They may have been playing on unfamiliar ground and in front of an unprecedented number of viewers from around the world, but these factors failed to prevent Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs

Soccer press taste South Africa
Independent Online - And if, after these questions and doubts were answered, the media remained sceptical about the country’s passion for soccer, then the Soweto derby between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs must have put paid to such scepticism. Durban’s Absa stadium

Thanda Royals must sink Pirates to stay alive
Independent Online - In simple soccer language of the streets, Thanda Royals will have to produce a strong bolt of lightning in the same After “successfully” jumping from last position to 13th with a lively 1-1 draw against Lamontville Golden Arrows at Absa Stadium

Bidvest Wits vs. Black Leopards Venda
Soccerway - Dec 12, 07 Premier Soccer League AmaZulu Durban 14 : 45 Bidvest Wits i Dec 07, 07 Premier Soccer League Bidvest Wits 18 : 30 Black Leopards i Dec 02, 07 Premier Soccer League Bidvest Wits 1 - 1 Golden Arrows D i Nov 23, 07 Premier Soccer

Downs in the dumps after defeat
SABC - Mamelodi Sundowns Premier League champions for the past two seasons, continued on a downward spiral at Loftus last night and plunged to a lowly 12th position in the log after a 2-1 defeat against Golden Arrows. It was The Brazilians second home

Barker has a dig at Igesund
Independent Online - the move almost backfired when the encounter with Cosmos on Friday was rained out and, in terms of how the Premier Soccer The first round league derby between Thanda Royals and Golden Arrows will finally take place at Absa Stadium tonight (7.30pm

World Cup to kick off SA economy
BBC Business - Meanwhile work is under way to ensure that the two match venues in the city - Ellis Park and Soccer City - are ready The stadium is currently home to Bloemfontein Celtic, who play their bigger league matches there. Its capacity is being increased

Parreira calls up 22 players for training camp
SABC - Bryce Moon (Ajax Cape Town), Bevan Fransman (Moroka Swallows), Ashraf Hendricks (BidVest Wits), Thabo Nthethe (Bloemfontein Celtic Meanwhile, the 10 top Dutch soccer coaches have arrived in Cape Town to conduct an intensive training course for local

Chiefs look to bounce back in cup
Citizen.co.za - of tricks fell apart when his former student Ian Gorowa and his well-knit Moroka Swallows side taught Chiefs a soccer Stars a week ago, Chiefs were expected to use their clash against Swallows to gauge how ready they are to face Bloemfontein Celtic

Pirates fined as woes continue
Mail & Guardian Online - Bottom of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) log and booted out of the Telkom Knockout competition in the first round AmaZulu vs Bloemfontein Celtic at Chatsworth Stadium, Durban (7.30pm). Friday October 26: Mamelodi Sundowns vs Benoni Premier United

Unfashionable Celtic shine
Beeld - What the majority of the SA soccer public did not know is that during those tough years in the unsponsored lower leagues It is still early days, but judging by last week’s cup fixture against visiting Black Leopards, it is going to take pitch battles

South African Premier League results and standings
ESPN.com - Fantasy Home Fantasy Football Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Basketball Fantasy Hockey Fantasy Racing Fantasy Soccer All Fantasy Games SuperSport United 3 Orlando Pirates 2 Ajax Cape Town 1 Wits University 2 Black Leopards 1 Standings

Ajax thrash Swallows to maintain top spot
SABC - Ajax Cape Town is still on top of the ABSA Premiership following a convincing win over Moroka Swallows last night. Ajax was the biggest winner with a 4-2 victory. They are three points ahead of second placed Bloemfontein Celtic who defeated Black

Dress rehearsal for Chiefs and Sundowns tonight
SABC - Log leaders Ajax Cape Town face a tough customer in Moroka Swallows who are third on the table. Second-placed Bloemfontein Celtic will want victory against Black Leopards to keep pressure on Ajax who are three points ahead. In a mid-table clash

