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The empty stands of WAFCON showcases neglect for women’s football in South Africa

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) should be a celebration of skill, resilience and the growing power of women’s football across the African continent. Instead, recent…

South Africa women coach Desiree Ellis during the women’s friendly match between the Netherlands and South Africa at the Cars Jeans Stadium on April 12, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. (GERRIT VAN COLOGNE/ANP via Getty Images)

Trials reflect growing interest in women’s football

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic taking its toll on the sport at school level, with kids missing crucial age-related developmental stages, there has been an uptick in girls wanting…

Dashed: United States forward Carli Lloyd (right) battles with South Africa defender Bambanani Mbane to score one of the three goals in the 3-0 US victory. (Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images)

The rise of SA players abroad is good for Banyana

The growing list of professional women footballers plying their trade at overseas clubs could be the missing piece the side needs to conquer the continent after five failed…

Celebrate good times: The Matildas after scoring in their round of 16 match vs Norway in the Women’s World Cup. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Matildas to get equal pay

Australia’s women footballers will earn the same as the Socceroos in a groundbreaking new deal

Women’s sport must be treated as an equal partner in the economy. Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

The joy of women’s football hits the mark in Sudan

A film about a Khartoum team’s struggles neatly reflects the contemporary theme of women’s strength in the face of direct opposition

Women’s sport must be treated as an equal partner in the economy. Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

A new dawn in women’s football in South Africa

But there are still more questions than answers for Safa to address to make the league the success women’s football needs it to be

On the ball: England’s Fran Kirby battles for possession with the US’s Alex Morgan in the semifinal. (Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

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

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

After a goalless 90 minutes, Dutch midfielder Jackie Groenen broke the deadlock in the 99th minute of a tense contest, breaking Swedish hearts in the process. (Getty)

Groenen strikes to take Netherlands through to World Cup final against USA

The European Champions have a chance to become world champions when they take on the current holders of the Fifa Women’s World Cup

Boost to women’s football in Spain sparks fresh power battle

The idea supporters might watch their women’s team, in the same ground and just as often, as the men’s side, remains a distant concept in Europe

Neville insists that game showed that women’s football can now generate the passionate atmosphere associated with men’s games at the highest level. (Reuters/Matthew Childs)

Neville calls for Premier League grounds to host women’s games

Let’s blow the rest of Europe away, England women’s manager urges

Fans flocked to the game at the 41 500-capacity arena, with the turnout easily beating the previous record for a women’s match in Italy. (Image via Planet Futbol Twitter)

Pedersen lifts Juventus women in front of record crowd

That attendance was the largest ever for a top-flight club match in European women’s football

Samuel Eto’o. (Valery Sharifulin/TASS via Getty Images)

Eto’o in town to punt five-a-side women’s tourney

A continental five-a-side competition, established last year by Castle Brewery, pits local teams against each other

Banyana Banyana’s Dutch coach Vera Pauw is developing a style to suit the players’ abilities.

Banyana ‘frogs’ eye fairytale World Cup

Under new Dutch coach Vera Pauw Banyana have a reasonable chance of doing what no South African women’s side have ever done before.

Banyana Banyana thump Botswana 4-0

Banyana Banyana turned on the heat in the first 45 minutes scoring three goals and ultimately beating Botswana 4-0 in Vanderbijlpark on Saturday.

Horror: Cases of abuse have shocked the public

Banyana Banyana to face Ghana’s Black Queens

The South African women’s football team has been preparing to take on Ghana at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.

Belle of the ball

African Woman Footballer of the Year Nonku Alice Motlau shows that talent and modesty don’t always go hand in hand.