Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
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Saturday, 11 July 2026
SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP MIDFIELDER JAYDEN ADAMS DIES AT 25
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Cape Town (Reuters) — South Africa international midfielder Jayden Adams, who featured in all three of his side’s group stage games at the 2026 World Cup, has died, the country’s sports ministry said on Saturday.
No cause of death was given.
Adams, 25, started the Group A fixtures against Mexico and the Czech Republic, and came off the bench in the 1-0 win over South Korea that earned the side a first ever place in the knockout rounds, where they were beaten by Canada.
The player’s grandmother died a day before South Africa played the Czechs, and he was replaced at halftime during the fixture.
He played for the Pretoria-based Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa, helping them to the African Champions League title in the 2025/26 season.
“South African football has lost a gifted player, a proud servant of the game and a young life that still had so much to offer,” the South African Football Players’ Union, an official body for players in the country, said in a statement.
South Africa’s minister of sport Gayton McKenzie also expressed his condolences.
“Our nation mourns alongside his family, his teammates and the millions of supporters who watched him grow from a promising academy prospect into a full Bafana Bafana international,” McKenzie said in a statement.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino offered his condolences via Instagram, saying his “thoughts and condolences, as well as those of everyone at FIFA and the global football community, are with his family, friends and teammates.”
Sundowns and SAFA did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
Adams came through the youth development structures at Stellenbosch FC and joined Sundowns in January 2025.
He made his international debut against Mozambique in 2022 and won 13 caps, scoring two goals, both in qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
Monday, 6 July 2026
Monday, 29 June 2026
SOUTH AFRICA: GOVERNMENT COMMENDS BAFANA BAFANA FOR A HISTORIC FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN
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Government has commended Bafana Bafana for an outstanding and historic FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign following their encounter against Canada.
The match resulted in a 0 - 1 win for Canada.
In a statement after the game on Sunday night, government expressed "immense pride" in what Bafana Bafana has achieved in the duration of the World Cup.
"For the first time in South Africa's history, Bafana Bafana reached the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup, inspiring millions of South Africans and making the Southern African region proud.
"Throughout the tournament, the players, coaches and technical team displayed courage, resilience, discipline, and an unwavering commitment to representing the country with honour and distinction. Their performances demonstrated that South African football can compete confidently on the biggest stage in world football."
Government also thanked all South Africans who united behind the national team throughout the tournament.
"The overwhelming support shown by citizens across the country reflected the spirit of unity, patriotism, and hope inspired by Bafana Bafana.
"Although this marks the end of South Africa's FIFA World Cup 2026 journey, Bafana Bafana has left an enduring legacy and laid a strong foundation for the future of South African football. The nation celebrates this historic achievement and looks forward with confidence to even greater success in the years ahead.
"Thank you, Bafana Bafana. You made South Africa proud!"
- All Africa
Thursday, 25 June 2026
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FULL FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 CALENDER: ALL 104 GAMES AND DATES
Football fans are able to map out the entire tournament calendar as the biggest edition of the global showpiece takes shape.
The countdown to FIFA World Cup 2026 is well underway, with football fans able to map out the entire tournament calendar as the biggest edition of the global showpiece takes shape.
For the first time in history, the World Cup will be hosted by three countries – United States, Canada and Mexico – while the competition will also expand from 32 to 48 teams.
The expanded format means the tournament will feature a record 104 matches played over 39 days, making it the largest World Cup ever staged.
TOURNAMENT OPENER
South Africa are set to feature in the tournament opener, taking on hosts Mexico at the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Thursday, 11 June.
The fixture has drawn comparisons to Bafana Bafana’s memorable opening match against Mexico at the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg, when Siphiwe Tshabalala scored one of the most famous goals in South African football history.
EXPANDED TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The 2026 edition introduces a new format featuring 12 groups of four teams.
The top two teams from each group, along with the eight best third-placed sides, will advance to a newly introduced Round of 32.
From there, the tournament progresses through the Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
The expansion means teams reaching the final will have to navigate an additional knockout round compared to previous World Cups.
