Bafana Bafana’s performance will be critical to South Africa’s hosting of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, local organising committee (LOC) chief executive Mvuso Mbebe said on Thursday.
The former SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) executive made his first address in his new position, where he outlined the committee’s plans to host the tournament.
“Our drive is to make sure that the tournament is a success and the stadiums are full. The performance of Bafana is important, knowing what happened in 1996, where they did well.”
South Africa were last-minute replacements for initial hosts …

THE Football Association are investigating claims an Arsenal fan racially abused Newcastle United player Cheick Tiote on Monday night.
Television cameras captured a supporter yelling alleged racist remarks at the midfielder while the Magpies played the North London club at the Emirates Stadium.
The FA announced they were looking into the allegations as Arsenal launched their own internal investigation.
An FA spokesperson said they were “aware of the incident and we will be looking into this”.
The fan’s tirade was picked up by a journalist attending the match.
Arsenal are examining film footage in a …

They were not part of the team that made history at Stamford Bridge, last night, but they still decided to celebrate with the boys in blue.
Former Daybreak presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley were the odd guests as they arrived to help some of the Chelsea footballers toast their win over Napoli, at Aura, in west London.
Both stars have links to the football world but they were still seemingly gate-crashing what should have been a night-out for the lads.
While Chiles regularly hosts ITV coverage of matches, Bleakley is engaged to …

Chelsea’s remarkable Champions League comeback against Napoli at Stamford Bridge – oldguard John Terry, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard inspiring the Blues to a 5-4 aggregate win – added another historic chapter to the club’s finest European nights.
Milan 1 Chelsea 1, Oct 1999 Champions League Group Stages
Oliver Bierhoff headed the Italian champions into the lead but a captain’s goal from Dennis Wise changed the course of Chelsea’s season. From Roberto Di Matteo’s diagonal pass, Wise slotted home under the body of onrushing goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Coupled with important saves from …

School Reporters are reporting today on which tickets their schools will receive for the Games this summer.
Schools in the Get Set network already know their ticket numbers but not the specific Olympic or Paralympic events.
School Reporters will question London 2012 chairman Lord Coe about the ticketshare scheme that is allocating 100,000 tickets to UK students.
London Mayor Boris Johnson will reveal the capital’s schools have 75,000 extra seats and he will also be quizzed.
These extra tickets means one in eight students in the UK capital aged between 10 and 18 will …