Afcon 2019
SA’s under-23s qualify for 2020 Olympic Games
This is after beating Ghana 6-5 on penalties following a 2-2 draw at the U-23 AFCON 3rd/4th playoff match on Friday night.
CAF last month ordered the second leg to be replayed at a neutral venue following the Africa Cup of Nations after Moroccan side Wydad walked off an hour into the return fixture in Tunis.
Liverpool standout Sadio Mane, however, is attempting to fulfil his 'wildest dream' as one of just a handful of Africans to win both the UEFA Champions League and Cup of Nations.
The former Bafana Bafana striker says the national football team did well and the country should accept the effort that they put in during the tournament.
Coach Stuart Baxter commended the effort that the players gave during the tournament.
Two stores near the Champs-Elysees in Paris were looted, including a Ducati motorcycle shop where people took helmets, gloves and even bikes, an AFP journalist said.
The continent’s richest man Aliko Dangote has promised to pay the Super Eagles $50,000 for each goal they score against the Algerians.
South Africa beat hosts Egypt last week and face Nigeria in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
It was originally planned to use VAR from the semi-final stage but it will now be brought in from the last eight games.
The 30-year-old, who played for Watford before moving to China two years ago, has scored three goals at the African football showpiece in Egypt.
The two countries share the 62nd place in the world rankings, suggesting the teams are evenly matched.
The decision had been "a moral obligation" said the Egyptian FA in a statement after "disappointing Egypt's supporters" in a 1-0 defeat to South Africa.
From promising to give away phones and cars, to mopping the N2, Bafana Bafana silenced their crtics by beating Egypt 1-0.
Mane broke the deadlock in the 15th minute of a physical game after Senegal pounced on a mistake by Uganda.
At the last Cup of Nations finals in Gabon two years ago, Senegal were also heavily fancied and enhanced that status with impressive performances in the group phase.
Both countries qualified for the last 16 after three wins from three group games, but it was the nature of Algeria's victory over Senegal that caught the eye of coach Herve Renard.
Bafana Bafana squeezed into the knockout round as the last of the four best third-placed teams in the pool stages having beaten minnows Namibia 1-0.
Record seven-time champions Egypt rode their luck at times as DR Congo twice struck the crossbar in the first half but the Group A leaders held firm to join Nigeria as the first teams through to the knockout phase.
Coach Gernot Rohr, whose Nigeria team are among the favourites to win the tournament in Egypt, stressed that no opponents should be treated lightly.