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The difference between Soccer and Football
The world’s biggest football tournament begins in South Africa in June. This quadrennial event often makes people wonder why many in the United States...
Uganda: Zuma urges Africans to support SA 2010 World Cup
South African president Jacob Zuma who is on a three day state visit in Uganda has requested Uganda and other African countries to support...
SA Police head warns officers to lose weight or get the sack
The head of South Africa Police, Bheki Cele has told his men to shed the weight or risk being booted out of the force....
Alicia Keys, Amadou & Mariam, Angelique Kidjo, Black Eyed Peas, BLK JKS, John Legend, Juanes, Shakira, The Parlotones, Tinariwen, Vieux Farka Toure and Vusi Mahlasela to Perform at First-Ever FIFA WORLD CUP(TM) KICK-OFF CELEBRATION CONCERT
Today, Control Room, the world's leading producer of global music events, and FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), the international governing body of football,...
CHAN 2011: Qualifiers get under way
This weekend sees teams vying to take part in the second edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), to take place in Sudan, play...
Football: Study Shows Ethnic Minority Players are not Treated Unfairly by Football Referees
An analysis about whether there is a racial element to referees decisions
to give a yellow card to football players in the Premiership, has been
carried...
Parreira takes Bafana to Brazil
After hand-picking 29 mostly local-based players, among whom he hopes to clinch his final World Cup squad, South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira and...
SA World Cup to help heal global advertising wounds
The global advertising market will grow between 0 and 1 per cent this year, thanks to events such as the South Africa, 2010 FIFA...
Zimbabwe teams to drop out of African Cups
With little to no money, Zimbabwe’s Champions League and Confederation Cup representatives Gunners, Lengthens, CAPS United and Dynamos have hinted of pulling out from...
Morocco eyes 2016 African Cup of Nations
Morocco is the only country to have submitted its candidacy to organize the 2016 Africa Cup of Nations. Although there is still time before...
Africa registers disasterous World Cup friendlies
Carlos Alberto Parreira should have had a sleepless night Wednesday after his charges dug deep to salvage an undeserved one-all draw with minnows Namibia...
Football: 2010 World Cup trials begin
The countdown is on! It is 99 days to the D-day, and the six African teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2010 are...
World Cup 2010: 100 days to go and Bafana Bafana yet to be fit
Its only 100 days left before the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa and the national team’s success rests with their opening...
African Champions’ League: Surprises and tests
The first round of the 2010 Champions League was a no nonsense phase. Three power houses were eliminated in the preliminaries. Now, it's time...
Dulee Johnson: “Liberia has to make it to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations”
At only 25, Dulee Johnson is one of the rising stars of Liberian football. After 10 years in the Allsvenskan, the midfielder is ambitious:...
World Cup: Where will your heroes be?
The 32 teams are getting ready for the World Cup. The squads are obviously not yet known but the coaches already know where they'll...
South Africa Football: Mokoena and Pienaar out for Namibia clash
Carlos Alberto Parreira, South Africa national team coach today announced a mixed squad to play lowly Namibia in Durban next week.
The friendly match to...
African Champions League: Football’s who’s hot and who’s not
The best teams in Africa face each other in order to grab one of the 17 spots available for the group stage of the...
South Africa hotels investigated over World Cup price rise claims
South Africa is to investigate allegations that hotels have raised prices to unreasonable levels in a bid to exploit visiting fans during the 2010...
Juju man to decide World Cup?
Traditional medicines and witch doctors could be allowed in South Africa for the 2010 Word Cup of football, according to FIFA's third International Football...
Mixed reactions to Africa Cup of Nations draw
Africa's prestigious football tournament's 2012 draw conducted last Saturday in DR Congo southern city of Lubumbashi has drawn interesting reactions.
The 2012 Africa Cup of...
Bafana still seeking home for World Cup
Rumble in the jungle. South African World Cup dream takes a hit as the Bafana Bafana are forced to move training camp due to...
Football: 2012 African Cup Of Nations qualifying stage draw
Bafana Bafana, 2010 World Cup hosts, have been handed a tough draw for the 2012 African Cup Of Nations qualifying stage. The complete draw...
Football: Soweto Derby conspiracy!
It's now confirmed, the much talked about Soweto Derby has lost its spark.
Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates again played out to a boring goalless...
Football: It’s Soweto Derby time again!
The fierce rivalry between the traditional giants of South African soccer resumes at Orlando Stadium on Saturday, when Orlando Pirates take on Kaizer Chiefs...
Eto’o and Adebayor dwarf Drogba in football’s top 50 earners
Cameroon's Eto'o, Togo's Adebayor, Mali's Kanouté and Ivory Coast's Drogba and Touré: Five African players have made it to the list of football's top...
World Cup 2010: Dutchman Puts his Villa in South Africa on a Lottery
For only EUR 99 (approximately GBP 88) see the World Cup in South Africa and sleep in your own South African Villa? Dutchman Peter...
Ghana-Italy: Rajevac stood up by Balotelli
Who will Mario Balotelli play for? Ghana or Italy? The promising Inter forward is torn between his home country and his roots, following Ghana...
Egypt break into FIFA’s Top 10
After winning their third consecutive Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt jumped up 14 places to grab the tenth spot in the FIFA rankings for...
‘Caf decision over Togo makes no sense’
Not since Buckingham Palace took so long to respond Princess Diana's death in 1997 has an organisation so badly misjudged the mood of the...