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Gordon Igesund and Patrice Motsepe

One more trophy for Sundowns?

Friday, 18th May 2007 at 11:55 am

Wednesday night’s draw with Jomo Cosmos might not have been a carnival of exhilirating football, but the subsequent celebrations more than compensated: with the league already sewn up, Sundowns were simply gagging to get through the 90 minutes and take …

Mfundo Shimana

Sundowns double still on

Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 5:54 pm

Hopes of a triple may be over following the Champions League defeat to Egypt’s Al Ahly, but the domestic double is still very much on the cards for Sundowns. Patrice’s Motsepe’s millionaire footballers have already sealed a second successive league …

Sundowns title

Sundowns pick up another one

Thursday, 12th April 2007 at 11:15 am

Can you buy a football title? Many have tried (Real Madrid, anyone?), but aside from Roman Abramovich in England (but pointedly not in Europe), nobody really has managed the desired return on investment - with one exception. Patrice Motsepe’s expensive hobby …

Musa Otieno

Santos flex their muscles

Thursday, 29th March 2007 at 5:51 pm

In the looming shadow of 2010, the PSL has fallen off the radar from time to time, with the World Cup the sexier product that’s getting all the attention. But the local league has produced some fabulous football this season, …

Bloemfontein Celtic fans

Free State’s corner of Scotland

Sunday, 18th February 2007 at 8:11 pm

Vodacom’s swathe of sports sponsorships has seen a lot of money poured into rugby, football and golf, with the Chiefs and Pirates deals the ones that usually get the most attention - and as a result cost the most. But …

Sundowns fans

Sundowns feel the love

Thursday, 15th February 2007 at 6:36 pm

What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than by taking in the intimacy and romance of packed terraces at Wednesday’s Sundowns-Pirates clash… Love of a sort, I suppose, although by the end of 90 minutes Pirates fans wouldn’t have been …