South Africa head coach Ephraim Shakes Mashaba has been suspended from his position with immediate effect and will not be involved in the country s friendly away to Mozambique on Tuesday.
The South African Football Association (SAFA) confirmed the decision in an announcement on Sunday.
In what the association called a regrettable incident , Mashaba publicly criticised SAFA president Danny Jordaan for allegedly not supporting him in his media conference following Saturday s 2-1 win over Senegal in World Cup qualifying.
With Mashaba exiled, assistant boss Owen da Gama will be in charge of the Mozambique match.
SAFA s statement read: Bafana Bafana Head Coach Ephraim Shakes Mashaba will not join the team on their trip to Mozambique as the Association has deem…
The Netherlands will be without Frenkie de Jong, Memphis Depay and Teun Koopmeiners for their decisive Nations League showdown with Belgium on Sunday.
De Jong and Depay have been ruled out due to thigh and leg injuries respectively.
The Barcelona duo did the damage during a 2-0 away victory over Poland on Thursday and will play no part in the final Group A4 game versus the Red Devils at Johan Cruijff Arena
Atalanta midfielder Koopmeiners also misses out in Amsterdam after suffering a concussion.
Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal has called up Ajax s Brian Brobbey and Ryan Gravenberch of Bayern Munich in the absence of the trio.
The Dutch will qualify for the Nations League Finals if they avoid defeat by three goals or more.
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Celtic have seen an initial bid for Wolves striker Leigh Griffiths rejected by the League One club.
Scotland international Griffiths has scored 13 goals in all competitions for Wolves this season, helping them to third in the table and keeping hopes of a return to the Championship alive.
And Wolves manager Kenny Jackett has revealed that Scottish Premiership champions Celtic are interested in signing the forward, although he is keen to keep hold of the 23-year-old.
We ve had a bid from Celtic which has been formalised but the club have turned it down, Jackett said on Monday. We do understand every player has their price but we are not desperate to sell players here.
I don t how things develop but a bid has been made and I m sure there will be further dialogue th…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola urged Leroy Sane to respond after the attacker s slow start to the season.
Sane, 22, starred last campaign, winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award as City cruised to the title, but he is yet to start a Premier League game in 2018-19.
He was left out of Germany s World Cup squad in Russia, while his body language was questioned by team-mate Toni Kroos during the international break.
Guardiola called for Sane – who has played just 30 minutes in the league this season – to bounce back, but said it was too early to judge the former Schalke attacker.
He will be so important for the club. It s a challenge for him and not just him – everybody, Guardiola told a news conference ahead of City s clash against Fulh…
Spain s Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso should be fit for their World Cup last 16 match with Portugal despite spraining his right ankle in the 2-1 victory over Group G rivals Chile on Friday.
The 28-year-old former Liverpool star suffered the injury just before half-time but played on until he was replaced in the 73rd minute in a game which saw the European champions qualify for the second round along with their opponents.
The first x-ray confirmed that he had sprained his right ankle when he was violently tackled, said Spanish team doctor Oscar Luis Celada.
But we are optimistic that he will be fit for the second round match.
Alonso, a member of the Euro 2008 winning side, has until Tuesday to prove his fitness when the Spanish take on the 2006 Wo…
Lille defender Simon Kjaer admits that his one-year loan spell at Roma in 2011-12 did not work out as he hoped.
The Denmark international spent a year in the Italian capital on loan from Wolfsburg, but started only 20 Serie A matches as Roma struggled under Luis Enrique, eventually finishing seventh in the table.
The defender concedes that it was a troublesome period for both him and the club, but that his season at the Stadio Olimpico helped him grow as a player.
The year I went to the capital was a particularly difficult time for the club, he told EuropaCalcio.
There was a change at the top and a lot of the staff changed as well.
I think I played about 20 times for Roma. Summing it up, it could have definitely gone better.
But sporting director Walt…
Antonio Conte has not had any contact from Real Madrid, according to the former Juventus and Italy boss brother.
Conte is out of work after leaving Chelsea earlier this year and has been linked to the Santiago Bernabeu post, with current head coach Julen Lopetegui under increasing scrutiny ahead of Sunday s Clasico showdown against Barcelona.
Daniele Conte, who also acts as his sibling s representative, told Cadena SER that Madrid are a great club but insisted the lines of communication are not open at this stage.
Antonio is on vacation, he has not received any call from Real Madrid, he said.
Real Madrid are a great team, although there has been no contact.
Conte won three consecutive Serie A titles with Juventus before leading Italy to the qua…
Newcastle United have begun talks with a Singapore-backed company over a potential takeover.
The Bellagraph Nova Group (BNG), co-founded by Singapore-based investors Evangeline Shen, Nelson Loh and Terence Loh, said a letter of intent and proof of funds has already been provided.
BNG added it has reached out to club legend Alan Shearer and former player Michael Chopra to help with the bid.
The company s website says it made $12billion in revenues in 2019 and has 31 entities.
Bellagraph Nova Group s founders (have) already provided a LOI (Letter of Intent) as well as a proof of funds on Aug. 10, a widely reported BNG statement read.
In addition to the engagement to the Newcastle Football Club and community, Bellagraph Nova Group enlisted help of …
Liverpool forward Fernando Torres scored a brace as world champions Spain began their European title defence with a convincing 4-0 win over Liechtenstein on Friday in their opening Group I qualifier for the Euro 2012 finals.
It was Spain s first competitive match since lifting the World Cup in South Africa on July 11 and the Euro 2008 winners were far too strong for hapless Liechtenstein.
After failing to score at the World Cup finals, Torres rediscovered his goalscoring touch on 18 minutes with a beautiful chip to open the scoring before new Barcelona man David Villa thundered in a shot from outside the box on 54 minutes.
Villa, top-scorer at the World Cup with five goals, now has 43 goals in 66 internationals, just one goal from equalling the all-time national…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has insisted Hugo Lloris is not for sale, .
The France international was strongly linked with a move to Manchester United last summer, and is once again likely to be the subject of interest when the transfer window reopens.
However his boss has gone on record to state his importance to the North London club, who are being spoke of as one of a number of title challengers this season having not lost since the opening day of the Premier League campaign.
Lloris moved to White Hart Lane from Lyon in the summer of 2012, and has since racked up one hundred and forty-one outings in all competitions while his appearance against England at Wembley last month was his seventy-third for his country.
Spurs face Monaco…