South Africa’s Under-23 coach, Steve Komphela, is hoping to unearth future stars from the 23 men he has selected to represent South Africa at the Sasol Under-23 Nations Tournament. They will find themselves up against stiff competition from seven strong teams when the tournament starts on Sunday January 8.
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/ 23 December 2005
Supersport United took a leaf from the goal-scoring fortunes of their city rivals Mamelodi Sundowns when they drowned Bush Bucks with an avalanche of goals at Loftus Versfeld on Thursday evening. United were in no festive mood as they recorded a clinical and comprehensive 6-0 victory over the bottom-of-the-log Bucks.
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/ 10 December 2005
Kaizer Chiefs proved a little too strong for their bitter rivals Orlando Pirates in the Castle Premiership encounter played at a packed FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Chiefs’ 1-0 victory was their second triumph over their Soweto counterparts this season after having run away with the first game 2-0.
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/ 4 December 2005
Jomo Cosmos re-affirmed a South African football myth when they beat SuperSport United 4-1 on penalties to bag themselves the lucrative Coca-Cola Cup at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday. Having beaten giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates en route to lifting the trophy, Cosmos proved a tad too strong over their opponents in the penalty shoot-out.
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/ 25 November 2005
New Bafana Bafana interim coach Ted Dumitru is a rather confident man, but he failed to put his head on the block on Friday about his team’s chances of winning the African Cup of Nations. Dumitru will commence his duties from December 1 and his contract with the South African Football Association will run until the end of February.
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/ 16 November 2005
Former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter officially vacated his job a poorer man after a four-hour meeting with the South African Football Association (Safa) management committee on Wednesday at the FNB Stadium. Baxter tendered his letter of resignation to Safa CEO Raymond Hack on Tuesday afternoon.
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/ 16 November 2005
Jomo Cosmos have sent out a stern warning to their Coca-Cola Cup semifinal opponents, Orlando Pirates. ”They must be careful because we will do the same to them that happened in the SAA Supa8,” said former Bafana Bafana international Helman Mkhelele during Tuesday’s press conference.
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/ 13 November 2005
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter blames his team’s lack of authority in defence for Bafana’s 3-2 loss against Senegal in the Nelson Mandela Cup match played at the Epru Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. ”We have got to work harder at our defending, as we gave away goals cheaply,” an irritated Baxter said afterwards.
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/ 12 November 2005
Senegal extended their unbeaten streak against South Africa to three matches as they controversially won 3-2 in the Nelson Mandela Cup played at the Epru Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. However, South Africa produced a near-flawless and clinical performance.
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/ 12 November 2005
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter is confident that his team can beat Senegal in Saturday’s Nelson Mandela Cup match to be played at Port Elizabeth’s Epru Stadium. ”The boys are looking sharp,” Baxter said after his team’s final training session on Friday afternoon.