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Sport audit 2019: How SA’s national football teams performed

Article Luke Feltham - 12 Dec 2019

Banyana have failed to live up to expectations, while Bafana might just be finally coming good

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What doesn’t kill you: Jermaine Seoposenwe survives bigoted Lithuanian stint

Article Luke Feltham - 17 Sep 2019

The life of a Banyana player in Europe

Banyana: No choice but to build again

Article Luke Feltham - 6 Sep 2019

Failing to progress to the next stage of Olympic qualifying has put a dent in the growth of women’s football in the country

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Effervescent, bright young light at the end of our tunnel

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 6 Sep 2019

Noxolo Cesane's rise to Banyana Banyana has been incredible, and she is only going to keep improving

A women’s league will not solve all Banyana’s problems

Article Busisiwe Mokwena - 12 Aug 2019

The national team’s shortcomings in international competition stem from more than having no domestic league

Banyana get back up to build

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 2 Aug 2019

The Cosafa Championship served as a route to success for South Africa in 2018 and they should attempt to utilise it in the same fashion this year

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Pragmatic Netherlands look to scupper US juggernaut in Women’s World Cup final

Article Luke Feltham - 5 Jul 2019

The US team’s experience and nous will always be favoured on the biggest stage of all

Beware the group of death

Article Luke Feltham - 7 Jun 2019

From the powerful Germans to the sanguine Spanish, here’s everything you need to know about South Africa’s World Cup opponents

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What should we expect from Banyana at the first World Cup?

Article Luke Feltham - 7 Jun 2019

Should we temper our expectations as Banyana Banyana enter their first World Cup?

It’s Banyana’s D-day landing

Article Luke Feltham - 31 May 2019

In Normandy, the team have one last chance to warm themselves up for the Women’s World Cup

Banyana running out of chances

Article Luke Feltham - 17 May 2019

Still without a win in 2019, the team has very little time to prepare for the World Cup

Mthandi’s waiting in the wings

Article Luke Feltham - 12 Apr 2019

The young striker can play forward or run the flanks, and has the World Cup firmly in her sights

Get up, stand up: Jamaica rises

Article Luke Feltham - 5 Apr 2019

Banyana’s face-off against the Reggae Girlz is an opportunity to leave the Cyprus Cup in the past

SA teams usher in rare joy

Article Editorial - 29 Mar 2019

South African Sports teams will compete across all sports competitions this year

Brave new world: Australia offers Banyana stars a football utopia

Article Luke Feltham - 8 Mar 2019

Banyana’s Rhoda Mulaudzi and Refiloe Jane are making it big in Australia — a women’s football utopia

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