In the first part of our new series, we take a look at the goal that has played on loop in our heads and on TV channels for the last decade
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The national coach needs to find a player with a built-in sangoma to replace the visionary skills of Steven Pienaar, writes Carlos Amato.
In their eighth successive match without a win, Bafana Bafana drew with Botswana 1-1, further hampering their hopes to qualify for the World Cup.
Teko Modise says that Mamelodi Sundowns want to win the league for their supporters, but they also want the Nedbank Cup for themselves.
Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has named a formidable 24-man squad for the clash against Cte d’Ivoire next Saturday.
Calm returns after club president Motsepe lays down the law and López gets a reprieve.
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/ 19 January 2011
Orlando Pirates have suspended star midfielder Teko Modise for failing to attend training ahead of last weekend’s clash against Santos.
Teko Modise’s spot in the Bafana Bafana pecking order appears to be dropping.
Neither a freezing wind nor blasting vuvuzelas could help as Uruguay ruthlessly exposed the home team’s weaknesses.
In just seven months back in charge of Bafana, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has turned the dispirited side around.
South Africa extended an unbeaten run to nine games since Carlos Alberto Parreira returned as coach with a 2-1 victory over Colombia on Thursday.
With the Soccer World Cup just days away, the win over Thailand ended a lean spell for Bafana and gave the team a much-needed confidence boost.
Bafana Bafana will be playing for their places in Carlos Alberto Parreira’s final Soccer World Cup squad when they host Thailand on Sunday.
Carlos Alberto Parreira says there is no need to panic after Bafana Bafana scraped to an unconvincing 1-1 draw against Namibia on Wednesday.
Katlego Mphela saved Bafana Bafana blushes and earned the team a 1-1 draw against Namibia in a friendly international in Durban on Wednesday night.
The Soweto derby is living proof that football rivalry can transcend the ultimate goal of competing in a league: to be crowned champions.
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/ 1 February 2010
SuperSport United are not unbeatable and Orlando Pirates will go out to prove that point when they host the champions on Wednesday night.
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/ 22 January 2010
Coach Carlos Parreira is inculcating a greater sense of positional and tactical awareness in the Bafana squad, honing their intuition.
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/ 14 October 2009
Bafana Bafana continued their losing streak against Iceland on Tuesday night, going down 1-0 to the team ranked 96th in the world.
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/ 4 September 2009
Injuries have cast a shadow over Bafana Bafana’s hopes of using their European friendlies as a springboard to bounce back from recent poor results.
Bafana Bafana star midfielder Teko Modise accepts he will have more responsibility during next month’s Confederations Cup.
Midfield star Teko Modise is looking forward to another chance of playing alongside Steven Pienaar when Joel Santana’s men tackle Portugal on Tuesday.
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/ 13 February 2009
Bafana Bafana were brought down to earth with a heavy thud when Chile exposed the poor opposition that has in recent weeks falsely raised hopes.
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/ 27 January 2009
Bafana coach Joel Santana has said that Wednesday’s friendly against Zambia will give his technical team another chance to reassess his squad.
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/ 20 January 2009
Orlando Pirates could be without Teko Modise when they play BidVest Wits in a local Johannesburg derby at the Milpark Stadium on Saturday.
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/ 25 November 2008
It took a quiet pep talk by Orlando Pirates chairperson Irvin Khoza to get star player Teko Modise back to focusing on the business at hand.
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/ 20 November 2008
Bafana Bafana claimed a fourth consecutive international victory on Wednesday by edging Cameroon 3-2 in a Nelson Mandela Challenge thriller.
Bafana Bafana midfield star Teko Modise is determined to use Saturday’s meaningless 2010 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier to help him turn the corner.
Needing all the help they can get on the evidence of their insipid 2-0 defeat against Nigeria on the weekend, Bafana Bafana were on Monday urgently seeking to rehabilitate their walking wounded before the vital second African Nations Cup qualifier against Equatorial Guinea at the Super Stadium on Saturday.
Itumeleng Khune and not Teko Modise should have been named the Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) best footballer this season if coaches had voted along the lines they suggested to the Mail & Guardian this week. The credibility of the selection is being compared to that of the Zimbabwean election.