When I wanted to write a preview of the Bafana Bafana vs Jamaica match in Bloemfontein this evening, I thought I would just go and see what the online experts say.

Kickoff.com Bafana's One problem is Two Shoes

Former Bafana Bafana midfielder John "Shoes" Moshoeu says that while South Africa has not been doing very well in their last few international games, all is not yet lost.

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The Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates face-off in the Soweto Derby. It ended 0-0..

Photo credit: ndofaya on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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1. Photo Daily: Green Point Stadium, South Africa Green Point Stadium, one of the 2010 World Cup venues in South Africa, is almost complete.

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Get your vuvuzelas out and get ready for one of the best soccer matches you will see this season – Saturday it is time for a Soweto Derby and Kaizer Chiefs say they are ready to take on out of form Orlando Pirates.

Injured Bucs Captain Benson Mhlongo

Benson Mhlongo Injury Setback for the Buccaneers

Orlando Pirates boss Ruud Krol has admitted that the loss of Buccaneers captain, Benson Mhlongo will come as a big blow to his side's Soweto Derby aspirations.

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What must Golden Arrows do to play a match for 90 minutes without the lights failing? Once again, the Orlando Stadium's lights went out – this time only for a matter of minutes, but it must put the players off their stride – and Arrows came down to the ground hard as they were beaten by Chiefs 2 – 0 in the PSL clash.

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Too much action and exciting matches in the PSL in South Africa this weekend, when the top soccer teams in the country clash in the Premier Soccer League.

Orlando Pirates vs Santos

On Saturday PSL log leaders Orlando Pirates will do all they can to pick up the points from an in-form Santos at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto.

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Kaizer Chiefs became the new winners of the Macufe Cup as they beat last year's champions Bloemfontein Celtic 3-1 at Vodacom Park. Bloemfontein had won last year's tournament by beating Free State Stars in the final. It was sweet revenge for the Chiefs, who had been beaten 1-0 by Bloemfontein in the PSL in September. Click to continue reading...

O 39º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado na cidade de Ismailia, no estádio municipal, com uma temperatura de 29º C.
Jogaram pelas oitavas de final, 2 seleções africanas, a seleção de Gana (32º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da África do Sul (73º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
26/11/1994 - África do Sul 2x1 Gana (Amistoso)
31/01/1996 - África do Sul 3x0 Gana (Copa da África)
21/09/1996 - Gana 0x0 África do Sul (Amistoso)
06/02/2000 - África do Sul 1x0 Gana (Copa da África)
24/01/2002 - Gana 0x0 África do Sul (Amistoso)
20/06/2004 - Gana 3x0 África do Sul (Eliminatórias copa do Mundo)
18/06/2005 - África do Sul 0x2 Gana (Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo)
15/10/2008 - África do Sul 2x1 Gana (Amistoso)
O quarteto de arbitragem definido para esse jogo, foi:
Árbitro: Peter O´Leary (NZL)
Primeiro Assistente: Brent Best (NZL)
Segundo Assistente: Matthew Taro (SOL)
Quarto Árbitro: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
Aos 19 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 7, Abeiku QUANSAH, jogador do Nice-FRA recebeu o primeiro cartão amarelo do jogo, pela seleção de Gana. Click to continue reading...

This was a high scoring weekend of excitement and upsets at the ABSA Premiership around South Africa seven goals were scored on Sunday.

Sunday Matches in the ABSA Premiership

Ajax Cape Town 0 – Kaizer Chiefs 3

Kaizer Chiefs showed their class once again at Newlands Stadium on Sunday afternoon when they beat Ajax Cape Town 3-0.

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O 23º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado na cidade de Alexandria, no estádio municipal de Alexandria, com uma temperatura de 26º C.
Jogaram as seleções da Hungria (47º no ranking da FIFA) e África do Sul (73º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam se enfrentado. Click to continue reading...

As a child there were five professional sports teams in my home town of Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves played baseball. The Falcons played American football. The basketball team was the Hawks. Surprising everyone, as winter sports are not popular in the South, we had a pro hockey team called the Flames. Click to continue reading...

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. A lot to get through in news this weekend, so let's get started:

1. It's not strictly Arsenal-related, but the Chelsea-AC Milan match was a blast yesterday evening. It really gives you such an appreciation for how good these players are by watching the game in person.

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The good people at mcfc have confirmed that tomorrow's final against Kaizer Chiefs will once again be streamed live on the official site.
Carlos Tevez has been ruled out, but Robinho and Emanuel Adebayor are expected to feature at some point.
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Further vestiges of Manchester City's Sven Goran Eriksson era seem likely to be swept away, with a loan deal under discussion that would take striker Felipe Caicedo to Sporting Lisbon and a possible move to Racing Santander for Javier Garrido.

Caicedo, whom Eriksson signed from the Swiss club Basle 18 months ago, led the line for City against Kaizer Chiefs at Kings Park Stadium here last night but Sporting are keen to wrap up a deal as soon as possible.

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I've been a little reluctant to bring up Manchester Ciy's summer of spending and thats mainly cause all they seem to have bought with their Emirate oil money, is a bunch of overpriced strikers! At last count I'm pretty sure they had about 9 of them (Adebayor, Bellamy, Benjani, Robinho, Santa Cruz, Tevez, Bojinov, Caicedo, Evans, and a couple of midfielders who can also mix it up front). Click to continue reading...

I've been a little reluctant to bring up Manchester Ciy's summer of spending and thats mainly cause all they seem to have bought with their Emirate oil money, is a bunch of overpriced strikers! At last count I'm pretty sure they had about 9 of them (Adebayor, Bellamy, Benjani, Robinho, Santa Cruz, Tevez, Bojinov, Caicedo, Evans, and a couple of midfielders who can also mix it up front). Click to continue reading...

