Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki gave a total of 17 players a chance to play during Sunday’s 2-1 win in the Nelson Mandela Challenge match against Mali at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth. He feels that this will be very helpful when he selects his squad to play Ghana and Sudan in the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers which get underway in November.

US Sprinting Star Justin Gatlin believes that Wayde van Niekerk will come back hungrier and stronger when he recovers from his injury setbacks. Gatlin is in South Africa as a founder of the Born 2 Be Elite programme that is being initiated in Cape Town, and says he is confident that the world is still to see the best from the South African 400m world and Olympic record holder.

Kaizer Chiefs beat Mamelodi Sundowns 4-2 to win the Shell Helix Ultra Cup at the FNB stadium in Soweto on Saturday afternoon. Amakhosi scored all four goals in the first half courtesy of Leonardo Castro’s hat trick and Khama Billiat’s goal.

The Southern Kings’ losing streak continued when they were beaten 42-17 by Ulster at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday afternoon.

Baroka FC Coach Wedson Nyirenda has voiced his dissatisfaction at the current FIFA International break, saying it was destabilising their season. Bakgaga have lost their last three matches in the Absa Premiership and slipped down to 12th in the process.

Cape Town City striker Kermit Erasmus and Supersport United goalkeeper Ronwen Williams are the only two players in this Bafana squad who come from Port Elizabeth.

Bafana Bafana have wrapped up their preparations for the Nelson Mandela Challenge match against Mali at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth on Sunday (15:00) and head coach Molefi Ntseki has promised to keep his promise.

South African track cyclist, Jean Spies, will be stepping up his quest to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the next three months (November 2019 to January 2020).

Bafana Bafana mid-fielder, Dean Furman, believes that the match against Mali is a good preparation for the Afcon qualifiers next month. Bafana and Mali meet in a Nelson Mandela Challenge encounter in Port Elizabeth on Sunday and Furman who was a doubtful starter for the match against the Malians has been declared fit to play. Bafana open their Afcon qualifying campaign away against Ghana next month. The Supersport United captain, says its good to play against a West African country before taking on the Black Stars of Ghana.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane is still adamant that Kaizer Chiefs is benefiting from referees mistakes. Mosimane initially implied it after his team beat Black Leopards 2-1 in a league match two weeks ago. On Monday Mosimane and Ernst Middendorp had a heated exchange on Soccer Zone.