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/ 8 December 2009
Carlos Alberto Parreira gets down to the business end of getting Bafana ready for the 2010 World Cup with a hectic schedule which kicks off next month
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/ 6 December 2009
South Africa needs to build four world-class youth soccer academies in the major centres if Bafana Bafana are to become a force in soccer again.
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/ 5 December 2009
Bafana Bafana’s Carlos Alberto Parreira put on a brave face but could not hide the fact that SA will have their backs to the wall at the World Cup.
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/ 3 December 2009
Supporters of hosts South Africa will be anxious onlookers on Friday evening when the 2010 World Cup draw is made.
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/ 1 December 2009
World Cup hosts South Africa say they are aiming to be among the 16 best teams at the tournament next year.
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/ 20 November 2009
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Parreira is likely to spend much of his Christmas break pondering a solution to end the team’s goal drought.
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/ 19 November 2009
A lack of goals continues to haunt hosts South Africa as the 2010 World Cup countdown reaches the 200-day mark on Sunday.
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/ 18 November 2009
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira sees light at the end of the tunnel but admits frustration after two goalless draws in his first two games
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/ 17 November 2009
World Cup hosts South Africa get another chance on Tuesday, against Jamaica in Bloemfontein, to cure the scoring sickness that has infected the team.
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/ 16 November 2009
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will make two changes to his starting line-up for Tuesday night’s friendly international against Jamaica.
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/ 16 November 2009
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira’s new era with the got off to a good start when a new-look Bafana held the highly rated Japan to a draw.
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/ 16 November 2009
Bafana Bafana are determined to take another step on the long road to recovery when they face Jamaica in their final friendly international of 2009.
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/ 12 November 2009
Bafana Bafana are prepared to put their bodies on the line to beat Japan when the countries meet in a friendly international on Saturday.
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/ 11 November 2009
An impressive showing at the World Youth Championships propelled Kermit Erasmus closer to his dream of playing for South Africa at the World Cup.
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/ 10 November 2009
Benni McCarthy is back and is determined to do what he does best for Bafana Bafana — score goals.
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/ 10 November 2009
Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy, is Bafana Bafana’s missing link as new coach Carlos Alberto Parreira rebuilds the national side.
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/ 6 November 2009
Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira believes the national team can reach at least the second round of the World Cup next June.
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/ 5 November 2009
Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy has been recalled to the Bafana Bafana squad named by Carlos Albertos Parreira in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
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/ 5 November 2009
Brazil’s Carlos Alberto Parreira returned to South Africa on Thursday morning to resume coaching the beleaguered national football team.
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/ 4 November 2009
One of the first names Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira must have in his squad to face Japan and Jamaica, is that of Nasief Morris.
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/ 3 November 2009
The injury suffered by Benson Mhlongo last week is not only of deep concern for Orlando Pirates but could be damaging for Bafana Bafana as well.
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/ 26 October 2009
SA football officials have appealed for a positive public reaction to the reappointment of Carlos Alberto Parreira as coach following criticism.
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/ 25 October 2009
Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira’s first task when he arrives sometime next week will be to restore confidence in the national side.
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/ 23 October 2009
Phatisani Moyo says Carlos Parreira is Bafana’s best hope of not embarrassing themselves in 2010, but Mamadou Gaye says he shouldn’t bother.
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/ 22 October 2009
Former colleagues Carlos Alberto Parreira and Pitso Mosimane are ready to accept the challenge of transforming Bafana into a formidable force.
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/ 22 October 2009
Safa should appoint a local coach, such as Clive Barker, to take Bafana Bafana to the 2010 World Cup, former captain Neil Tovey says.
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/ 21 October 2009
Bafana interim coach Pitso Mosimane, who is filling the position along with Jairo Leal, has proclaimed himself ready to take the role of head coach.
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/ 20 October 2009
ANCYL leader Julius Malema warned local soccer authorities on Tuesday that in-fighting could jeopardise the hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
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/ 20 October 2009
As the post-Joel Santana era dawns, the M&G Online takes a look at some of those in the running for the Bafana hot seat.