Magesi FC will be campaigning in the GladAfrica Championship League when activities for the new season start in about two months’ time. This follows the team’s superb performance in the national playoffs at the Olën Park Stadium in Potchefstroom last week.

More than R200 000 in prize money was distributed to the various netball, ladies soccer and U/17 soccer teams that participated in the Thovhele Vho-NTL Mashamba youth tournament that ended on Sunday at the Mashamba Grounds.

After playing to a 1-1 draw with Sisters FC in their Sasol Women’s League match at the Muziafera Grounds outside Vuwani last Saturday, Rodadau FC will play another league match in front of their home crowd this weekend. They will host Real Mighty Ladies at the same venue on Saturday afternoon.

The opening matches for the annual Masawe Tournament will be played at the Vhufuli Goldville Grounds next Monday (27^th).

United Artists are gearing up for the provincial promotional playoffs for the SAB League after they were crowned the champions of the Safa Vhembe Regional Association at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Sunday.

A normal weekend awaits the teams campaigning under the banner of the Sasol Women’s League this weekend. Five matches will be played at various venues throughout the province on Saturday, while two are scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Four teams are gearing up for the Nema Annual Soccer Tournament that will be staged at the Makhado Show Grounds next Thursday (16 June). The four teams that will take part in this year’s tournament are SMSA FC, Mulima Agri Village FC, Tshivhazwaulu Peace Makers and Sambandou United Professionals FC (Supro).

The much-awaited semi-final and final matches of the Safa Vhembe Champ of Champs will be staged at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Sunday. The first semi-final match will be between United Artists and Tshimuthe FC, which is scheduled to start at 09:00. The match is expected to be the final before the actual final.

After hosting Two for Joy Ladies, with whom they played to a goalless draw at the Tshandama Grounds last Sunday, Tshandama Young Stars will play another league match in front of their home crowd this weekend. They will play against Sisters FC in their Sasol Women’s League match at the same venue on Saturday afternoon.

A busy weekend lies ahead of the teams affiliated with the Hollywoodbets Super League. Most of the matches will be played at different venues throughout the country on Saturday, while only two will be seen on Sunday afternoon.

While most of her contemporaries use walking sticks to get by, 82-year-old gogo Emily Elelwani Ramulifho still walks like a newly trained soldier.