Jimmy Tau bid farewell to Chiefs supporters

After a long talk with Kaizer Chiefs management about the future of former club's captain Jimmy Tau,on the 6th of June he found out about his future after he was told that the matter will be handle by the head coach.

He served the team with loyalty and he was a true leader during his spell at Chiefs.Tau was one of the defenders loved by the amakhosi faithful.
Tau joined the Glamour Boys from their rivals Orlando Pirates where he left the armband.It was not expected as he took people by surprise quitting Pirates and join the Psl champions.

• True leader
• Quality defender
• Loyal person

After all the years of commitment at Kaizer Chiefs,all he got was a push away contract that caught the supporters by surprise.The fans will miss him everyday as he played a huge role to Chiefs success.

The question is..why out of those players Tau was seen as a surplus because he did not play competitive football in 2012/2013 season?

Upcoming football newspaper

Its about time to bring changes in the distributions of football news. Look out for the upcoming local football newspaper(Yizo Diski).

Football in South Africa has dominated ever since it was established and the public deserve to know more about whats happening. Yizo Diski mighty be not known but its here to stay and bring different news to the soccer lovers.

Recently we have one dominating soccer newspaper and at some point they cover stories that we know or not telling more details about players personal life.

Yizo Diski is bringing a unique way in terms of players off the field lifestyle.

Like the page on facebook:Yizo Diski

Barcelona,s match winner could play against the french PSG

The World Player of the Year is racing to shake off a hamstring strain picked up in last week's first leg in Paris which ended 2-2, and sat out Barca's 5-0 La Liga victory against Real Mallorca on Saturday.

Roura, standing in for coach Tito Vilanova who is recovering from cancer treatment, said Barca would wait until after a training session later on Tuesday and another on Wednesday morning before making a decision on Messi's participation.

"The feelings are good but ultimately we'll have to wait and see how he feels and what the doctors say," Roura said in reply to a host of questions about the Argentine forward.

"If he plays it will be because he is in the right shape," he added.

"The hours before the match will be very important to assess how things are going."

Messi has been top scorer in Europe's elite club competition the past four seasons and has eight in the latest edition, one behind top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.

With two away goals, Barca have a slight edge over PSG despite conceding a late goal in the Paris draw, as they target a sixth straight semi-final appearance and a third Champions League crown in five years.

They are unbeaten at the Nou Camp in 20 Champions League matches since losing 2-1 to Rubin Kazan in October 2009.

"Obviously if the best player in the world is not available then it's a handicap for us," Roura, getting increasingly irritated by question after question about Messi, told reporters.

"But we have a lot of other players who can play at a high level and we will do our best to get the right result," he added.

"The players who can play in his position give an absolute guarantee of success."

Converted midfielder Cesc Fabregas was deployed in Messi's roving forward role against Mallorca and netted his first hat-trick since returning to his boyhood club from Arsenal in 2011

Public Relations For Soccer Teams

EASY AND SIMPLE:One the Public Relations sho-
wing some soccer skills to the future soccerstars.
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Public relations for professional and amateur soccer teams at the higher level is not is easy as it might seem. The sports channels are filled with baseball, basketball, football and other popular sports. Even a golf tournament will take priority in the time slot on a major sports news network. Public relations for soccer teams in the United States of America is a lot different than it might be in other countries where soccer is the most popular sport and where football (our type), basketball and baseball are somewhat nonexistent.

Public relations for a soccer team should include community goodwill, autograph signing and promotion of the game of soccer itself. It is important to have constant communication with all major media outlets and promote the soccer players as the epitome of sportsmen with good sportsmanship, no drugs and good old family values. Luckily for soccer teams this is not too difficult because most all the soccer players are dedicated athletes and are not taking steroids.

Things needs to be consider as PR in soccer:

• Preparation is key
• Never underestimate an opponent(or a reporter)
• Hone the fundamentals
• It's all about the team.

DEDICATION:Public Relations Professionals for so-
ccer teams.
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This does not mean that public relations for soccer teams is easy, as it is hardly easy. However, public relations for professional and amateur soccer teams is not utterly impossible if the publicity team and public-relations specialists understand how things work. Promoting the individual players as superstars will go a long way to promoting the game of soccer and the professional team itself. It also brings more people to watch the games and uplifts the game of soccer in the world.

Every business needs publicity and a person who will stand by their side to build the good image of it to the publics. Good teams with good Public Relations.

Zimbabwe suspends 80 footballers as part of 'Asiagate' match-fixing probe



HARARE BOYS: Zimbabwe national team players
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National team players alleged to have taken bribes to throw matches played in Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.

Eighty Zimbabwean footballers have been suspended because of alleged involvement in Asian betting syndicates linked to match-fixing.

The country's sports minister said football was "riddled with corruption", and called for politics to be rooted out of the sport.The players, including leading members of the national team, are alleged to have taken bribes to throw friendly matches between 2007 and 2009.The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has set up an independent ethics committee to investigate the alleged fixing, which it believes took place when the national team played in Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.