PACKED FOOTBALL CALENDAR
The tournament runs from 11 June to 19 July 2026, with football taking place almost every day.
There will be only five match-free days throughout the competition – 8 July, 12 July, 13 July, 16 July and 17 July.
The group stage concludes at the end of June before the Round of 32 begins immediately, ensuring a packed schedule for supporters across the globe.
BAFANA BAFANA’S GROUP FIXTURES
South Africa’s World Cup campaign begins against Mexico before they face the Czech Republic in Atlanta on 18 June.
Bafana Bafana will then complete their group-stage commitments against South Korea in Monterrey on 24 June.
Coach Hugo Broos will be hoping to guide South Africa into the knockout stages for the first time.
WORLD CUP FINAL
The tournament concludes on 19 July, when the final will crown the new world champions after more than a month of football spread across North America.
With 48 nations, 104 matches and three host countries, FIFA World Cup 2026 is expected to be the largest and most commercially significant World Cup in the history of the sport.
WORLD CUP KEY DATES OF ROUNDS
Group stage: June 11-27
Round of 32: June 28 to July 3
Round of 16: July 4-7
Quarter-finals: July 9-11
Semi-finals: July 14-15
Third-place playoff: July 18
Final: July 19
FULL FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 SCHEDULE
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MATCHDAY 1 – JUNE 11-18
Thursday, June 11
Group A: Mexico vs South Africa, Mexico City, Mexico – 21:00
Friday, June 12
Group A: South Korea vs Czech Republic, Guadalajara, Mexico – 04:00
Group B: Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina, Toronto, Canada – 21:00
Saturday, June 13
Group D: USA vs Paraguay, Los Angeles, USA – 02:00
Group B: Qatar vs Switzerland, Santa Clara (San Francisco), USA – 21:00
Sunday, June 14
Group C: Brazil vs Morocco, New Jersey, USA – 00:00
Group C: Haiti vs Scotland, Foxborough (Boston), USA – 03:00
Group D: Australia vs Turkey, Vancouver, Canada – 06:00
Group E: Germany vs Curaçao, Houston, USA – 19:00
Group F: Netherlands vs Japan, Arlington (Dallas), USA – 22:00
Monday, June 15
Group E: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador, Philadelphia, USA – 01:00
Group F: Sweden vs Tunisia, Guadalupe (Monterrey), Mexico – 04:00
Group H: Spain vs Cape Verde, Atlanta, USA – 18:00
Group G: Belgium vs Egypt, Seattle, USA – 21:00
Tuesday, June 16
Group H: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay, Miami, USA – 00:00
Group G: Iran vs New Zealand, Los Angeles, USA – 03:00
Group I: France vs Senegal, New Jersey, USA – 21:00
Wednesday, June 17
Group I: Iraq vs Norway, Foxborough (Boston), USA – 00:00
Group J: Argentina vs Algeria, Kansas City, USA – 03:00
Group J: Austria vs Jordan, Santa Clara (San Francisco), USA – 06:00
Group K: Portugal vs DR Congo, Houston, USA – 19:00
Group L: England vs Croatia, Arlington (Dallas), USA – 22:00
Thursday, June 18
Group L: Ghana vs Panama, Toronto, Canada – 01:00
Group K: Uzbekistan vs Colombia, Mexico City, Mexico – 04:00
MATCHDAY 2 – JUNE 18–24
Thursday, June 18
Group A: Czech Republic vs South Africa, Atlanta, USA – 18:00
Group B: Switzerland vs Bosnia & Herzegovina, Los Angeles, USA – 21:00
Friday, June 19
Group B: Canada vs Qatar, Vancouver, Canada – 00:00
Group A: Mexico vs South Korea, Guadalajara, Mexico – 03:00
Group D: USA vs Australia, Seattle, USA – 21:00
Saturday, June 20
Group C: Scotland vs Morocco, Foxborough (Boston), USA – 00:00
Group C: Brazil vs Haiti, Philadelphia, USA – 03:00