Sundowns continues its dominance over Pirates
SABC - Defending league champions Mamelodi Sundowns continued their dominance over Orlando Pirates with a 2-1 victory in an entertaining ABSA Premier Soccer League match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane. In other matches Black Leopards had the better

Ertugral boils as Chiefs’ winless streak continues
SABC - coach on the bench provided greater entertainment value for an increasingly irritable 13 000 crowd than the drab soccer another PSL match in Germiston, Moroka Swallows grabbed their second win of the season with a one-nil victory over Black Leopards

Chiefs keen to keep going
Citizen.co.za - 13 points behind log leaders Ajax Cape Town and will have to start collecting points to move up the Premier Soccer In another match this evening, Sundowns host Black Leopards at Loftus. With the likes of Manqoba Ngwenya, Godfrey Sapula and

Soccer teams shine on the field
SABC - Golden Arrows kept the 2010 spirit high when they beat Black Leopards 1-0 in a ABSA Premiership match played at King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban. Black Leopards created a lot of spaces but failed to utilise them. The results are not a reflection of

Pirates fight off Leopards
Beeld - Johannesburg - Orlando Pirates have held off a gutsy Black Leopards for their third Premier Soccer League victory of the season with a hard-fought 3-2 win at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Wednesday night. South African Under-20 international striker

Stars poised to upset giants
Cape Argus - ago, Bloemfontein Celtic came to Johannesburg, knocked Kaizer Chiefs out of the SAA Supa8 which resulted in Soccer City Celtic’s progression to the semifinals was courtesy of a penalty shootout victory over Black Leopards last month. They too, need

Crucial clashes, contrasting causes
FIFA - South African Premier Soccer League: Ajax on a roll Ajax Cape Town raced three points clear at the top of the PSL table thanks to a 5-2 reverse of Bidvest Wits on Wednesday. It is a case of another round, another top-of-the-table clash for the

Cosmos to battle back
Citizen.co.za - Newly-promoted Stars have surprised a lot of soccer supporters with their performances during this campaign and Anthony Laffor, who scored two goals in the last round when Cosmos beat Bidvest Wits, is confident that his team can turn

Stars shine with 2-0 victory over Jomo Cosmos
SABC - Free State Stars are now third on the log after a 2-0 win over Jomo Cosmos. In the other match Bidvest Wits and Santos played to a 1-1 draw. The two matches which had been scheduled for tonight were brought forward to allow soccer fans to watch the

Dress rehearsal for Chiefs and Sundowns tonight
SABC - The high riding Free State Stars have a date with Bidvest Wits while Orlando Pirates visit Supersport United. Log leaders Ajax Cape Town face a tough customer in Moroka Swallows who are third on the table. Second-placed Bloemfontein Celtic will want

FS Stars through to semifinals in Telkom cup
SABC - They have beaten Ajax Cape Town and BidVest Wits. With Bhamuza Sono missing from the middle of the park in today’s match, Cosmos lacked a ball winner. Stars defence swept away every ball that came their way. The first half ended in a goalless draw.

Home made Chipolopolo fires at Black Mambas
Times of Zambia - A LARGELY experimental Zambia soccer squad today takes to the pitch in Pretoria, South Africa, carrying the onerous task Another player who has received his first serious senior call-up is left-footed Chivuta who turns out for Bidvest Wits of South

AmaZulu Durban 7
Soccerway - Dec 12, 07 Premier Soccer League AmaZulu Durban 14 : 45 Bidvest Wits i Dec 09, 07 Premier Soccer League AmaZulu Durban 14 : 45 Free State Stars i Dec 05, 07 Premier Soccer League AmaZulu Durban 1 - 1 Kaizer Chiefs i Nov 25, 07 Premier Soccer League

Player incentives for KO Cup
Beeld - Promotions Executive, Zikie Molusi, announced a string of mouth-watering player incentives designed to make the soccer Premier League champions Mamelodi Sundowns have a home game against improving Benoni Premier United; Free State Stars will be up

