South Africa’s Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba expects a difficult game in tonight’s friendly with Ghana at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. According to Mashaba, his charges did not train Monday, unlike Ghana, after arriving in Durban at midday from a 2018 World Cup qualifying draw with Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou on Saturday. “And people expect … Read more
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba has released Tebogo Langerman, Hlompho Kekana and Keagan Dolly from his squad ahead of Tuesday’s friendly with Ghana at Moses Mabhida Stadium. According to Bafana’s Twitter account, Mashaba has excused the Mamelodi Sundowns trio from international duty in light of their club’s CAF Champions League final first leg … Read more
Lorient star Abdul Majeed Waris has returned to the Black Stars for Friday’s opening 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda after a recent absence. Waris, 25, missed the team’s final 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda in Accra last month played last month. But the swift attacker for the French Ligue 1 … Read more
South Africa’s head coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba has tipped the Black Stars to win next year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament to be staged in Gabon. Mashaba will be engaging the Black Stars in a friendly game on October 11 after taking on the Stallions of Burkina Faso in the opening match of the FIFA … Read more
South Africa coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba has announced a squad of 25 players to face Ghana in an international friendly in Durban on October 11. The Bafana Bafana will engage Burkina Faso in a 2018 World Cup qualifier prior to the tie against the Black Stars. The friendly will afford the two nations the opportunity … Read more
Ghana’s Black Stars have lined up a friendly match against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on October 11. The match will form part of preparations for the two sides ahead of their second qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. Ghana plays Uganda in Tamale on October 7 in their first qualifier for Russia 2018 but before … Read more
The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed that they will play Ghana in a friendly next month. This comes after Ghanasoccernet.com exclusively revealed on Friday that the Black Stars will face Bafana Bafana as the West Africans eye the preparatory match ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Egypt. The senior national team, the … Read more
Former chairman of Bafana Bafana Ladies Papa Yawson has donated items to Ghana’s female U-17 national team ahead of the World Cup in Jordan. Papa Yawson visited the Black Maidens camp in Oguaa and donated six cartons of special ice bottled mineral water and two cartons of Guinness malt. Head coach Evans Adotey received the … Read more
Ghana failed to send scouts to watch their primary opponents Egypt who were playing against South Africa in an international friendly. The Black Stars were guest to the Golden Eagles of Russia at the same time the Egyptians were taking on the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in an international friendly. The Pharoah’s fell to … Read more
South Africa coach Shakes Mashaba admits his side will have to beat Ghana if they are to stand a chance of progressing to the AFCON quarter-finals. Bafana Bafana claimed the lead against Senegal on Friday evening, after Oupa Manyisa had fired into the bottom-right corner at the start of the second half. However, Senegal managed … Read more