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England are womens 2022 European champions 

There was drama in the Brazilian clash against Argentina on sunday evening in the world cup qualifiers, as the match was stopped after Brazilian health officials came into the pitch in less than 4th minutes of the game and tried to detain four Argentina players-Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Buendia, Christian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso. The health officials entered the pitch accompanied by the police officials to keep these players out of the pitch claiming that they allegedly lied on documents they filled on entry to the Brazil country. Since the players were  from UK, they had to go for  isolation as the Brazilian rules state that any person entering their country having recently been in UK must observe a period of 14 days in isolation. After the scandalous scenes, the Argentina squad that included Captain Lionel Messi went off the pitch, returning to the dressing room, while Brazil team stayed on the pitch.

Galatasaray  defender, Marcao beat his own teammate, Akturkoglu in their turkish super Lig encounteer with Giresunspor. Marco came all the way from his box to the middle of the field to attack his teammate and head- butted him on the face. Marco also threw punches on Akturkoglu, but then other players who were on the pitch came to pull Marco away. This drama happened in the 60th minute of the game. After that clash, Marco was red carded and sent off the field and Galatasaray was now one man down. After the blow, there were tense moments on Akturkoglu, until he was substituted. The game continued in the 70th minute.

Orlando Pirates FC has announced the resignation of Head Coach Josef Zinnbauer after he has handed his resignation to the Management of the club. Mr Zinnbauer\"s resignation comes in two days after Orlando Pirates\" loss against Swallows FC in the MTN 8 quarter final. Zinnbauer thanked the chairman of the team, DR Irvin Khoza, the club and Supporters for the opportunity they have given him. He further stated that he has enjoyed his time at Pirates, however his time has come to an end. The German Coach has a record of 35 wins, 20 draws and 13 losses in 68 official matches since his arrival at Pirates.

Swallows FC has announced signing of Former Sundowns Midfielder Tebogo Langerman on a 1 year deal after having lack of game time at Sundowns.

1. Brazil- Gold medal 2. Spain- Silver medal 3. Mexico- Bronze Medal

1. Canada- Gold   🏅 2. Sweden- Silver   🏅 3. USA- Bronze   🏅

Sekhukhune United has signed a 2 year deal with former kaizer Chiefs midfielder Willard Katshande. Katshande joins Sekhukhune united that was promoted from GladAfrica on a 2020/2021 season. Katshande will be playing with the team after he was released by kaizer Chiefs this month.

Orlando Pirates began the match adding more pressure on Chiefs defence, as Pirates was coming with numbers in order to find the back of the net, while kaizer chiefs was coming with a counter attack towards pirates. Thulani Hlatswayo looked to be more stable in defence, clearing off more crosses coming in the pirates box. Few crosses came from Wayde Yooste but Itumeleng Khune was more brilliant in goals to save few balls coming in side the box and shoots on goal. Samir Nurkovic made the first shoot on goal out of range however ball went off taget. Foul was committed by Ramahloe Mphahlele out side the box, and set piece was taken by Thembinkosi Lorch, but the ball went off target. In the 30th minute, pirates came towards chiefs defence with a good combination between Lorch and Makaringe but Khune was frexible and brialiant to save shoot from Lorch. Kaizer Chiefs came from second half looking to be more dangerous in terms of attack after substitute from the supporters coming in, Kgaugelo

There will be a maximum of seven substitutions (six by the coach and one by the supporters. Five minutes into the second half a team coach will receive a black envelop with the name and number of the player to be taken out. The team coach will decide who comes on to replace the supporters substutions. The team coach is allowed to make substutions 20 minutes into the first half. If the match ends in the draw, there will be no extra time.

kaizer Chiefs has unveiled their new golden kit for the upcoming 2021/2022 season.

