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High-flying Lamontville Golden Arrows will lock horns with much improved AmaZulu FC in the Nedbank Cup competition at the Sugar Ray Xulu stadium on Saturday evening.

Was it the pitch or the batting? Again South Africa were stunned in the first few overs when Elgar added no runs to his overnight score.

Pitso Mosimane's Al Ahly will face European champions Bayern Munich in the semi-final of the FIFA club world cup. The Egyptian giants beat Qatari outfit Al-Duhail 1-0 on Wednesday to book their place in the semis.

As with the first day, the pitch was very lively for the first six overs of the second day of the second test between South Africa and Pakistan.

While the (virtual) spectators have to feel sorry for the South African team toiling away on the first day of play of the second test against Pakistan at Rawalpindi, there is no doubt that they have settled down to face a hard day.

Defending Nedbank Cup champions Mamelodi Sundowns progressed to the last 32 of the tournament with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Stellenbosch United.

Bloemfontein Celtic coach John Maduka believes his club has been a victim of poor officiating following their 4-3 defeat to Amazulu FC on Tuesday afternoon.

Only the most loyal of Protea supporters will deny that the Proteas are the underdogs going into the second test in Rawalpindi against Pakistan tomorrow.

Who knows what would have happened to coach Josef Zinnbauer if the angry Pirates fans had been at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium to watch their team go down 2-0 to Golden Arrows on Tuesday?

Bafana Bafana former coach Stuart Baxter has been kicked out of India's Odisha FC after his reckless comment about rape in a post-match interview on Tuesday.

Golden Arrows made history as they stunned Orlando Pirates in a dramatic DStv Premiership match on Tuesday night.

DStv Premiership football will have to take a back seat this week to allow the Nedbank Cup last 32 to take centre stage.