Thrilled Brazilian fans have warned their stars not to underestimate Bafana Bafana as the two sides meet at the Confederations Cup semi-finals on Thursday at Ellis Park.

AFTER scraping into the semifinals of the Confederations Cup at the weekend, beleaguered national team coach Joel Natalino Santana faces a revolt from his own players after they indicated they were not impressed by the ultradefensive tactics the notoriously conservative

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SOUTH AFRICA can close a great week for African football - and keep alive the home fans' interest in the 2009 Confederations Cup - by qualifying for the semi-finals when they take on European champions Spain at the Free State

On September 16, 1994, South Africa declared her intention to host the 2006 World Cup. Around the same time, England, Morocco, Brazil and Germany also put in their bids.

Troy Perkins notched up another shut-out for Valerenga while Hunter Freeman and IK Start got roughed up by Stabaek.

The draw for the early rounds of the European play have been made, with Mikkel Diskerud, Marcus Tracy, Ryan Guy and Jamath Shoffner all set for their summertime jaunts through the obscure reaches of Europe.

After an unimpressive showing in their first two Confederations Cup matches, the US turned the tables on high flying Egypt Sunday and secured an unlikely trip to the semifinals with a resounding victory.

After a remarkable 90 minutes which saw the US go from the brink of an embarrassing elimination to a semifinal date with Spain, Michael Bradley is reveling in the team's success.

Landon Donovan has seen his share of the good and the bad with U.S. Soccer in the last decade with Sunday's result against Egypt one of the highlights.

CSABA LASZLO jetted back into Edinburgh today declaring himself "happy" following a series of meetings in Lithuania with Hearts' majority shareholder Vladimir Roma

Motherwell have been drawn to play Welsh side Llanelli in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.

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Falkirk will face Liechtenstein side Vaduz in the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is set to join Spanish club Espanyol after Yokohama F. Marinos failed to complete a deal for the former Celtic player, the J.League club hav

African footballing icons Didier Drogba and Samuel EtoÂ'o were among a raft of footballing stars from their continent taking part in a charity match on Monday here for children orphaned by the 1994 genocide.

Rhyl from the Welsh league face an uphill battle against Serbian big-hitters, Partizan Belgrade when the teams meet in the early stages of next seasonÂ's Champions League, the sportÂ's European governing body UEFA announced here on Monday.

Troubled sports broadcaster Setanta suffered a new blow Monday as the Scottish Premier League abandoned it, while rivals battled to snap up English Premiership rights it forfeited last week.

Hosts South Africa were finding it hard on Monday to get their heads around the reality that they are just one game away from the Confederations Cup final.

Troubled sports broadcaster Setanta was on Friday racing against the clock to secure a rescue plan to avoid its 46 English Premier League matches for next season being auctioned off to rivals.