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/ 4 August 2007

Bucs add to Chiefs’ woes

Goalkeeper Francis Chansa had every right to celebrate after Orlando Pirates had added to Kaizer Chiefs’ recurring woes with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out victory in the second game of the Telkom Charity Cup at a sun-scorched Mmabatho Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

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/ 28 July 2007

Buccaneers all at sea

A bemused and bewildered Orlando Pirates were all at sea as record R190-million signing Darren Bent ran riot and virtually assured a 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur victory after 22 minutes of a one-sided Vodacom Challenge final at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon. The rest of the game on a sun-soaked but somewhat chilly winter afternoon was little more than an exhibition match.

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/ 27 July 2007

Jol out to complete mission in Vodacom finale

At first glance, Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol conjures up a picture of an imposing Rottweiler. And on Saturday, when Spurs take on Orlando Pirates in the finale to the Vodacom Challenge series of pre-season friendlies at Loftus, there can be little doubt about the ferocity of purpose with which the Netherlands-born manager will be barking orders.

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/ 27 July 2007

Chenene gives Pirates a second look at Spurs

A sensational 57th-minute goal from busy Benett Chenene gave Orlando Pirates a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs at the Eastern Province Rugby Stadium on Thursday night and the right to oppose England’s Tottenham Hotspur for a second time at Loftus on Saturday in the pre-season Vodacom Challenge series of matches.

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/ 26 July 2007

Downs tell bungling PSL to take a hike

A suggestion by a bungling Premier Soccer League (PSL) to league champions Mamelodi Sundowns to withdraw from the Telkom Charity Cup extravaganza at Mmabatho Stadium next Saturday has been rejected with the appropriate contempt. It was indeed the PSL who created the current embarrassing mish-mash in South African soccer.

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/ 26 July 2007

Chiefs, Pirates eye second bite at the cherry

It is part of a series of friendly fixtures masquerading as a make-believe competition. But if there is a touch of the Mad Hatter’s illogic attached to the format of the Vodacom Challenge, it will not prevent what should be another near-capacity crowd from cramming into the Eastern Province Rugby Stadium on Thursday night.

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/ 24 July 2007

Last flight for SAA Supa8 as holders Chiefs fail to check in

It will be the last flight for the South African Airways (SAA) Supa8 competition after the national airline announced at the launch of the coming season’s competition it would not be renewing a five-year sponsorship. Symbolically, perhaps, holders Chiefs were absentees from the seeded draw by virtue of not finishing among the top eight teams in last season’s Premier Soccer League.

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/ 24 July 2007

Spurs eye revenge against Pirates

It would be no exaggeration to suggest that Orlando Pirates went through the turbulent process of navigating a succession of troubled and tempestuous waters for much of the past season. Now, having lost the services of five of their most cultured players, the Buccaneers give every impression of attempting to guide a rudderless ship as they prepare to take on Tottenham Hotspur.

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/ 22 July 2007

Downs snatch victory from TP Mazembe

What a surprise! After being outplayed and outmanouevred in the first half of their CAF Confederation Cup game against the Democratic Republic of Congo’s TP Mazembe at Loftus on Saturday night and trailing 2-0 at the interval, PSL champions Mamelodi Sundowns stormed back and snatched a 3-2 victory.