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Teboho Mokoena, at the centre of it all * After the victory against Lesotho, it was revealed that coach Hugo Broos started Teboho Mokoena in the fixture and played 81 minutes * Though having picked two yellow cards against Benin and Zimbabwe earlier in the campaign * South Africa top their Group C with a comfortable 13 points, leading by 5 points with four games left to play * A deduction of points from would prove a massive blow…

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Yesterday’s quarterfinal clash between Orlando Pirates against Algeria’s MC Alger * A thrilling South v North blockbuster climax to the competition  — Sundowns v Al Ahly; Orlando Pirates v Pyramids FC * Both at home for the first legs scheduled for April 18/19 and April 25/26) for the second Maravi Express Council for Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) is being well represented by South Africa’s heavyweights, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions…

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* We’ve got 90 minutes of football and anything can happen at the Bernabeu Maravi Express “One place where crazy things happen is our house”, midfielder Jude Bellingham warns Arsenal after his Real Madrid were beaten 3-0 by the Gunners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final ahead of the second leg on Wednesday, April 16 at Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid’s loss yesterday was the club’s joint-heaviest defeat in a Champions League knockout match and after the full-time…

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* The Scorchers used the friendlies to prepare for Angola in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) qualifier against Angola in October * While South Africa are preparing a strong squad for their defence of their WAfCON title in July in Morocco Maravi Express Having played out to a goalless first half, Malawi Scorchers Vanessa Chikupira scored early in the second half but the hosts South Africa came from a goal down to win 2-1 in the two…

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* She is preparing a strong squad for their defence of their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) finals in July in Morocco * While Scorechers coach Lovemore Fazili is preparing to face Angola in next WAfCON qualifier against Angola in October Maravi Express South Africa women’s national team head coach, Desiree Ellis is reported to be cautious despite Banyana Banyana beating Malawi Scorchers 3-0 on Saturday in their first of the FIFA calendar window international friendly, whose second…

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