Tag: South Africa National Soccer Team

Japan opens Olympic men’s soccer with 1-0 win over SAfrica

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TOKYO — An empty stadium is not how Japanese athletes imagined competing for the first time in Tokyo at their home Olympics. ...

Olympic athlete tests positive in Tokyo days before 1st game

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TOKYO — A third athlete at the Olympic Village in Tokyo has tested positive for COVID-19 with the Czech Republic team reporting the latest...

Veteran Alves but no Neymar as Brazil eyes soccer gold again

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Brazil winning gold lifted the footballing mood of the nation two years after a humiliating, 7-1 loss to Germany at the...

South Africa hires Belgian Hugo Broos as coach

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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa hired African Cup-winning coach Hugo Broos on a five-year deal on Wednesday. ...

Billionaire Motsepe elected president of African soccer

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RABAT, Morocco — South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe was elected president of the African soccer confederation on Friday without the need for a...

Mining billionaire FIFA’s chosen man to run African soccer

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — He's made speeches alongside Barack Obama and attended business meetings with Donald Trump. He once gave $200,000 to Nelson...

FIFA brokers deal to decide next African soccer president

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — FIFA president Gianni Infantino brokered a deal to give politically connected South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe a clear run...