Sifiso Ramara
Senior Sports Journalist at South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Ordinary follower of the people's game
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3 weeks ago |
sabcnews.com | Sifiso Ramara
The hosts of the 2025 Cosafa Cup South Africa started this year’s tournament on a low note. The Bafana Bafana reserve side narrowly lost 1-0 to Mozambique in the opening match of the tournament played in Bloemfontein earlier this afternoon. South Africa will have to beat Zimbabwe in their next match on Saturday afternoon to increase their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals. They will complete their Group A campaign with a match against Mauritius next Tuesday.
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3 weeks ago |
sabcnews.com | Sifiso Ramara
Mamelodi Sundowns have their work cut out for them going into tonight’s CAF Champions League second leg final against Pyramids FC in Cairo. Sundowns conceded an away goal in the dying minutes of the first leg at Loftus Versfeld last weekend and know they have to return the favour to have any chance of winning their second elite continental title. Pyramids are playing in their first Champions League final.
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1 month ago |
sabcnews.com | Sifiso Ramara
Amajita’s long wait to reach another Africa Cup of Nations final is finally over. The South African under-20 national team reached their second final in 28 years, after narrowly beating bitter rivals Nigeria 1-0 in the semi-finals of the AFCON in Ismaila, Egypt, last night. Nigeria came into the semi-final against South Africa as overwhelming favourites. The Flying Eagles have won the Africa Cup of Nations tournament seven times in the past, with their last victory coming in 2015.
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1 month ago |
sabcnews.com | Sifiso Ramara
Orlando Pirates have confirmed that their head Coach, Jose Riveiro, will be on the bench for the final time when the team hosts Golden Arrows tomorrow evening. The club has granted coach Riveiro an early release from his contract, which was originally set to run until the end of June 2025. The 49-year-old Riveiro lost his very first final since he arrived in South Africa three seasons ago, when Pirates lost 2-1 to bitter rivals in the final of the Nedbank Cup in Durban on Saturday.
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2 months ago |
sabcnews.com | Sifiso Ramara
The fight continues for three South African clubs in the CAF inter-club competitions this season. That’s despite both Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns failing to win their first-leg semi-final home encounters this past weekend against Egyptian opposition Pyramids FC and Al Ahly, respectively. The two South African clubs will have to dig deep in the second-leg fixtures in Cairo this coming weekend.
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Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Court dismissed application to struck off the roll the case involving Danny Jordaan and his two co-accussed. The case will be back in court in February next year #sabcnews https://t.co/sdoGDpSGkg
Judge Shirley Soko has dismissed the application by the state for Norman Arendse who is representing Safa president Danny Jordaan and CFO Gronnie Hluyo to recuse himself in the fraud and theft case at the Palm Ridge Commercial Crimes Court #sabcnews https://t.co/g4vs8WvzCa
NSL chairman Irvin Khoza has presented Kaizer Chiefs chairman Kaizer Motaung with a cheque of R2 million rand for his contribution in SA professional football for the past 28 years. This was part of birthday celebrations after Motaung turned 80 years last month #sabcnews https://t.co/T6mLDru2fN