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Brainy boots: Reneilwe Letsholonyane of Highlands Park (left) displays a football intelligence that will find very few rivals on a South African pitch. (Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images)

Highlands Park keep the faith

The Lions of the North have two important back-to-back matches against Sundowns — the outcome of which may well define their season

Golden boot: Peter Shalulile of Highlands Park during a league match against Kaizer Chiefs. He’ll be hoping for more goals in the MTN8 final. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

God-fearing Highlands dare to dream

For SuperSport United, this season’s MTN8 final is just another day at the office but for the Lions of the North the match is a fairytale come to life

Hard-fought contests: Bradley Grobler of Supersport United (centre) during their match against Orlando Pirates. (Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images)

Riddle me this: PSL is up for grabs

It’s early days in the season but with the favourites stumbling there is every reason to pay attention to the weekend’s premier league fixtures

Coach Owen da Gama demands fight from his Highlands Park players. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)

ODG brings a steady head

It was a great start for Highlands Park in the PSL but the players were hoping for more

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Da Gama dreams big with his Lions

Highlands Park won’t be content with the PSL – it’s the Champions League they’re eyeing

Bucs edge Celtic in cup clash

A late goal by Zvenyika Makonese earned Orlando Pirates a 2-1 win over Bloemfontein Celtic in their Nedbank Cup first round match on Wednesday.

Da Gama to stay at Celtic

Bloemfontein Celtic were given a shot in the arm on Wednesday when Owen da Gama announced that he would be staying to guide the club next season.

Celtic, Bay fight for survival

Bloemfontein Celtic coach Owen da Gama is not pushing any panic buttons as relegation-threatened Phunya Sele-Sele face a crunch clash against Santos.

Celtic warn Birds: Our home ground your graveyard

Bloemfontein Celtic coach Owen da Gama, intends turning their home ground — the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium — into a graveyard for visiting teams.

Maritzburg United set for Celtic challenge

Maritzburg United coach Gordon Igesund is calm as he gets his troops ready for an Absa Premiership battle against Celtic on Wednesday.

We voted for Khune, say coaches

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…

A derby of mediocrity

Conventional wisdom has it that this weekend’s Soweto Derby will be the worst since the PSL was founded. For the first time in years both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates are…

Bucs star injured ahead of derby

Orlando Pirates could be forced to face arch enemies Kaizer Chiefs in the Absa Premiership Soweto derby at the Mmabatho Stadium on Saturday afternoon without their midfield…

Arrows, Pirates play to tense draw

Locked together with 31 points each, Orlando Pirates and Golden Arrows were inseparable in an evenly-matched, engrossing 0-0 Absa Premiership draw at Johannesburg Stadium on…

Pirates beat Royals 3-1

In coach Owen da Gama’s first game in charge for Orlando Pirates, they lost to Thanda Royal Zulu in a cup game. Da Gama’s charges showed their improvement since his arrival by…

AmaZulu take shine off Platinum Stars

AmaZulu collected three points away from home when they beat a determined Platinum Stars in their Absa Premier League game at the Olympia Park Stadium on Wednesday night. The…

Da Gama has high hopes for Cosmos match

Jomo Cosmos and Orlando Pirates clash in round eight of the Absa Premier Soccer League at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Wednesday night, and Owen da Gama wants his charges to…

Injuries worry Pirates coach

Despite having a battalion of 43 players at his disposal, Orlando Pirates coach Owen da Gama faces a dilemma as his team prepare for a Premier Soccer League game against…

Da Gama takes helm at Bucs

In the 1980s an unknown midfielder-cum-striker, Owen da Gama, came off the bench for Moroka Swallows to score in a 2-1 victory in the Soweto derby against Orlando Pirates. Little…