Group D: Turkey vs Paraguay, Santa Clara (San Francisco), USA – 06:00
Group F: Netherlands vs Sweden, Houston, USA – 19:00
Group E: Germany vs Ivory Coast, Toronto, Canada – 22:00
Sunday, June 21
Group E: Ecuador vs Curaçao, Kansas City, USA – 02:00
Group F: Tunisia vs Japan, Guadalupe (Monterrey), Mexico – 06:00
Group H: Spain vs Saudi Arabia, Atlanta, USA – 18:00
Group G: Belgium vs Iran, Los Angeles, USA – 21:00
Monday, June 22
Group H: Uruguay vs Cape Verde, Miami, USA – 00:00
Group G: New Zealand vs Egypt, Vancouver, Canada – 03:00
Group J: Argentina vs Austria, Arlington (Dallas), USA – 19:00
Group I: France vs Iraq, Philadelphia, USA – 23:00
Tuesday, June 23
Group I: Norway vs Senegal, Toronto, Canada – 02:00
Group J: Jordan vs Algeria, Santa Clara (San Francisco), USA – 05:00
Group K: Portugal vs Uzbekistan, Houston, USA – 19:00
Group L: England vs Ghana, Foxborough (Boston), USA – 22:00
Wednesday, June 24
Group L: Panama vs Croatia, Foxborough (Boston), USA – 01:00
Group K: Colombia vs DR Congo, Guadalajara, Mexico – 04:00
MATCHDAY 3 – JUNE 24-28
Wednesday, June 24
Group B: Switzerland vs Canada, Vancouver, Canada – 21:00
Group B: Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Qatar, Seattle, USA – 21:00
Thursday, June 25
Group C: Morocco vs Haiti, Atlanta, USA – 00:00
Group C: Scotland vs Brazil, Miami, USA – 00:00
Group A: Czech Republic vs Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico – 03:00
Group A: South Africa vs South Korea, Guadalupe (Monterrey), Mexico – 03:00
Group E: Curaçao vs Ivory Coast, Philadelphia, USA – 22:00
Group E: Ecuador vs Germany, New Jersey, USA – 22:00
Friday, June 26
Group F: Japan vs Sweden, Arlington (Dallas), USA – 01:00
Group F: Tunisia vs Netherlands, Kansas City, USA – 01:00
Group D: Turkey vs USA, Los Angeles, USA – 04:00
Group D: Paraguay vs Australia, Santa Clara (San Francisco), USA – 04:00
Group I: Norway vs France, Foxborough (Boston), USA – 21:00
Group I: Senegal vs Iraq, Toronto, Canada – 21:00
Saturday, June 27
Group H: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia, Houston, USA – 02:00
Group H: Uruguay vs Spain, Guadalajara, Mexico – 02:00
Group G: New Zealand vs Belgium, Vancouver, Canada – 05:00
Group G: Egypt vs Iran, Seattle, USA – 05:00
Group L: Panama vs England, New Jersey, USA – 23:00
Group L: Croatia vs Ghana, Philadelphia, USA – 23:00
Sunday, June 28
Group K: Colombia vs Portugal, Miami, USA – 01:30
Group K: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan, Atlanta, USA – 01:30
Group J: Algeria vs Austria, Kansas City, USA – 04:00
Group J: Jordan vs Argentina, Arlington (Dallas), USA – 04:00
ROUND OF 32 – JUNE 28 TO JULY 3
Sunday, June 28
Group A Runners-up vs Group B Runners-up (Match 73) Los Angeles, USA – 21:00
Monday, June 29
Group C Winners vs Group F Runners-up (Match 76) Houston, USA – 19:00
Group E Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 74) Boston, USA – 22:30
Tuesday, June 30
Group F Winners vs Group C Runners-up (Match 75) Monterrey, Mexico – 03:00
Group E Runners-up vs Group I Runners-up (Match 78) Dallas, USA – 19:00
Group I Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 77) New York City, USA – 23:00
Wednesday, July 1
Group A Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 79) Mexico City, Mexico – 03:00
Group L Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 80) Atlanta, USA – 18:00
Group G Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 82) Seattle, USA – 22:00
Thursday, July 2
Group D Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 81) San Francisco, USA – 02:00
