New Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has already started hearing whistles from the crowd and the season is more than a month away from even starting.
Likeable, ball-weaving Kaizer Chiefs Uganda international David Obua has signed for Scottish Premier League club Hearts.
Chelsea captain John Terry has admitted he is still haunted by his horror penalty miss in the Champions League final as he gears up for the season.
Wayne Rooney’s fragile temperament came to the fore once again in Cape Town as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Kaizer Chiefs at Newlands.
Spurs have described the conduct of Manchester United and Liverpool as ”disgraceful” in their pursuits of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane.
Just two months after becoming European champions, Manchester United arrive in SA on Friday for their pre-season tour resembling a club in crisis.
Mamelodi Sundowns find themselves between the devil and the deep blue sea with a dearth of players for Saturday’s first-leg CAF Confederation Cup tie.
Bay United and FC AK will trot out at the Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Sunday knowing that the stakes are high.
A Belarus referee was helped off the field with apparent back pain while officiating a league match on the weekend, but was later found to be drunk.
Jerome Valcke, the general secretary of Fifa, on Wednesday admitted it will be tough going for Bafana when they compete in the Confederations Cup.
Relegated PSL club Black Leopards on Tuesday announced they will be changing their spots with the massive sale of 14 leading players.
Veteran soccer administrator Charles Dempsey, whose abstention from the vote cost South Africa hosting rights for the 2006 World Cup, has died.
Poverty, limited life chances and the desire to win at all costs are contributing to an epidemic of age cheating in football.
Moroka Swallows are aiming to bring back the glory days now that they have secured the services of former Brazil under-20 coach Julio Cesar Leal.
South African football is becoming a microcosm of society’s gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Of the eight coaches who led their teams to the quarterfinals of Euro 2008, the youngest is still in his 30s, while the oldest will be 70 next month.
Spain, one of the pre-tournament favourites, ensured they made the Euro 2008 final with a 3-0 demolition of Russia on Thursday.
Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Gordon Igesund is eyeing a possible coaching job in the Austrian first division.
Rafael Nadal has been granted his wish for an early start at Wimbledon on Thursday so he can watch Spain’s Euro 2008 semifinal against Russia.
In what seems a desperate bid to find form, Safa has arranged a friendly game for Bafana Bafana against Australia’s Socceroos in the United Kingdom.
Defender Philipp Lahm’s late strike put Germany in Sunday’s Euro 2008 final and sealed a 3-2 win to knock out injury-ravaged Turkey on Wednesday.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink has told his players to enjoy themselves in their Euro 2008 semifinal clash against Spain on Thursday.
In a swap transfer deal, midfielder Tyren Arendse will return from Sundowns to Santos, while Thando Mngomeni will move from Santos to Downs.
Turkey’s bid to beat Germany and reach the final of Euro 2008 is in danger of being wrecked by injuries and suspensions.
The annual PSL transfer market is in full swing, with Bafana flyer Sibusiso Zuma’s switch from Arminia Bielefeld to Sundowns the juiciest item.
Bafana Bafana’s African dream is all but over — and head coach Joel Santana is in denial.
The last two minutes of Croatia’s Euro 2008 loss to Turkey will torment Croatia coach Slaven Bilic for the rest of his life.
Manchester United said on Friday that Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale, despite the Portuguese winger’s comments saying he wants to join Real Madrid.
It is pretty good stuff, this European Championship. In some ways it is better than a World Cup, a tournament that has become too big.
Bafana Bafana fans should take heart that it’s the Springboks and not the football side taking on the Azzuri of Italy this weekend.
Bafana Bafana worked on their shooting on Wednesday following their 1-0 loss to Sierra Leone last Saturday in a game that they dominated.
Russia set up a Euro 2008 quarterfinal with coach Guus Hiddink’s native Netherlands after a deserved 2-0 win over Sweden in Group D on Wednesday.