Swallows Triumph in MTN8 Final



Moroka Swallows celebrate  winnning the MTN8 final



 Moroka Swallows foootball club ended a 33 year wait for glory in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) by defeating Supersport United in the MTN8 final on Saturday night in Orlando stadium.

Bennet Chenene scored the decisive goal four minutes from the end of regulation time after earlier goals from Franklin Cale and Giorgi Nergadze had left the teams deadlocked and seemingly headed for extra time.

Swallows appeared to settle the quicker of the two teams, but United surged ahead in the fifth minute. Sameehg Doutie played a defence-splitting pass to put Franklin Cale one-on-one with the goalkeeper and the winger easily finished to make it 1-0.
 The Birds struck back on 18 minutes, with Giorgi Nergadze the unlikely goal scorer. The midfielder sent a long range shot past the right-hand of Rowen Fernandez and into the back of the net via the inside of the upright. SuperSport almost reclaimed the lead immediately through defender Bevan Fransman, who flicked on from a Cale free kick and watched the ball flash agonisingly wide of the far post. On 26 minutes Katlego Mashego should have put the Birds ahead, having cut inside Mor Diouf to be faced with only the ‘keeper to beat, but he scooped his effort over the crossbar from just a few metres out.  Just past the half hour mark it was United’s turn to threaten again, with Doutie exchanging passes with Sibusiso Zuma before seeing his goal-bound effort brilliantly turned away by Greg Etafia. SuperSport had the first shot in anger of the second half, with Cale shooting through the defensive wall from a free kick only for Etafia to once again come up with a good stop.

Swallows then had a spell of pressure in which they almost forced a goal. Fernandez had to come up with a good save to keep out a Felix Obada shot from a tight angle, and Mor Diouf then cleared a Lerato Chabangu effort off the goal-line. With just under 10 minutes to play, Swallows had a strong appeal for a penalty turned down when the ball struck Fransman on the arm in the box, and United then went on a quick counter attack which saw Khenyeza blaze a shot high and wide when he perhaps should have scored. 

On 86 minutes Swallows finally got their goal, with a long ball springing the offside trap and sending Chenene through on goal. The in-form winger calmly lobbed the advancing Fernandez to make it 2-1 and hand Swallows the MTN8 crown

Heavy Rain Gives Leopards Second Chance



Kaizer Chiefs fans on the field of play


On Saturday the 15th of September we witnessed another soccer league match, where Kaizer Chiefs versus Black Leopards had to stop because of  heavy rainfalls. The match was played at the FNB soccer stadium at Johannesburg in the evening, the game was officially called off just as the mighty Amakhosi had been leading the match 2-0 in the first half of the 90 minutes with goals coming from the on-form striker Bernand Parker and the former Black Leopards sticker now playing for Kaizer Chiefs Kingston Nkatha. As the league match was said to be postponed till further notice this decision gave Black Leopards also known as "Lidoda Duvha" a great advantage since the game would be restarted at 0-0 on the scheduled day.

This Decision that was first influenced by the referee Daniel Bennet saying that he couldn't see the lines on the field, saw the fans flocking in the field of play while the rain continued. The Kaizer Chiefs head coach Stuart Baxter expressed that he was not happy about the decision that the game will be restarted at a nil-nil draw after his side was two clear goals ahead. Although the board of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) also announced that the fans will not need to pay again for the match and will be allowed into the stadium to watch their team of choice battle out for three points.





Soccer City flooded to call match off



Paralympics gone well



Natalie Du Toit and Oscar Pistorius



Team South Africa made they way back to the country in style as they had a warm welcome at the O.R Tambo international airport.

Oscar Pistorius showed great performance during the games as he managed to scoop gold in the 100m in 11.30 seconds. Pistorius also won the 400m displaying his talent and speed. The South African relay team had a new record in the Men's 4x 100m in 41.87seconds  the team included names by: 

• Samkelo Radebe 
• Zivan Smith 
• Arnu Fourie 
• Oscar Pistorius 

 Natalie Du Toit was another athlete who showed character and raised the South African flag at the London 2012 Paralympics winning gold in the 400m freestyle dominating in the pool event.  Team South Africa finished in 17th position, with eight gold medals, 12 silver and nine bronze coming from the participants. South African Sports Confideration and Olympic Committee ( SASCOC) confirmed that the paralympics athlete would earn the same bonuses as their able- bodied counterparts on triumph return from the London games.