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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
Kaizer Chiefs could have a surprise club in store for their pre-season friendly preparations, mooted to replace their regular opponent.
In anticipation of welcoming Nasreddine Nabi and his cohort of technical team members, Chiefs management also upped the game with their pre-season preparations in the previous winter, after going to Europe in Turkey for the first time as a dress rehearsal for the 2024/25 Betway Premiership campaign.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
Ahead of the CAF Champions League finale, Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has been urged to return to the club's traditional style of play, particularly to get the best out of Lucas Ribeiro Costa. Sundowns were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Pyramids FC last weekend in the first leg of the final, and ahead of the decisive second leg in Cairo, will have to take the game to their opponents.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi faces the club's hierarchy with a bleak league record since the successful Stuart Baxter era, and now a former Orlando Pirates attacker has harsh words on the situation. Reports of Chiefs management not convinced to take Nabi into 2025/26 emerged just after he led the club to their first trophy in a decade, the Nedbank Cup.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
Following reports that Mamelodi Sundowns defender Rushine De Reuck is back in the country, KickOff has the latest on his situation. De Reuck entered the 2024/25 season on the back of a long-term injury, which kept him out of the team for the majority of the games last term.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
With Kaizer Chiefs having the need to beef up their squad after not qualifying for the MTN8, KickOff looks at the top five attackers within their reach in the PSL, according to statistics. Chiefs missed out on the MTN8 qualification for the second season running, after ending in ninth spot in the Betway Premiership standings. Amakhosi would need varied reinforcements in their team, after ending with a negative goal difference of seven.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
Mamelodi Sundowns missed the chance to close the gap behind Al Ahly in the Africa club rankings while Orlando Pirates held off competition from newly-crowned CAF Confederation Cup champions, RS Berkane. Even though Sundowns are in the CAF Champions League final at the expense of The Red Devils, the Tshwane giants still have work to depose the outgoing and record champions off their number one spot in the Africa club rankings.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
With Kaizer Chiefs supporters divided on the immediate future of head coach Nasreddine Nabi, KickOff looks back on how Ernst Middendorp transformed the side from ninth place to league title contenders.
For a big club as Chiefs, finishing ninth - after they missed out on the MTN8 for the second successive season currently, does not necessarily mean they need baby steps to compete again for the league title next season, even though Mamelodi Sundowns have set the bar high.
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1 week ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
Home Sa News Motsepe Foundation Championship May 26, 2025 - 02:30 pm By Thato Bosoga Motsepe-Foundation-Championship Following transfer wrangling between Kaizer Chiefs and Cape Town Spurs regarding Asanele Velebayi, the question has been asked on whether there could be more resistance after the Ikamva club's relegation. Spurs CEO Alexi Efstathiou is on record admitting they received a couple of offers from Chiefs for Velebayi last season, which they deemed below their valuation.
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1 week ago | 
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Home Sa News Motsepe Foundation Championship May 26, 2025 - 10:13 am By Thato Bosoga Motsepe-Foundation-Championship After Cape Town Spurs were relegated from Motsepe Foundation Championship, KickOff sought legal opinion on what happens to players with professional contracts at the club. Spurs were relegated from the second tier after a 1-0 defeat to Durban City in the final matchday saw them finish 15th in the standings.
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2 weeks ago | 
kickoff.com | Thato Bosoga
With suggestions that the PSL is becoming 'boring' with Mamelodi Sundowns' dominance of the Betway Premiership, former midfielder Brent Carelse has argued otherwise.
Sundowns won the Betway Premiership for the eighth consecutive season, even though they were docked points won against Royal AM and ended the season with 28 matches.
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