South African Football Association (Safa)

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has withdrawn its bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and says it is now considering an application to stage the tournament in 2031.
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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has said it will consider a deal with broadcasters other than its incumbent rights-holder, the SABC, when it takes its media rights to market later this year
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Pan-African media group MultiChoice has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the South African Football Association (SAFA)
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The South African Football Federation has announced that it will not be continuing with its bid to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
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Live coverage of South Africa’s qualifying match for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations was streamed yesterday (Thursday) on Facebook after SuperSport, the pay-TV broadcaster and rights-holder, said it was u…
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The South African national football team has returned to the screens of SABC following the conclusion of a new rights deal between the public-service broadcaster and the South African Football Association
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World football’s governing body Fifa has today (Monday) banned a further three former South African Football Association (SAFA) officials, including former chief executive Leslie Sedibe, over the match-fixing scandal surrounding national team friendly games staged ahead of the country’s hosting of the 2010 World Cup.

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Fifa has denied reports that its general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, authorised a $10m (€9.2m) payment from the South African government to Jack Warner, a former vice-president of football’s global governing body, in order to secure votes for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup.

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has moved to clear up the confusion surrounding the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by stating that it, along with six other African countries, has been approached to stage the tournament should Morocco withdraw its hosting rights.

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has been ordered to submit a financial report every six months for the next two years by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) as part of a process to arrest the monetary problems that have engulfed the troubled national governing body.

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South Africa’s 2010 FIFA World Cup CEO Danny Jordaan has succeeded in his long-running bid to return to a high-level position within the game by being elected as the new president of the South African Football Association (SAFA).