Foote rings changes as Junior Boks brace for England semi-final in Tbilisi
Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has made four changes for Monday’s Junior World Championship semi-final against England in Tbilisi.
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South African midfielder Jayden Adams dies at 25
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams, who played at the World Cup, has died. He was 25.
South Africa World Cup midfielder Adams dies aged 25
CAPE TOWN: South Africa international midfielder Jayden Adams, who featured in all three of his side's group stage games at the 2026 World Cup, has died, the country's sports ministry said on Saturday.
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams dies aged 25, weeks after World Cup appearance - ESPN
South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams has died aged 25 after featuring in Bafana Bafana's run to the World Cup round of 32, the South African Football Players Union confirmed on Saturday.
Du Toit hails record-breaker Erasmus ahead of Scotland clash
July 10 : Stand-in captain Pieter-Steph du Toit has hailed the influence of South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus as the double-World Cup winner prepares to take charge of a record 55th Springbok match when they host Scotland in the Nations Championship on Saturday.
Scotland captain Tuipulotu relishing Springbok challenge on familiar ground
July 10 : Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu is eager for the challenge of facing world champions South Africa at their Pretoria fortress, and is quietly confident his side can pull off a surprise win at a venue where he already has fresh memories of an upset victory.
England captain George eager to see ‘Air Caluori’ in action against Fiji
July 10 : England captain Jamie George is excited for the potential debut of teenage wing Noah Caluori against Fiji in their Nations Championship fixture in Liverpool on Saturday, hailing the 19-year-old as a special talent.
Spain aim for World Cup date with France by beating Belgium
LOS ANGELES: European champions Spain are on a World Cup collision course with Kylian Mbappe’s France if they can beat Belgium in a quarter-final on Friday. At the spectacular SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the Belgians face the daunting task of breaking through a Spanish defense that has yet to concede a goal in the tournament. If Spain win, they will head to Texas next Tuesday for a mouth-watering semifinal against France that many observers are already describing as the final before the final. First though Spain need to find goals against a Belgium team who started the World Cup slowly but caught fire as the tournament has gone on. The 4-1 demolition of the USA in the last round showed just how far the team coached by Rudi Garcia have come in just a few weeks. Spain meanwhile have not displayed the attacking flair of France but they are playing the possession-based football that carried them to the country’s only World Cup triumph, in South Africa in 2010. Lamine Yamal of Barcelona, who turns 19 next week, is Spain’s standout attacker but he arrived in the United States after suffering a late-season injury and has seemed a peripheral figure at times, scoring just once in five games. Yamal, widely tipped to inherit the mantle of the world’s greatest player from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, could be due a goal. “We know that the best version of him, the attacking Lamine, is something that we haven’t quite seen yet in this World Cup. Not to the level that we’re used to,” said Spain coach Luis de la Fuente. In Yamal’s absence, Mikel Oyarzabal has scored four times, including twice in the 3-0 defeat of Austria in the last 32 at SoFi. Spain have conceded just six shots on target in their five matches so far.