AFCON memories haunt Egypt, inspire South Africa

18 November 2019 – After qualifying from the group stage in style with maximum points, hosts Egypt are looking to secure their place in next year’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 when they face South Africa in the Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt 2019 semifinal...

South Africa ready for Egypt semis’ clash – Malepe 

18 November 2019 – South Africa’s National Under-23 captain Tercious Malepe says he is expecting Egypt to sit back in their Tuesday’s (19 November) U-23 AFCON semi-final tie set to take place at Cairo Stadium at 20h00. Malepe explained that Egypt will try...

Egypt match a must-win – Johnson

17 November 2019 – South Africa will not hold back any punches when they face Egypt in their U-23 AFCON semi-final tie when both sides meet on 19 November at Cairo Stadium at 20h00. South Africa’s National Under-23 goalkeeper, Darren Johnson, explained that this...

Notoane targets U-23 AFCON final

16 November 2019 – Ideally, South Africa’s National Under-23 coach David Notoane would have loved to have played against U-23 AFCON hosts Egypt in the final, as compared to locking horns with them in the semis. The gods of football, though, opted to go against...

SA Under-23s progress to the AFCON semis

  South Africa              0 Nigeria                        0 15 November 2019 – South Africa progressed to this year’s AFCON semi-finals after holding Nigeria to a 0-0 draw in a highly contested final Group B tie South Africa had all the intentions to win...

SA U-23s ready for Nigeria – Mokoena 

14 November 2019 – Do not expect South Africa to put their foot off the pedal when they face Nigeria in their final U-23 AFCON Group B match at the Al Salam in Cairo, Egypt this Friday evening (15 November). This is according to South Africa’s National Under-23...