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Name 2013 AFCON ball

Alan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:08 +0000

adidas, the official ball supplier for AFCON and all FIFA sanctioned tournaments, will produce the official match ball for the 2013 edition of AFCON –which will be played in South Africa.

adidas –in conjunction with Supersport –is inviting all African football fans to participate in choosing the appropriate name for the official match ball for 2013 AFCON tournament. To streamline the process, adidas has shortlisted 3 names from which the public can choose.

The names were taken from local South African languages as the host nation. A similar approach had been used in choosing the name for 2010 FIFA World Cup™ -Jabulani.
• adidas does not sponsor AFCON –we are a partner of CAF and official ball supplier since 2008
• we have produced 3 balls for the AFCON tournament since 2008:
-wawa aba –for the AFCON in Ghana -2008
-jabulani –for the AFCON in Angola -2010
-comoequa – for the AFCON in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea-2012

Now we are asking the African football fans in SA and the rest of Africa to participate in a competition to choose the appropriate name for the AFCON ball in 2013 –which will be hosted by South Africa.

• To streamline the competition –adidas has shortlisted three names for the fans to choose from
• The names are:
-khanya (shine/light)
-katlego (success)
-motswako (mixture)

The voting process;
• To stand a chance of winning a double ticket to the final game of AFCON in 2013 –viewers will have to go to http://www.supersport.com/competitions/afconadidas and vote for one of the 3 names.

The prize;
The ultimate prize is winning a double ticket to the final of the AFCON 2013 tournament. The winner will be drawn on the 20th of February 2012 as per competition rules and conditions.

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Its payback time in Nedbank Cup

Alan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:08 +0000

Ajax Cape Town drew Amazulu in the first round of the Nedbank Cup and the Urban Warriors coach Maarten Stekelenburg is looking forward to the challenge.

He said, “Playing Amazulu in the first round is not an entirely bad draw, because we know how they play their football unlike PSL teams who have drawn minnows and have no information about their opponents.

We want to go one stage better than we did in the MTN8 competition where we reached the semi-final, we aiming for a final spot.

Playing against Amazulu is a challenging prospect and we are looking forward to playing them, especially after our last encounter when they beat us, now its payback time. The players are still smarting from the loss and they want to succeed in this competition.

There is a spot in next season’s CAF Confederations Cup up for grabs and we would like to showcase our football at a higher level.”

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We sympathize with Egyptians

Alan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

Ajax Cape Town wishes to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the 74 people who passed away during rioting after Al-Masry vs Al-Ahly game in the Egyptian Premier League.

Shooz Mekuto the Ajax PRO said, “Football is a game to be enjoyed by all. It is unfortunate that some fans sought to use a football game as a means to inflict injury and in some cases death on their fellow human beings.

We would like to extend our sympathy to all the families affected by the unfortunate deaths of their loved ones attending the game.”

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Athlone games update

Alan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

Ajax Cape Town and Santos overcome their Zambian opposition in a series of practice games played over this past weekend.

On Friday evening Santos beat Red Arrows 3-0 in the first game of the evening. Ajax Cape Town followed suite with a 3-1 win over Zesco United in the second game of the evening.

Both Cape teams showed promise with teams that included a number of new signings as well as players on the threshold of breaking into the PSL teams’.

For Santos Gert Schalkwyk and Nasief Morris appeared in the Santos squad while Ajax Cape Town fielded Toriq Loper, Clint Julius, George Akpabio and Travis Graham to name a few.

On Friday evening Santos left it late with three second half goals to seal the win, for Ajax Brent Carelse scored the first in the opening 10 minutes followed by a goal from Cole Alexander.

Ajax scored their third after new signing George Akpabio broke clear on the right and laid off the ball into the path of Nhlanhla Vilikazi who made no mistake from close range.

The second series of practice games took place on Sunday February 05 at the Athlone Stadium.

Santos took the game to Wesco United running up a 3 – 0 lead until Wesco United fought back with two second half goals, but the People’s Team managed to hold on to their 3-2lead until the final whistle.

In the second game on Sunday, Ajax Cape Town played to a goalless draw against Red Arrows.

The game was an exciting affair with both goalkeepers making crucial saves to keep their teams in the game. The opposition keeper made a number of crucial saves to keep his team in the game.

Sean Roberts, in goal for Ajax mad two great saves to keep a clean sheet, he closed the angle of the advancing striker making the save at the near post. Sean’s second save was a full stretch dive to tip a looping volley over the bar at the far post drawing applause from the crowd attending the games.

Santos was presented with a trophy at the end of the games after scoring six goals and winning both of the games. Congratulations Santos.