Thanda Royal Zulu leave Santos bleeding
Mail & Guardian Online - Bottom of the log before Saturday night’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) game, Thanda Royal Zulu achieved what not many PSL rose above Jomo Cosmos by a fractional goal-difference advantage. It was further confirmation that the former Benoni Premier

Long hard climb for Pirates
Independent Online - Not even the most fanatic soccer fan would envy Owen Da Gama’s new assignment as Orlando Pirates’ coach. For the man has He then lost his first match, the Telkom Knockout first round, to minnows Benoni Premier United or Thanda Royal Zulu as they want

Stars humble fancied Ajax
SABC - Five teams are now in the last eight - Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs, Bloemfontein Celtic, Benoni Premier United as well as Free State Stars. The Telkom Knockout continues tonight with Bidvest Wits taking on Jomo Cosmos in Milpark starting at eight

Two squads for Bafana
Beeld - All the latest news, fixtures, results and much more from the Premier Soccer League. English Premiership Can Chelsea survive But former Benoni Premier United starlet leftback-midfielder Tsepo Masilela, now of Maccabi Haifa in Israel, received

Spanish club annoys Blatter
Independent Online - The latest incident features the opportunistic boss of Benoni Premier United, Dumisani Ndlovu, reportedly paying R6-million But the most frustrating part of this ugly “supermarket football” is the Premier Soccer League (PSL) can’t really bring an

Where have all the goals gone?
Business Day South Africa - Five matches will be played this week, but some of the coaches who attended yesterday s briefing at the Premier Soccer Pirates kick off this week s Telkom Knockout last 16 programme when they host Benoni Premier United at Ellis Park tomorrow

South African Premier League results and standings
ESPN.com - Fantasy Home Fantasy Football Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Basketball Fantasy Hockey Fantasy Racing Fantasy Soccer All Fantasy Games Benoni Premier United changed name to Thanda Royal Zulu. (Editing by Tom Spaven) This story is from ESPN.com’s automated news wire

City’s global partners
Manchester Evening News - Australian National Soccer League champions, 2003, 2004 Biggest name: Simon Colosimo. Australian central midfielder and Rebeja played Hawks in a single tie-break format and lost 11-0. THANDA ROYAL ZULU Founded: 2007 (formerly Benoni Premier United) Home

TRZ looking to reinforce squad
Post South Africa - Absa Premiership soccer side, Thanda Royal Zulu, are set to reinforce their squad by acquiring the services of three Mahlangu was the team’s captain while it was still Benoni Premier United before being sold to Swedish Consortium led by

Ertugral now seeks big prize
Post South Africa - to display the same kind of gusto and strength in the Premiership, starting with tomorrow evening’s clash away to AmaZulu Their suspension prompted Ertugral to make a call to the Premier Soccer League’s authorities to alter rules governing

Dress rehearsal for Chiefs and Sundowns tonight
SABC - face a tough customer in Moroka Swallows who are third on the table. Second-placed Bloemfontein Celtic will want victory against Black Leopards to keep pressure on Ajax who are three points ahead. In a mid-table clash, Platinum Stars will host AmaZulu

Crucial clashes, contrasting causes
FIFA - In USA, three teams will join Chicago Fire in the last four of the Major League Soccer play-offs on a weekend when the runners-up Bloemfontein Celtic will look to regain momentum when Golden Arrows pay them a visit, while fourth-placed Amazulu

Soccer teams shine on the field
SABC - Soccer teams shine on the field Meanwhile Amazulu dropped to seventh spot on the log when they lost 1-0 to Ajax Cape Town at Princes Magogo Stadium. Ajax are

Player incentives for KO Cup
Beeld - and Promotions Executive, Zikie Molusi, announced a string of mouth-watering player incentives designed to make the soccer Stars will be up against Jomo Cosmos at home and current log leaders Bloemfontein Celtic travel to Durban to face AmaZulu.

