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[T. @__T_touch]

Ime Okon, what a player!
Cool, calm and collected. 🔥🇿🇦

[Mohamed A. @MidoIndustry]

Quand je regarde l’Afrique du Sud j’ai du mal à comprendre comment Mofokeng n’est pas titulaire indiscutable en sélection tout en étant le meilleur joueur du championnat local.

[Football Stage @Football__Stage]

Orlando Pirates DDC have signed Mbekezeli ‘Mbazo’ Mbokazi, the defender who hails from Hluhluwe (KZN) is said to have a lot of potential.

[Roger Bonet "Ruxi" @Ruxiiii4]

Mofokeng.

South Africa’s biggest talent.

Creative, dynamic, associative, technically gifted. He brings something different to the team.

Someone needs to explain to me why he has only played 45 minutes at this World Cup.

[Roger Bonet "Ruxi" @Ruxiiii4]

South Africa has enough talent to compete with many national teams around the world. The key is not trying to copy others, but building an identity that fits the qualities of South African players.

Mamelodi Sundowns have already shown what that identity can look like. Their performances against teams such as Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, and Ulsan HD demonstrated that South African football can compete at a high level when it trusts its own ideas.

With many national team players coming from Sundowns, it would be logical to adapt some of the club’s principles to the national team. This would create greater continuity, improve understanding between players, and strengthen a clear football identity.

National team football is about maximizing the strengths of the players you produce. South Africa already has a strong reference point, it just needs to build on it consistently.

National teams are different from clubs. As a coach, you don’t choose your players, you must understand the characteristics of the best players your country produces and build a style of play that suits them.

Every nation needs to develop a clear football identity, believe in it, and give it consistency over time. Constantly changing ideas and philosophies makes long-term development difficult.

Argentina’s recent success is a great example. They stayed true to their football culture, adapted it to the strengths of their players, and were able to win while playing their own game.

If more countries committed to their own football identities and consistently developed them throughout all levels of the game, international football would become even more diverse and interesting.

Of course, talent ultimately makes the difference. The best players decide matches. But the challenge for every federation is to create a strategy that maximizes the qualities of the players it produces.

Success comes from aligning your football model with your player profile rather than trying to copy what works elsewhere.

📹 @stirling_j

[MR AESTHETE ✍️📻📺🎵🇿🇦 @NkuleSbuDladla]

Coach Vusimuzi Vilakazi has revealed a deeply emotional gesture from Nkosinathi Sibisi after his @BafanaBafana World Cup call‑up.

#BafanaBafana #FIFAWC #OrlandoPirates #NkosinathiSibisi #KZNFootball #AzaniaMotionStudios #TheLegacyExperience

[Member @ThabisoMosia]

"The dreams that I have for him is what many other people also have for him. We are hoping he goes overseas.Everyone wants to play abroad. You can't just be satisfied playing for Orlando Pirates.Many people are praying that this season he must go" - Naome Mofokeng on #Radio2000

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

History for Congo DR! 🇨🇩

Yoane Wissa scores their first-ever @FIFAWorldCup goal 👏

[BUZZ LIFE NEWS @BuzzLifenews]

International wheelchair tennis star Alwande Sikhosana taking time to reconnect with the school that introduced him to the sport. A true story of perseverance and purpose. #AlwandeHomecoming #AlwandeHardingSpecialSchool

[Vusi Sambo @VusiSambo]

Fun historical fact: Before you lot pin everything on Duduzile’s hapless dad, the closures & some mergers of technical & vocational colleges actually happened under the Thabo Mbeki regime, with Prof Kader Asmal doing the spade work for the Cabinet— as a policy shift into the current FET colleges.
With the cadres feeling emboldened by their two-thirds majority then, teachers’ training colleges were also not spared, with most of them closed or incorporated into universities. Nursing training colleges were also restructured accordingly & absorbed into varsities or technikons then.

Critics still argue that the move was a transformation plan gone wrong— one of many by the ANC cadres. Those in favour of the experimenting cadres counter-argue that to rebuild you must first destroy— or something to that effect.