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Ajax draw Usuthu in Nedbank Cup

Alan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

Ajax Cape Town has been drawn to kick off their Nedbank Cup challenge against Amazulu at the draw held in Johannesburg earlier this evening.

A number of PSL teams were drawn against minnows setting up potential giant-killing matches, however for Ajax Cape Town the test will be to overcome Amazulu FC in the first round.

Shooz Mekuto the Ajax PRO said, “Games between Usuthu and Ajax have always been closely contested affairs and the attraction of the Nedbank Cup is sure to fire-up both teams.

No matter who we would have been drawn against in order to reach the final, one must be prepared to take on and beat any team irrespective of their league status.

Ajax have won four of the last seven games against Amazulu, with a loss and two drawn results of the remaining three games.

We are looking forward to this game.”

Current Nedbank Cup holders Orlando Pirates kick off their title defence with an away fixture against a Vodacom League side, Ethekwini Coastal FC.

Other PSL clashes to come out of the draw are; Maritzburg United v Bloemfontein Celtic and Moroka Swallows v Bidvest Wits.

The full draw: (teams mentioned first will play at home)
Golden Arrows v North West Shining Stars
EThekwini Coastal FC v Orlando Pirates
Free State Stars v Sivutsa Stars
Santos v University of Pretoria
Maritzburg United v Bloemfontein Celtic
Roses United v Bay United
SAFA play-off winner v United FC
Batau FC v SuperSport United
African Warriors v Jomo Cosmos
Moroka Swallows v Bidvest Wits
MP Black Aces v Witbank Spurs
Kaizer Chiefs v Cape Town All Stars
Platinum Stars v The Dolphins
Black Leopards v Blackburn Rovers
Amazulu v Ajax Cape Town
Powerlines FC v Mamelodi Sundowns

The PSL will announce the venues and dates at a later stage.

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NEW MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE

Alan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:06 +0000

Finally it has all arrived, for those of you who have not been to the Ajax Fanstore since December, you need to get down to Ikamva to come and see our great summer range.

As usual we will endeavour to continue producing new stock on a regular basis, maintaining the quality and competitive pricing. We are producing a merchandise range that caters for adults(male and female) and children.

The new merchandize range includes -casual golf shirts, smart golf shirts, female golf shirts, t-shirts, baby grows, car shades, kids tumblers, adult shot glasses, track suits - very few left (we can’t keep up with demand), pillow slips for kids, adult and female board shorts, boot bags, tog bags and mini Ajax Cape Town kits for your bar or car.

We look forward to seeing you in the Ajax Fanstore shortly.

Make sure you get your Ajax Cape Town merchandise before our first game of 2012 (Ajax Cape Town vs Platinum Stars, February 15, Cape Town Stadium @ 19h30) and you most definitely need to be wearing your Ajax Cape Town merchandize before the CAPE DERBY IN 3 WEEKS TIME!!!

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Name 2013 AFCON ball

Alan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:54:00 +0000

adidas, the official ball supplier for AFCON and all FIFA sanctioned tournaments, will produce the official match ball for the 2013 edition of AFCON –which will be played in South Africa.

• To streamline the competition –adidas has shortlisted three names for the fans to choose from
• The names are:
-khanya (shine/light)
-katlego (success)
-motswako (mixture)

The prize;
The ultimate prize is winning a double ticket to the final of the AFCON 2013 tournament. The winner will be drawn on the 20th of February 2012 as per competition rules and conditions.

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Ajax draw Usuthu in Nedbank Cup

Alan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:07 +0000

Ajax Cape Town has been drawn to kick off their Nedbank Cup challenge against Amazulu at the draw held in Johannesburg earlier this evening.

A number of PSL teams were drawn against minnows setting up potential giant-killing matches, however for Ajax Cape Town the test will be to overcome Amazulu FC in the first round.

Shooz Mekuto the Ajax PRO said, “Games between Usuthu and Ajax have always been closely contested affairs and the attraction of the Nedbank Cup is sure to fire-up both teams.

No matter who we would have been drawn against in order to reach the final, one must be prepared to take on and beat any team irrespective of their league status.

Ajax have won four of the last seven games against Amazulu, with a loss and two drawn results of the remaining three games.

We are looking forward to this game.”

Current Nedbank Cup holders Orlando Pirates kick off their title defence with an away fixture against a Vodacom League side, Ethekwini Coastal FC.

Other PSL clashes to come out of the draw are; Maritzburg United v Bloemfontein Celtic and Moroka Swallows v Bidvest Wits.

The PSL will announce the venues and dates at a later stage.

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Athlone games update

Alan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:50:00 +0000