A senior Orlando Pirates player, Nkosinathi Sibisi has stressed the importance of new arrivals quickly adapting to the high standards set by the club’s coach, Abdeslam Ouaddou. Sibisi described the Moroccan coach as a “straight talker” who refuses to settle for merely good results. Speaking ahead of the Soweto Derby,
Abdeslam Ouaddou has accepted the favourites tag for the Soweto Derby, but he is warning his Orlando Pirates players that the label guarantees nothing. “To be favourites doesn’t mean that you’re going to win,” the Pirates coach said ahead of Saturday’s showdown with Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium (kick-off 3.30pm).
Bobby Motaung has sent a blunt message to Kaizer Chiefs critics and supporters who are demanding coaching heads: Naturena is not a place where managers are fired on a whim. The Kaizer Chiefs football manager has thrown his full weight behind Fernando Da Cruz and the technical team, despite a
Steve Barker is heading back to face his old South African rivals, and he knows the Champions League group stage will be no walk in the park. Simba SC’s South African coach has reacted to Wednesday’s CAF Champions League group stage draw in Cairo, which pitted his team against Orlando
Fernando Da Cruz has thanked the Kaizer Chiefs board for backing him after the CAF Confederation Cup embarrassment, and he has revealed how often he sits down with the man who holds his future. The Frenchman said the club’s support was not a knee-jerk reaction to results but the product
The Carling Knockout Cup quarterfinal draw is out, and it has delivered some juicy fixtures. The seeded draw meant the Gauteng top three – Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns – could not meet each other, so the big guns were kept apart. Here is what is on the
Gavin Hunt is heading into a Carling Knockout showdown against his old club, and he is under no illusions about the size of the task. Stellenbosch FC travel to face Durban City in the Round of 16 on Wednesday, hoping to reach the quarterfinals for a third consecutive season. The
Manqoba Mngqithi has broken his silence on his shock exit from Tanzanian giants Young Africans, and he says it had nothing to do with football. The former Sundowns coach guided Yanga to the CAF Champions League group stage and won the Community Shield against Steve Barker’s Simba SC. But a
Orlando Pirates have been drawn against Tanzanian giants Simba SC — coached by former Stellenbosch FC boss Steve Barker and featuring a clutch of South African players — in Group C of the 2026/27 CAF Champions League. The full Group C consists of Moroccan side RS Berkane, Barker’s Simba SC,
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has described the decision to hand Monnapule Saleng a late substitute appearance as a deliberate show of trust. This is after the winger made his first competitive outing of the season in Tuesday’s 1-0 Carling Knockout Cup win over Marumo Gallants. Saleng, who joined Sundowns