[Katlego Maseng 🧠 @KatlegoMaseng1]

Former Orlando Pirates star Thabo Matlaba has launched his own bakery business in his hometown, showing that the final whistle isn’t the end—it’s the start of a new journey.

Wishing him endless growth, success, and sold-out shelves in this exciting new chapter!

[Pitch Publishing 📚 Sports Books @PitchPublishing]

👏 High praise for The Final by @Rob_Fletcher_ from @fussballgeekz.

🙌 “It’s excellent” is the verdict on the book on the 1994 European Cup Final between AC Milan and Barcelona.

👇 More below, including a sample read.

[Pitch Publishing 📚 Sports Books @PitchPublishing]

🇺🇾 Ahead of Uruguay’s World Cup opener with Saudi Arabia later today, here’s @MartindaCruz_ on his new book: Uruguay: Football’s First Global Power, 1918-1930.

⚽️ It reveals how a small South American nation stunned Europe,dominated world football and reshaped the modern game through Olympic triumphs and the first FIFA World Cup.

📚 Packed with archival detail and compelling insight it is the story of football’s first global power.

[Dan McKay 🎸🎤🥁🎧 @DanMcKay1984]

This weeks book @rob_fletcher_ , following on nicely after my mates brilliant debut book about the Rumbelows cup @stusfootyflash

[80s&90sFootball ⚽ @80s90sfootball]

Loved this book reliving all those magical Baggio moments at #Italia90 #USA94 & #France98

Couldn't put myself through the agony of Brazil in 1994 & read the last part, hoping Trapattoni would still pick him for Korea/Japan 2002 even though it was 24 years ago 🤣

[Mark Orton @MarkAOrton]

Argentina begin their defence of the World Cup tonight, if only there was a comprehensive history of the team ... Oh wait there is! From @PitchPublishing available 👇
🔗 https://t.co/GxGTVgSHMf

[Dr Sediko Rakolote (PhD) 🇿🇦 @SedikoR]

At 84, Johannes Mosehla conquered the world’s toughest ultramarathon, the Comrades Marathon, completing his 13th run in 11 hours and 12 minutes, well within the cut‑off time. He is a living legend whose footsteps inspire resilience, courage, and hope for generations. Remarkably, he attempted his first Comrades Marathon at the age of 63, proving that it is never too late to chase greatness.
👏🏽🇿🇦 #ComradesMarathon #Legend

[Micky Jnr @MickyJnr__]

Aleksander Čeferin, UEFA President, said:

“Omar Artan is an excellent young but already experienced referee, who has proven himself at the highest competition level of the Confederation of African Football.”

“Football is made to connect people, and UEFA wants to show its respect to Omar and his outstanding officiating skills, which have earned him such a prestigious nomination.”

“I am grateful to my friend CAF President Patrice Motsepe for supporting enthusiastically our initiative.”

A strong endorsement from UEFA’s top office underlining Omar Artan’s growing reputation as one of Africa’s most respected referees on the global stage, and the spirit of football bridging continents.

#WorldCupwithMicky
#AfricanFootball
#SuperCup

[Kermit Romeo Erasmus @Erasmus_95]

“Even if it’s true that the level is too high”
“How do u say that for the world to know. The World Cup just started. We can’t believe in our boys more than u.”

[therealone_kay @therealone_kay]

Young 🇬🇭 Ghanaian goalkeeper Kelvin Quarshie has turned a difficult football journey into a proud international achievement after being named Best Goalkeeper at the 🇮🇹 Juventus Academy World Cup in Italy.

Just 2 years ago, Kelvin reportedly walked about 24 km every Tuesday and Thursday to train with SMAC Africa, a sacrifice that caught the attention of Juventus Academy Ghana owners, Massimiliano Taricone and Kwadwo Asamoah.

They awarded him a full scholarship and moved him closer to the training centre.

That support has now paid off beautifully, with Kelvin rising above young talents from 83 teams and 25 countries to win the tournament’s Best Goalkeeper award.