Africa: Draw for Historic 20th Edition of the Cosafa Cup Set for Thursday

The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup will be staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17 as preparations for the historic 20th edition of the regional showpiece… Read more »

Zambia/Benin: Zambia Held By Benin in Latest Friendly International

Zambia were held to a 2-2 draw by the Squirrels of Benin in an international friendly match played at the Mathieu Kerekou Stadium in Cotonou on Tuesday. Read more »

Uganda/South Africa: Big Blows for Bafana Ahead of Uganda Friendly

South Africa have been forced into yet more changes ahead of their friendly international against Uganda on Thursday, having been dealt a heavy blow with the loss of star forward… Read more »

South Africa: South African Name Updated Squad for Olympic Games Warm-Up Matches

South Africa Under-23 coach David Notoane has named a 25-member squad to play their Egyptian counterparts in two friendly matches on 10 and 13 June in Cairo. Read more »

Tanzania/Malawi: Malawi Gather for Tanzania Friendly

Malawi's local players on Tuesday afternoon started training in preparation for next week's international friendly match against Tanzania. Read more »

South Africa: Portuguese Side Want to Keep Bafana Bafana Forward

Paços de Ferreira want to keep South African international Luther Singh on their books next season, hoping to extend his loan deal with Sporting Braga, Portuguese media… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Qualify for Beach Soccer Cup of Nations Semifinals

Mozambique continued their excellent run at the 2021 CAF Beach Soccer Cup of Nations in Senegal with a 2-1 victory over fancied Morocco to advance to the semifinals of the… Read more »

Mozambique/Lesotho: Lesotho Name Strong Squad for Mozambique, Eswatini Friendlies

Lesotho coach Thabo Senong has named a 24-man squad to face Mozambique and Eswatini in the upcoming friendly matches scheduled for early June in Maputo as the Mountain Kingdom… Read more »

Southern Africa: Beach Soccer Referees to Be Put Through Their Paces

COSAFA is hoping to add Beach Soccer to its calendar of events in 2022 and as such there are off-field moves to upskill not only players, but also match officials. Read more »

Africa: Start of Women's Afcon Qualifiers Have Been Postponed to October

The start of the qualifiers for the 2022 CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations that were due to take place early next month have been postponed to October. Read more »

Southern Africa: Cosafa Has Healthy Role in Leadership Positions On CAF Standing Committees

A number of senior administrators from the COSAFA region have been placed in leadership positions on the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) standing committees. Read more »

Botswana: Botswana Dreaming of Africa Women's Cup of Nations Qualification

Botswana women's senior national team coach Gaolethoo Nkutlwisang has admitted that it would be a dream for her side to qualify for the coveted Africa Women's Cup of Nations… Read more »

Africa: Namibia Coach Wary of Tanzania Threat in AFCON Qualifiers

Namibia interim coach Uerikondjera Kasaona says they will prepare thoroughly for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania next month. Read more »

Africa: Cosafa Sides to Clash in the Qualifiers for 2022 Women's Afcon

A number of COSAFA sides have been drawn against one another in the qualifiers for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Morocco. Read more »

Southern Africa: Cosafa Clarifies Issue of Participation Fee for Certain Tournaments

COSAFA has noted several media reports around the issue of a Participation Fee that members will pay in order to play at some of our tournaments this year, and would like to place… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi's Bernadettar Kwimbira to Officiate At Second Olympic Games

Malawi's celebrated FIFA Assistant Referee Bernadettar Kwimbira will this summer get a second Olympic Games run after being appointed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Football… Read more »

Madagascar: Madagascar Suspend Coach Just Before World Cup Qualifiers

Madagascar have suspended coach Nicolas Dupuis just weeks before they kick off of the group phase of their 2022 World Cup qualifying bid. Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Captain Rabale Delighted With Sundowns Move

Lesotho Women's National team captain Boitumelo Rabale has spoken of her delight after completing a move to SAFA National Women's League Champions Mamelodi Sundowns on a two-year… Read more »

Africa: COSAFA Trio Head to Tokyo Olympic Games

COSAFA is delighted to announce that it will be sending a team of match officials to the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year in another sign of the excellent work being conducted… Read more »

Southern Africa: Format for Inaugural Cosafa Women's Champions League Unveiled

The eight clubs that will take part in the inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League have been unveiled with the tournament dates and host close to being finalised as well. Read more »

Africa: COSAFA Sides Learn Fate After Olympic Games Football Draws

COSAFA sides South Africa and Zambia now know their fate after the draw was made for the football tournaments at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday. Read more »

Botswana/Zambia: Ellis Satisfied With Banyana Victories Over Zambia and Botswana

South Africa defeated COSAFA rivals Botswana 2-0 in a hard-fought international friendly match played in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Read more »

Africa: South Africa Defeat Zambia in Friendly Thanks to Spanish Duo

South Africa came back from one goal down to defeat neighbours Zambia 3-1 in an exciting international friendly match played at the Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. Read more »

Africa: Zambia Arrive in South Africa for Friendly

Zambia will arrive in South Africa today for their international friendly against Banyana Banyana that is scheduled for Johannesburg on Saturday. Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Axe Coach Goncalves After Nations Cup Failure

Mozambique coach Luis Goncalves became the second victim of African Cup of Nations failure when he was sacked on Thursday, the country's football federation said. Read more »