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Dynamite. Every great player needs a nickname, and this is the one I am picking for the formidable Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba. He made the headlines for good and bad reasons after an explosive performance in Chelsea’s 8-0 drubbing of Wigan Athletic during Sunday’s season-finale in London. Good, because his superb second-half [...]

There are sports websites and there are sports websites … and then there’s Game On. Game On, is a collaborative campaign between several partners to promote sport tourism in South Africa. The initiative, created by Marcus Brewster Publicity and ICT consultancy Netgen, aims to continually promote South Africa as a sporting hub on the global [...]

With everyone gearing up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Sony Ericsson is offering fans exclusive and exciting ways to support their team online and take them to victory in the first World Cup with social networking and media sharing at it’s heart As excitement builds in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in [...]

As part of the 2010 Artificial Pitch Legacy Programme, First National Bank (FNB) in partnership with the George Municipality has embarked upon a Sod Turning ceremony conducted today in light of the official opening of the Lawaaikamp artificial pitch due to take place in March 2010. “George Municipality is extremely grateful to partner with FNB [...]

Platinum Stars have entered into a new era after the launch of the club’s new nickname, ‘Dinaledi’, at the home match against Mamelodi Sundowns on October 28. Following their acquisition by Royal Bafokeng Holdings, the club have been rebranded and one of the decisions taken was to move away from the ‘Tycoons’ nickname by which [...]

The new PREDATOR®_X delivers significantly more power then ever before adidas releases its PREDATOR®_X for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, a new football boot designed with French football legend Zinedine Zidane, that achieves the highest ball power, swerve and control ever achieved in the sport. Almost every country embraces the number 10 in football to [...]

Springleap.com is a crowd sourcing company currently embracing the fire set alight by the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. Springleap.com runs a new themed t-shirt design competition every two weeks and at the moment the competition been voted on is called “Football Fever”. The designs received by the current community have been astoundingly good. You [...]

Sony Ericsson announced the launch of its Extra Man campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. The campaign aims to deliver the ultimate football experience to all World Cup supporters across the globe, made possible due to Sony Ericsson’s unique position as Official Mobile Handset of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Reflective of [...]

PUMA, the leading sportslifestyle brand and a powerhouse in African football delivered a trifecta news announcement today, paving the way for the Orange African Cup of Nations Angola 2010™ (CAN 2010).  PUMA has unveiled the 2010 Football Kits for the eleven African teams it sponsors: Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Egypt, Tunisia, Namibia, Morocco, Angola, [...]

Platinum Stars would like to dismiss out of hand media reports that coach Steve Komphela is about to be relieved of his duties at the club. The management of Platinum Stars is fully behind the coach and his technical team and not once has the issue of Komphela’s discontinued employment been raised within the club. [...]

NIKE, Inc. yesterday unveiled a new concept in game improvement: a unique digital coaching experience called Nike Football+, launched alongside the new CTR360 Maestri boot – a football boot crafted for the player looking to master control and make the difference come match day. A unique user-code that comes with every pair of the boots [...]