Kaizer Chiefs have been busy in the transfer market for the DSTV premiership season that will start on the 20th August 2021. There have been number of new players coming to Chiefs this month as well as out going players. Amakhosi have signed Cole Alexander, keegan Dolly, Sifiso Hlanti, Phathutshedzo Nange, Njabulo Ncobo, Sibusiso Mabiliso, Kgaohelo Sekgota and Thabani Dube. The club had also extended contracts of senior players namely Itumeleng Khune, Khama Billiat, Bernad Parker, Lebohang Manyama and Ramahlwe Mphahlele. However, Chiefs has confirmed outgoing players including Willard Katsande, Khotso Moleko, Philani Zulu, Lazarous Kambole, Yagan Sasman, Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya as well as Brylon Peterson.

France defeat South Africa 4:3 in an Olympic thriller this Sunday morning, with Andre-Pierre Gignac becoming the only player in the match to score hat trick. France bounced back from 4:1 loss against Mexico and South Africa coming from 1:0 loss against Japan in their olympic opener on thursday. Both France and South Africa came to an encounter with no points after their losses, while Mexico and Japan are both on three ponts as they will meet later today. French are fortunate to be alive in the competition as captain Andre-Pierre Gignac and his teammates put the team's hopes and dreams of the 2020 Olympics high. South Africans, who had themselves beaten 1:0 by Japan in their opener, started strongly in their match against France as they were fighting to get three points in that game.  South Africa got a free kick outside the France' box in the last minutes before half time, but the the kick taken by Luther Singh was saved by the French goalkeeper. In the 41st minutes, south afri

The famous South African pre-season encounter will commence on the 2021 Carling black label cup at Mecca of South African Football, Orlando Stadium on the 1st August. The Carling Black Label features two of the biggest clubs in South Africa, kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates considered as high-profile pre-season friendly match in preparation for next season. Drought of trophies has been the challenge among the two teams therefore, both teams will be looking forward to bringing more trophies for 2022 season and start their campaign on winning note. Kaizer Chiefs after having lost CAF Champions League Cup, will put more effort and focus more to bring trophies for the club and make fans happy. "When you come to a club of Chiefs\" nature you have to look up to winning trophies otherwise you shouldn\"t have taken the job in the first place," Baxter says. The side of Orlando pirates seems to be having good history in this Cup final as it has won more that Chiefs. Therefor

Kaizer chiefs is all over the market place in search for new signings that will help the team to become more competitive and represent the team for the next 2021-2022 season. Chiefs was unable to sign any new players last season due to the transfer ban, that is why Amakhosi wants to have stable team that will be on top of the Dstv premiership and have more trophies at the end of the season. Amakhosi has confirmed the signing of centre- back Austin Dube from Richards Bay on a three year deal with the option of further two year.  " We would like to confirm the signing of Thabani Austin Dube. This centre-back defender, recently lifted the Cosafa Cup with Bafana Bafana ." Announced on Chiefs\" facebook page. Njabulo Ngcobo also arrived at Chiefs from Swallows FC after having crowned best defender of the season, and earned himself a maiden Bafana Bafana call-up for Cosafa Cup. Another signing of Sifiso Hlanti and Sibusiso Mabiliso appears as the solution to chiefs left and ri

New Life Centre FC squad will travel to Agric College stadium ahead of their exhibition games against three massive teams on saturday 17 July. NLC FC will flee with their named squad to start their first campaign at the start of the group stages of the competition. The team has been drawn in the same pool as hosts New Testament Church FC, FTG and Mohalalitoe FC (A FM) in Group A. New Life Centre FC was called up to the competition tie after  been seen as the most powerful team that gives opponents a big challege in the field of play since having a good record in Church Football  competitions the played. New Testament Church FC host this friendly games in preparations  for their tournament they indend to organise after the friendly  games. It is not confirmed yet, which team will take on NLC giants in the opening games , as the draw shall be made on saturday before the openimg encounteer. Coach Khethang Mosolo and his assistant coach Motlatsi Ntlaloe squad that includes the likes of Sup

South Africa sets a new record in the Cosafa Cup tournament as they kept three clean sheets in their three consecutive matches. Bafana bafana opened their cleansheet account when they played their first game beating Botswana by One goal to nil and played their second game against Eswatini also winning by 1 goal to nil. Morena Ramoreboli\"s boys kept on with their winning record as they smashed Lesotho internationals by 4 goals to nil. They played their last game against Chipolopolo that have most experienced played like Kennedy Mweene, Augustine Mulenga and Justin Shonga and played goaless draw between two Nations putting bafana bafana at the top of group A with maximum 10 points.

