African Football News

Shacks and shopping malls divide South Africa's murder capital

Walter Masondo stands in his driveway, his grandchildren dashing around his legs, watching a steamroller lay asphalt at a township stadium remodeled as a training venue for the World Cup.

S.Africa's small towns hunt for beds for World Cup fans

The sleepy town of Polokwane, tucked in rolling farmland that reaches to the Zimbabwe border, is bracing for its moment in the World Cup spotlight and scrambling to make sure fans can spend the night.

Nigeria name Lars Lagerback as new coach

Swede Lars Lagerback, has been named as Nigeria's coach on a five-month contract through until the World Cup in South Africa, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced on Saturday.

SAfrica 2010: Soccer, safari, surgery, sharks and more

From wildlife to wine, breaching sharks to breast implants, one of the main attractions of South Africa's first World Cup will be the country itself and the travel possibilities it offers.

Soccer City stadium handover set for April

Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium, venue of the opening and final World Cup matches, will be handed over to FIFA in April, organisers said Friday.

S.Africa winter raises World Cup swine flu risk

The World Cup kicks off at the height of South Africa's winter, bringing in hundreds of thousands of visitors during peak flu season and raising concerns aboout a resurgence of swine flu.

Most FIFA hotel rooms booked for World Cup

Nearly three-fourths of the hotel rooms marketed by FIFA for the World Cup in South Africa have been booked, organisers said Thursday.

A stadium architect's wild monument to Africa's World Cup

Glowing orange on the horizon, a herd of giant steel giraffes greets visitors as they enter Nelspruit - the roof supports for this World Cup host city's new 43,500-seat stadium.

SuperSport are outwitted but clinch title hat-trick

SuperSport United won a third consecutive South African Premiership title on Wednesday despite losing 2-1 at home against lowly Wits University.

South African Premiership scorers

Leading South African Premiership goal scorers after penultimate round on Wednesday:

Airfares soar as World Cup nears

South Africa's World Cup will be played over dizzying distances, but high airfares could complicate fans' travels across a country three times larger than Germany.

Durban in major facelift ahead of World Cup

Music spills out of a surfer bar and onto a clean-swept boardwalk, where a Muslim woman in a long veil negotiates the fare for a ride in a beaded Zulu rickshaw.

Anti-crime patrols reclaim S.African streets

Moving steadily through the narrow, unlit streets in one of Johannesburg's toughest neighbourhoods, weapons-hunting volunteers stop everyone in their path. No one is spared and few resist.

100 days to World Cup, South Africa still wooing fans

Landmark new stadiums and gleaming modern airports are already redefining South Africa's cities, but 100 days before the World Cup the nation is still sprucing up its image to woo international fans.

S.Africa to beef up World Cup condom supply

Condom supplies will be beefed up at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which has more HIV cases than any other country, a top medical officer said on Monday.

Zambians head Mazembe to Africa Super Cup success

Tout Puissant Mazembe became the first Democratic Republic of Congo club to win the Africa Super Cup by defeating Stade Malien of Mali 2-0 Sunday in Lubumbashi.