Hout Bay United is a small football club in Cape Town, nestled between the expensive wine farms of Constantia and the Atlantic Ocean, that enjoys the quiet support of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. It’s not a rich club by any means, and they play in the third tier of South Africa’s football leagues, but aside
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The 40 African nations still standing in the qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup learned the identities of their group stage opponents during a star-studded event at The Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo on Tuesday, but not everyone will be happy with their lot. Teams were drawn into 10 groups of four teams, with the
CAPE TOWN — Germany’s Bundesliga has a growing reputation as one of the most ‘watchable’ top leagues in the world, and is hoping to use that perception to grow its footprint in Africa in the coming years. The English Premier League and Spanish LaLiga have, for some time, had a strong presence in Africa, boosted
Lebo Mothiba ended his five-and-a-half-month wait for a goal by scoring twice in Strasbourg’s Ligue 1 victory over Nimes last weekend, while both Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane starred as Liverpool defeated Manchester City in a potentially decisive clash at the top of the English Premier League. South Africa’s Mothiba hadn’t scored since May when