Have you been watching the Confederations Cup from South Africa?
So far, so good.
A great game yesterday between African champions Egypt against Brazil, which ended on a controversial penalty called by English referee Howard Webb. 4-3 was the final score for Brazil but the Egyptians have nothing to be ashamed about. Click to continue reading...

Ertugral top choice to coach Ajax
SISA MAJOLA
JOHANNESBURG - In soccer's worst kept secret, Ajax Cape Town and coach Craig Rosslee officially parted ways this week.
But speculation was already rife about Rosslee's future with sources saying that he had already handed in his resignation to the club two weeks ago, a few days before the team's final Premiership encounters against Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns. Click to continue reading...

Here's another Confederations Cup update (Cupdate?):
New Zealand has released its squad for the Confederations Cup and there are a few familiar faces. Three players are currently playing in MLS: Andrew Boyens with New York, Simon Elliott with the San Jose Earthquakes and Jarrod Smith with the Seattle Sounders. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City Football Club are delighted to confirm that they will take part in the Vodacom Challenge in South Africa as the main part of their pre-season preparations for the 2009/10 Barclays Premier League campaign.The tournament, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, sees the Blues take on the two biggest clubs in South Africa.

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Manchester City will be heading to South Africa this summer to battle clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs in the Vodacom Challenge.
The Brazilian contingent will not be participating for City because of international duty with Brazil at FIFA's Confederations Cup, also set in South Africa this summer. Click to continue reading...

Despite the greater financial rewards on offer in the Far East and the club's links to Abu Dhabi, the home of owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, City have accepted an invitation to take part in a three-game tour of South Africa in July that will see them face local clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria.

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Highly-regarded debutant Abia Nale entered in the 84th minute as South Africa defeated Zambia 1-0 yesterday at Atteridgeville's Super Stadium. The team now has won five matches in a row as South Africa prepares for FIFA's Confederations Cup in June. Click to continue reading...

Vladislav Heric has parted company with Premier Soccer League outfit Bay United, the reason cited that he as unhappy with several recommendations made by the club's Board of Directors. The performances of the South African first-tier club have come under close scrutiny from those on the board after their season has started defectively. Click to continue reading...

Midfielders Rodrigo Possebon and Tom Cleverley, as well as defender Craig Cathcart, were flown out last week to South Africa to join the first team in their pre-season. With an hour played last Saturday, Cleverley was on the scoresheet in United's 4-0 win over the Kaizer Chiefs, after putting away the ball from a Danny Simpson [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, Manchester United were in South Africa finishing off Kaizer Chiefs for a piece of silverware. Lots of United fans made it to the park to watch the match judging by photos from the final. But this guy is a... Click to continue reading...

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2008-09 Pre season match: Kaizer Chiefs are meeting Manchester united in a friendly match Saturday July 26th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today!  Click to continue reading...

So United are on tour in South Africa doing their bit to spread the gospel and expand the brand, last night they took on Orlando Pirates in Durban in a game that was at times fairly competitive due to several meaty challenges by the home team. Lee Martin scored a well taken goal to win the match in doing so propelling the Reds into Saturday's final of the Vodacom Challenge Cup where they will probably meet the Kaizer Chiefs who they drew with on Sunday in Cape Town. Click to continue reading...

After the 1-1 draw with the Kaizer Chiefs, Manchester United take on Orlando Pirates next, in a game which will be shown on Setanta Sports tomorrow evening. United lost out on penalties the last time they played in the Vodacom Challenge tournament, with Ben Foster, United goalkeeper, seeing his attempt come back off the crossbar. Click to continue reading...

This will be pretty brief because I couldn't watch much of the friendly between United and the Kaizer Chiefs. It's not that I want to be very hard on the players considering it's pre-season but, from what I saw of the match, I thought the display was disjointed. Wayne Rooney huffed and puffed, and was very [. Click to continue reading...

Image details: Vodacom Challenge : Chiefs v Man Utd served by picapp.com Kaizer Chiefs draw with Man Utd in a preseason friendly (1-1) and get a penalty (from which they scored). Lets hope this is a sign of things to come Image details: Brit Awards 2008 - Outside Arrivals served by picapp.com Not a bad result [. Click to continue reading...

Our lads flew out to South Africa yesterday in anticipation of the Vodacom challenge, where United will be playing the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, ready for a rematch against one of these sides in the final. On Saturday we play our first match, our oppnents the Kaizer Chiefs, who beat us in 2006 to claim [. Click to continue reading...

As newspapers across the world fill their pages with transfer gossip, football fans are surely wondering when they can actually see their heroes step onto the pitch again. Surprisingly, most teams kick off their preseason schedules in about a week. Premiership Talk highlights Premiership teams' preseason plans:

• Manchester United kickoff their preseason against Aberdeen on July 12th.

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Kudos to the South African Organizing Committee and FIFA for putting on a brilliant preliminary draw show.
The hosts put on a smooth-running show, with just one little glitch in Sunday's draw, sending visiting delegations from more than 150 nations away on Monday in various degrees of hope, expectation and, in a few cases, dismay. Click to continue reading...

South Africa has a rich history cloaked by the oppressive practices of Apartheid.
On Tuesday, the World Cup organizing committee announced that three World Cup host cities will be allowed to use proposed name changes on official tournament documents and tickets for the 2010 finals.
The tickets and documents will bear both the apartheid-era names of cities and the new ones, reflecting the nation's evolution while avoiding confusing visitors. Click to continue reading...