EUROPEAN KINGS

WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONOURS IN WORLD FOOTBALL AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS HAVE WON IT MORE THAN ONCE

GOAL-SHY

THE GOALS ARE DRYING UP IN THE DSTV PREMIERSHIP AND WE COULD YET BE IN FOR A RECORD LOW THIS CAMPAIGN

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

SURPRISE RALANI IS A TOP TALENT IN THE LOCAL GAME, AND HIS SON EMILE WITBOOI COULD BE THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL

STILL GOING STRONG

GAVIN HUNT IS A STALWART OF SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL. HE SHARES INSIGHTS INTO HIS STORIED CAREER

JUMPINGSHIP

MAMELODI SUNDOWNS PULLED OFF ONE OF THE SHOCK MOVES IN MANY A SEASON WHEN THEY SIGNED THEMBINKOSI LORCH FROM ORLANDO PIRATES IN JANUARY

TROPHY HUNTERS

WHICH ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUBS IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF TROPHIES WON?

TIME TO SHINE

REEVE FROSLER COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY IN THE FUTURE

BAFANA TO THE DUGOUT

WHICH FORMER BAFANA BAFANA PLAYERS HAVE MADE THE TRANSITION TO TOP COACHES?

MORE THAN A GAME

TWO GIANTS COLLIDE WHEN REAL MADRID HOST BARCELONA IN LALIGA'S 'EL CLÁSICO' ON 21 APRIL

BIG SPENDING

MAMELODI SUNDOWNS MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS GOT IT RIGHT IN THE TRANSFER MARKET, BUT THEY HAVE RESHAPED THE SOUTH AFRICAN SYSTEM IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.

NEXT BIG THING

WHEN THE DUST SETTLES ON A TURBULENT 2023/24 SEASON FOR EVERTON, HOLDING ON TO ONE OF THE MOST PRIZED MIDFIELDERS IN EUROPE WILL BE THEIR NEXT BIG CHALLENGE

GAME OF TWO HALVES

DURING THE HEIGHT OF APARTHEID, SOUTH AFRICA HAD HOPED TO ENTER TWO TEAMS INTO THE WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

SEEKING SILVERWARE

STELLENBOSCH FC'S TRIUMPH IN THE CARLING KNOCKOUT THIS SEASON SAW THEM BECOME THE LATEST DSTV PREMIERSHIP SIDE TO WIN A MAJOR TROPHY. BUT WHO HAS THE MOST?

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

ORLANDO PIRATES CAPTAIN TAPELO XOKI HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT DEFENDERS IN THE DSTV PREMIERSHIP FOR SEVERAL SEASONS

INFLUENCERS

WHO ARE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL WHOSE DECISIONS AND WORDS INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF THE GAME?

RIGHT-HAND MAN

ROGER DE SÁ HAS BEEN THE RIGHT-HAND MAN TO PORTUGUESE COACH CARLOS QUEIROZ AT SEVERAL NATIONAL TEAMS

FRESH BLOOD

WERE KAIZER CHIEFS RIGHT NOT TO SIGN ANYONE IN THE JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW? INTERIM COACH CAVIN JOHNSON STATES HIS CASE

BEST BUYS

WHO HAVE BEEN THE BEST BUYS FOR DSTV PREMIERSHIP CLUBS IN THE 2023/24 SEASON?

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

GIRONA HAVE HAD A STUNNING SEASON IN SPAIN'S LALIGA, BUT THERE IS MORE TO THIS CLUB THAN MEETS THE EYE

FINAL FRENZY

SOUTH AFRICAN SIDES HAVE BEEN TO FIVE PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALS WITH MIXED SUCCESS

PITSO HAS EARNED HIS STRIPES

I don't know why AI Wahda rushed to get Pitso Mosimane out as manager after only 10 games in charge. His truncated tenure with the UAE Pro League club proved to be his shortest stint across his managerial career so far, but that does not tarnish his reputation.

WHO ARE ANDERLECHT?

The most successful club in Belgian football history, Anderlecht have a healthy link to the South African game

AIMING HIGHER

PITSO MOSIMANE IS PLOTTING HIS NEXT COACHING MOVE AND OUTLINES HIS DREAM JOB IN THE COMING YEARS

GOAL GOATS

THERE IS NO DEBATE THAT OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES WE HAVE WITNESSED THE GREATEST EVER GOAL-SCORERS

LUTHER'S LAST STAND

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SOUTH AFRICANS WHO HAVE BOMBED ABROAD IN RECENT YEARS, BUT FEW HAVE BEEN AS DISAPPOINTING AS LUTHER SINGH CAN HE RESURRECT HIS CAREER?

DIRECT EVIDENCE

EVIDENCE MAKGOPA HAS HAD A TOUGH COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT IS THERE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR THE ORLANDO PIRATES STRIKER?

DID YOU KNOW?

This month: Jude Bellingham

OLD TIMER

HE IS AMONG THE OLDEST PLAYERS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOP FLIGHT, BUT SUPERSPORT UNITED DEFENDER ONISMOR BHASERA CONTINUES TO SHINE

BACKROOM GRAFT

THE HEAD COACH IS THE TOP OF THE TECHNICAL TEAM PYRAMID, BUT AT AMBITIOUS MODERN-DAY CLUBS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE BACKING HIM UP.

EXPERIENCE COUNTS

KEAGAN DOLLY IS FIT AGAIN AND READY TO HELP KAIZER CHIEFS CLIMB THE TABLE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON