By Siphiwe Hlongane
We have felt it, and now it's gone, the world cup that is. It's time for local football fans to start gearing up for the Absa Premiership.
Once again the stakes will be high, hopefully it will not become a big yawn, last seaso...
Views: 144 | 1 Comment » | posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Siphiwe Hlongane
Uruguay are not the most popular team in Africa at the moment, following what happened in their matches against Bafana Bafana and Ghana. They beat South Africa 3-0 in a game that dented Bafana's chances of qualifying for the la...
Views: 156 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, July 9th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Ian Dickinson
A hollow thud resonated as the ball thumped against the crossbar -- a thud that all but silenced the African continent. Asamoah Gyan looked bewildered as did the many that had put their faith in Ghana's Black Stars. The penalty ha...
Views: 326 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, July 9th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Sphiwe Hlongane
Vincente del Bosque's men stayed true to themselves and the beautiful game, I still don't know why Germany decided to employ defensive tactics in that game instead of playing the free flowing attacking game that they have been d...
Views: 146 | 4 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 8th, 2010 | Tags: Soccer World Cup, spain
By Siphiwe Hlongwane
There seems to be a big problem brewing between technical directors and head coaches in South African football. With the new PSL season looming on the horizon, a number of coaces have lost their jobs and are seemingly being re...
Views: 172 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Bafana Bafana, coach, PSL, soccer
By Dave Harris
Fifa's ambivalent stance on adopting technology is understandable, since the increasing reliance on technology has several ramifications, much of which is not easily discernible especially when we frantically seek quick fixes to th...
Views: 141 | 8 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 1st, 2010 | Tags: none
By Lenox Mhlanga
Feel it ... it is here! The Soccer World Cup is finally underway in South Africa. It was surely a long wait but it was worth it. If you have not caught the football bug then you must be dead, or worse. Alain de Botton, a newspaper...
Views: 164 | 11 Comments » | posted on Friday, June 18th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Odirile Mekwa
I sat on the psychologist's soft leather couch and he asked us to play a game called "association". I take it most people have seen this game in movies. The "shrink" pulls out a picture and the patient says the first thing that sp...
Views: 259 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 | Tags: Dennis Bergkamp, Diego Maradonna, Jay Jay Okocha, Roberto Baggio, Soccer World Cup, USA 94
By Millington Gumbo
A couple of things intrigue me in life. Politics is one, history is another, but it is football which trumps them all.
Football is the ultimate meritocracy wherein skills and teamwork and not money or privilege determine th...
Views: 258 | 2 Comments » | posted on Monday, May 17th, 2010 | Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Fifa, Soccer World Cup
By Odiriel Mekwa
When I was eight my late father took myself and a cousin of mine out for our first live professional soccer match. I got to see the legendary Ernest 'Wire' Chirwali (later Mtawali) in action against my then hero Doctor Khumalo. Th...
Views: 150 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | Tags: none
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