Group H Winners vs Group J Runners-up (Match 84) Los Angeles, USA – 21:00
Friday, July 3
Group K Runners-up vs Group L Runners-up (Match 83) Toronto, Canada – 01:00
Group B Winners vs Best 3rd Place(Match 85) Vancouver, Canada – 05:00
Group J Winners vs Group H Runners-up(Match 88) Dallas, USA – 20:00
Saturday, July 4
Group D Runners-up vs Group G Runners-up (Match 86) Miami, USA – 00:00
Group K Winners vs Best 3rd Place (Match 87) Vancouver, Canada – 02:30
ROUND OF 16 – JULY 4-7
Saturday, July 4
Winner Match 73 vs Winner Match 75 (Match 90) – Houston, USA – 19:00
Winner Match 74 vs Winner Match 77 (Match 89) – Philadelphia, USA – 23:00
Sunday, July 5
Winner Match 76 vs Winner Match 78 (Match 91) – New York City, USA – 22:00
Monday, July 6
Winner Match 79 vs Winner Match 80 (Match 92) – Mexico City, Mexico – 02:00
Winner Match 83 vs Winner Match 84 (Match 93) – Dallas, USA – 21:00
Tuesday, July 7
Winner Match 81 vs Winner Match 82 (Match 94) – Seattle, USA – 02:00
Winner Match 86 vs Winner Match 88 (Match 95) – Atlanta, USA – 18:00
Winner Match 85 vs Winner Match 87 (Match 96) – Vancouver, Canada – 22:00
QUARTER-FINALS – JULY 9-11
Thursday, July 9
Winner Match 89 vs Winner Match 90 (Match 97) – Boston, USA – 22:00
Friday, July 10
Winner Match 93 vs Winner Match 94 (Match 98) – Los Angeles, USA – 21:00
Saturday, July 11
Winner Match 95 vs Winner Match 96 (Match 99) – Miami, USA – 23:00
Sunday, July 12
Winner Match 91 vs Winner Match 92 (Match 100) – Kansas City, USA – 03:00
SEMI-FINALS – JULY 14-15
Tuesday, July 14
Winner Match 97 vs Winner Match 98 (Match 101) – Dallas, USA – 21:00
Wednesday, July 15
Winner Match 99 vs Winner 100 (Match 102) – Atlanta, USA – 21:00
THIRD-PLACE PLAYOFF
Saturday, July 18
Loser Match 101 vs Loser Match 102 (Match 103) – Miami, USA – 23:00
FINAL
Sunday, July 19
Winner Match 101 vs Winner Match 102 (Match 104) – New York, USA – 21:00
- Garrin Lambley
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
NELSON MANDELA TRAINING | BOXING 🥊|
"In 1958, while facing increasing state repression and underground political organizing, Nelson Mandela took up boxing training as both a physical discipline and a mental refuge. Though he never sparred full-contact, he adhered to a strict regimen of skipping rope, running, and shadowboxing. In his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela later reflected that boxing taught him values of patience, endurance, and strategic thinking—qualities that would sustain him through 27 years of imprisonment. He saw the ring as a metaphor for political struggle: 'In the ring, rank, age, color, and wealth are irrelevant.'"
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Thursday, 14 May 2026
SOUTH AFRICA & AFRICA MOTOR SPORT PIONEER WILLIAM LOUW HAS PASSED AWAY
It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of William Louw, a pillar of South African and African motor sport who devoted himself to rally safety across the continent.
Serving as the FIA Safety Delegate for the African Rally Championship, William worked diligently and professionally to ensure the safe and smooth running of African rally events over many years.
He will be remembered for his kindness, calmness and attentiveness in the role as well as his commitment to training, development and mentorship to support the next generation of volunteers and officials.
Our thoughts are with William’s family, friends and colleagues.
- FIA
Sunday, 10 May 2026
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