NOT YET UNITED:Zimbabwe flag
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The games were not part of any competition. In fact, it is now suspected they were arranged specifically for the purpose of betting. The scandal has been dubbed "Asiagate" by the Zimbabwean press.Jonathan Mashingaidze, chief executive of Zifa, told the state-owned Herald newspaper: "Every player who was mentioned in the 'Asiagate' report, regardless of how many matches played, are suspended and will only be cleared by the ethics committee and, for now, they are not eligible for selection in any national duty commitments.

"We are saying everyone involved in Asiagate should step aside until the case has been finalised. There shouldn't be favouritism. We are not convicting them and we are not saying clubs should convict them as yet."Obviously this will affect Zimbabwe's performance in the short term but football has been riddled with corruption and that must be one of reasons why we haven't performed as well as we should."

The player suspensions are likely to affect Zimbabwe's bid to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Matches started in February, with Zimbabwe looking to lead the group to qualify.

The Herald reported that the 80 blacklisted players include:

• Ovidy Karuru
•  Zhaimu Jambo
• Washington Arubi
•  Daniel Vheremu
•  Khama Billiat
•  Gilbert Mapemba
•  Willard Katsande
•  Thomas Sweswe
•  Method Mwanjali and Edward Sadomba.

The players are dispersed around the world. They can continue playing club football although a ban could be imposed by Fifa if they are found guilty by Zifa's ethics committee.Zimbabwe is already under investigation by the world football governing body.Its chief executive, Sepp Blatter, warned during a visit to Harare last year that players and officials found guilty of graft would face life bans.

It's sad for the players involved because they were just pawns in a wider political game. This is what happens when football and politics collide in a corrupt, autocratic regime.

No power no control Issues between PSL/NFD

Nearly twenty-five years ago,in March 1987 National Soccer League announced the names of 17 clubs to form first non-racial Second division.Today the National First Division is having the number of sixteen teams that compete for promotion in the PSL.



THAT'S IT: PSL logo www.pslimages.co.za



The Premier Soccer League is facing an embarrassment as the National First Division(NFD) clubs have vowed not to fulfil the fixtures to start the games.

PSL and NFD currently locked in a meeting discussing the way forward for the first division and possibly see their fixtures begin as soon as possible.

The league was scheduled to start on the weekend of September 14 but did not,due to what NFD teams called misrepresentation of issues relating to grants and prize monies.

LOOKING GOOD: NFD logo

"We are not playing as per the resolution adopted.The possibility of us playing is close to nothing",said NFD representative and African Warriors chairperson Jabu Khumalo.

Khumalo also says that the public are interpreting the NFD situation,saying there is no truth that the NFD wants to split from PSL,rather that they simply want more power in the running of the league.

Issues causing conflicts between PSL/NFD

• Lack of communication
• No enough power to the NFD board members
• NFD treated unfairly when it comes decisions making
• No enough financially support from the PSL

This matter is not good for the South African football as they(NFD teams) all want to be on top to compete for positions and gain promotions to the PSL.

All we need is a clean management that will build the First National Division to keep up the big competition in the PSL.

Love,Peace and Happiness for South African football.

What's your say on this issue,should NFD stands on its own and make decisions or work together with the PSL?



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Brazil is ready to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup Introducing the mascot



AMAZING:Armadillo the mascot of Brazil 2014.
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At  the last World Cup,in 2010 in South Africa,it was Zakumi the green-haired leopard.The mascot in Germany four years earlier was a lion named Goleo.Now Brazil has reported picked an armadillo.

The world football governing body Fifa on Tuesday registered with the European Patent Office the next playful symbol of the world's supreme sporting event:a smiling armadillo whose name will be picked through and Internet vote.

 The three-banded armadillo-known as a"tatu-bola" in Brazil-is an endangered species.

The decision to make the armadillo the mascot was backed by the Caatinga Association,a NGO whose mission is to protect the biodiversity of north-eastern Brazil.



NOT JUST AN ANIMAL:Armadillo
the World soccer Cup-2014 mascot.
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The armadillo was chosen ahead of the puma as well as the"Saci",a character in Brazilian folklore that was the preferred choice of Brazilian sports minister Aldo Rebelo.




WELCOME:The statue of Brazil's capital
 Rio De Janeiro
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The Tolypeutes tricinctus,or tatu-bola as it is known in Portuguese,is an endangered mammal native to Brazil.It is characterised by its ability to roll into the shape of a ball under a leathery shell as a mode of self defence.

Brazil has made it clear that they are ready to host the world tournament.By doing so,they showed further more steps to the preparation of the event.

And animals look to have set a stage for them as they are used in the world best tournament(FIFA World cups) in recent years.

Animals have been used:

• Leopard in South Africa(2010)
• Lion in Germany(2006)

Is Brazil ready to host the event or is just the speculations of how the event is going to be like?