Kaizer chiefs could knock Orlando Pirates out of CAF Confederations Cup competiton next year if they defeat Egyptian Giants Al Ahly this weekend following their dream on making history in the world of South African Football by fighting to win CAF Champions league for the first time. Orlando Pirates confirmed their place in the CAF Confederations Competiton when they finished third in 2020/2021 DSTV premiership after 0:0 against TTM in their last m league match. However, based on the latest rules of the Confederation of Africn Football, rule no.4 in \" Engagements\" Section 5, no association will be allowed to engage more than two clubs within the CAF confederations Cup. Should Chiefs ever win the CAF Champions league finals, it will automatically be in the 2022 CAF champions to defend their title, accompanied by Mamelodi Sundowns as they are 2021 South African league champions. In that case, Orlando Pirates will be ruled out of the 2022 CAF Confederations competition as the a

Bafana Bafana will play their first game tomorrow agaisnt Botswana at Nelson Mandela bay stadium at 17:00 pm without both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates players. Assistant coach of Bafana Bafana who is in charge of the squad at the moment missed out kaizer chiefs players on his final squad due to the CAF champions league finals whereby Amakhosi will be in action with Egipytian gians on the 17th July 2021. Helman Mkhalele had to come up with plan B in replacing Bruce Bvuma, Siyabonga Ngezana and Happy Mashiane as they heard to be preparing with for the coming CAF champions league campaign. However, Orlando Pirates players , Tshegofatso and Vincent Pule also had to leave the squad camp that is why Mkhalele had to rushingly call up other players to replace these players. This is the second time such things happen to coach Helman as he had to come up with plan B three days before a friendly game between Bafana Bafana and Uganda. He had to replace injured players and other players that w

Following the resignation of Coach Thabo Senong, Coach Lesley Notsi and the  technical team will take over and start planning for their opponents which includes South Africa, Botswana and Eswatini for an upcoming COSAFA cup. This year\"s tournament will commence on the 7th to 18th July in Nelson Mandela Bay. Likuena has ever reached to the COSAFA Cup finals in 2000 following a 6-0 loss on aggregate against Zimbabwe.The technical team will strive to put the national team to the top and fight to reach to the finals for the second time in history. It would be interesting to watch the likes of Marumo Gallants FC\"s midfielder Tswarelo Bereng, Tumelo Khutlang (Black Leopards) and Motebang Sera (Bloemfontein Celtics). According to the draw, Likuena will take on Eswatini in the opening game

The south african giants kaizer chiefs made history as they qualified for the CAF champions league finals 1st time ever and awaits for a clash against Egytian giants Al Alhly after a massive win with 1-0 aggregate over Wydad Atletic Club on the 26th Jume  2021. Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane and his assistant Dillion Shepard came with shocking tactics that suprised the Moroccan Giants after making two changes as they played Daniel Akpeyi in goals replacing the shot stopper Bruce Bvuma and younster Nkosingiphile Ncgobo on behalf of Leaonardo Castro. Amakhosi kept its position in the CAF champions league as the likes of Mathoho played very well ii the defense and the likes of katshande and Njabulo Blom keeping more stability in the middle of the pack.There was more pressure from the Waydad AC\"s side however luck was not on their side as they missed many opprtunities in both halves  and Akpeyi making most crucial saves to keep Chiefs in play. Chiefs held on to come away with the h