Referees under fire
Beeld - from defending their title? Find out here. PSL All the latest news, fixtures, results and much more from the Premier Soccer Ea Lla Koto brand manager Rantsi Mokoena said he also questioned why referee Robert Smith awarded AmaZulu a penalty - which

Lupepe: We’ll be back!
New Zimbabwe.com - TWO years after AmaZulu were acrimoniously kicked out of the Premier Soccer League in a dispute over religion, business tycoon Delma Lupepe s bitterness is still tangible and his desire to take-on his football enemies, undiminished. Lupepe, a

Ajax thrash Swallows to maintain top spot
SABC - A 1-0 victory against Platinum Stars ensured AmaZulu occupy fourth place. In Durban, the Telkom Knockout final dress rehearsal between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns failed to produce a winner and goals, so did the Jomo Cosmos and Santos

Pirates thrash Celtic in premiership match
SABC - Wits are at home to Santos, Jomo Cosmos visit Free State Stars in Bethlehem, while Ajax Cape Town tackle Supersport United at Athlone. AmaZulu host neighbours, Thanda Royal Zulu and Mamelodi Sundowns will meet Golden Arrows at Loftus Versfeld.

Fergie admits dirty talk
The referee wasn’t the only person letting off steam when he walked off the pitch after whistling half time in an English football match between Manchester United and Bolton.

Koeman on drought: ‘The goals will flow’
Valencia manager Ronald Koeman insists he isn’t concerned by the goal drought that threatens to end his side’s European ambitions.

Wenger happy to take Champions League gamble
Arsene Wenger is ready to put Arsenal’s Champions League ambitions at risk by playing an under-strength team against Steaua Bucharest.

Schalke ban partying players from key game
Schalke 04 have thrown Mladen Krstajic and Ivan Rakitic out of their squad for their decisive Champions League clash against Rosenborg.

Mourinho decides on England coaching job
Axed England soccer coach Steve McClaren is not likely to be replaced by former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, even though he believes it would be a great job opportunity.

All eyes on derbies
FIFA - South African Premier Soccer League: The world awaits The eyes of the watching world will be on an event in Durban at the weekend. Before the Preliminary Draw to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa , however, there is another huge event taking

Barker has a dig at Igesund
Independent Online - But the move almost backfired when the encounter with Cosmos on Friday was rained out and, in terms of how the Premier Soccer League normally operates, nobody would have expected the replay to be set for just three days later. Sundowns somehow

PSL raises 70 million questions
Beeld - THE Premier Soccer League board of governors decision to set aside R70 million to be shared by people who brought sponsorship into the organisation has left more questions than answers. The key question is, what is the difference between R70

PSL reprieve for suspended Sundowns stars
Mail & Guardian Online - The Premier Soccer League has acted with uncharacteristic speed in rearranging Friday night’s abandoned PSL game between Mamelodi Sundowns and Jomo Cosmos at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria — in the process providing suspended Brazilian stars Vuyo Mere

PSL rearrange fixtures in wake of CAF competitions
SABC - Veteran Premier Soccer League (PSL) administrator Dan Leboa is busy re-arranging the Absa Premier League fixtures in the wake of the Confederation of African Football releasing their 2008 Pan-African club competition fixtures in both the African

Parreira must look for Plan B
Independent Online - There is an argument that Parreira should lean more towards a Premier Soccer League-based squad for Ghana. After all, the local players did win this year’s Cosafa Cup. However, Parreira must also heed the lessons of 2006, when Ted Dumitru took a

Pleasing everybody
Financial Mail - MultiChoice tied up rugby long ago and its more recent deal with the Premier Soccer League (PSL) makes life that much more difficult for its competitors. In a move designed to head off its new rivals, the company paid R1,5bn for exclusive access to

Chiefs pull together to beat Celtic
Mail & Guardian Online - and desperation, with the wavering Bloemfontein team never managing to discover the happy medium that could have kept them in contention for the tournament’s lucrative R4,25-million winners’ prize. The early pace-setters in the Premier Soccer League

Underdogs step towards glory
FIFA - South African Premier Soccer League: Sundowns capitalise First and third shared the spoils and the runners-up also drew as holders Mamelodi Sundowns roared into contention over the weekend. The match between pacesetters Ajax Cape Town and Free