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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Kaizer Chiefs Football Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaizer Chiefs was founded in 1970 shortly after the return of the Soweto dribbling wizard Kaizer "Chincha Guluva" Motaung returned from the US where he played as a striker for the Atlanta Chiefs in the North American Soccer League (NASL).
Kaizer Chiefs is currently re-evaluating its market value, which was put at R400 million in 1999 and has since grown considerably.
Kaizer Chiefs have won the Vodacom Challenge Cup 3 times since its inception, and the team looks forward to competing in the Challenge at the next level this year (2006) with Manchester United participating.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaizer_Chiefs_Football_Club   (1486 words)

  
 Kaiser Chiefs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds, formed early in 1997 under the moniker Parva.
On 18 February 2005 the Kaiser Chiefs were the opening act at the NME Awards show and won the Philip Hall Radar Award.
Kaiser Chiefs' first big festival show was at the dual-site Reading and Leeds Festival on 27 August 2004 and in the following year, on 16 May 2005, they appeared at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Holland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaiser_Chiefs   (947 words)

  
 Kaizer Chiefs win on penalties
Durban - Kaizer Chiefs salvaged some silverware from a season almost gone horribly wrong when they were crowned Absa Cup champions on Saturday.
Chiefs beat Orlando Pirates 5-3 in a penalty shootout at King's Park Stadium.
Chiefs hero was goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez, who saved a penalty and booted in the winning penalty kick.
www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1936481,00.html   (145 words)

  
 PSL
Kaizer Chiefs appeared before the Disciplinary Committe (DC) of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) on 26 September 2006 at 17.30 to answer to charges of supporters’ misbehaviour arising from the fixture of 20/09/06.
Kaizer Chiefs sailed through to the final of the SAA Supa 8 when they beat their Soweto rivals Moroka Swallows 2-1 at Durban's ABSA Stadium on Sunday.
Kaizer Chiefs go to the crunch SAA Supa 8 semifinal against a gallant Moroka Swallows at the Absa Stadium, Durban, on Sunday bearing something of a hangover from their stuttering and disappointing league campaign.
www.psl.co.za /Teams/Kaizer_Chiefs   (350 words)

  
 Kaizer Chiefs: PSL champions - SouthAfrica.info
Kaizer Chiefs were crowned Premier Soccer League champions for the second year in succession in Bloemfontein on Sunday.
For Chiefs coach Ted Dumitru it was his fourth league title, and the second time he has led a club to back-to-back titles.
Both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates qualify for the African Champions League, but Chiefs are facing a three-year ban from African club competition after withdrawing from the Confederation Cup earlier this season.
www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/psl-2005-champs.htm   (671 words)

  
 Spurs Odyssey - Kaizer Chiefs v Spurs - 29.07.03
Kaizer Chiefs (4-4-2)Baloyi, Mabedi, Nzama (Zwane, 45),Thobejane, Fredericks, Kannemeyer, Pule, Mooki (Moshoeu, 60), Nengosmasha,Musasa (Radebe, 62), Dlamini.
Chiefs had a few attacks but wasted all of them, mostly by blasting the ball high over the bar when finding space just outside the 18-yard box.
Chiefs were applying fairly constant pressure but in contrast to Saturday, Spurs were dealing with it well.
www.spursodyssey.com /0304/kc290703.html   (1530 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Chiefs plan Kaizer's birthday surprise
Kaizer Chiefs are planning a memorable 60th birthday present for their chairman Kaizer Motaung in the form of a convincing victory over Bush Bucks at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
Chiefs will also be motivated by the fact that they successfully defended the annual Macufe Cup after beating Bloemfontein Celtic 2-1 at Vodacom Park on Sunday, despite being minus several key players.
Chiefs last played two seasons ago in Port Elizabeth in a game which saw the Eastern Cape side being relegated to the Mvela Golden League after losing the match 1-0.
sport.iafrica.com /news/352764.htm   (339 words)

  
 www.sagoodnews.co.za | search | sport Kaizer Chiefs announce plans for high-tech stadium
Kaizer Chiefs and the Mogale City Municipality have unveiled elaborate plans for a R695 million, 55 000 all seater stadium development to be called the Amakhosi Stadium.
Chiefs, who will have a 20% stake in the new stadium, will move into their new home in December 2008 and will become the first team in South Africa to have a stake in their own stadium.
Chiefs now have roughly a twenty eight month wait before they can enter their new Kraal and take up residency in what will be a truly state-of-the-art facility.
www.sagoodnews.co.za /search/sport/626860.htm   (336 words)

  
 FootballDerbies.com - Orlando Pirates 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs (10 December 2005)
Orlando Pirates are the pace setters in the league, half-way through the season and Chiefs are ten points away in fourth place, that is not good enough to the egos of their supporters.
The coach at Chiefs, Ernst Middendorp is under pressure from the fans to deliver and he has big boots to fill as Chiefs won a league and cup double in the past two seasons with Ted Dumitru in charge.
In 1992, 42 people died in a game that was supposed to be a friendly in the off-season in one of the country worst disasters, not to mention the April 11 2001 when 130 000 fans wanted to force their way into a 60 000 capacity Ellis Park Stadium to see the teams in action.
www.footballderbies.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=741   (631 words)

  
 Spurs Odyssey - Kaiser Chiefs History
Kaizer Chiefs have been South Africa's best supported and most successful club over the last three decades but have not been able to win a league title for the last 10 years.
Chiefs were formed in 1971 in a breakaway from Orlando Pirates, who have since become their arch rivals.
Chiefs recently won the Vodacom Challenge, an off-season tournament involving Pirates and two clubs from the Democratic Republic of Congo, FC St Eloi Lupopo and TP Mazembe Englebert.
www.spursodyssey.com /0304/prevchiefs.html   (324 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Kaizer Chiefs win despite depleted squad
Chiefs are struggling to field a team in the competition after not moving quick enough to register new players in time for the latter stages of the tournament.
Chiefs managed to register just one new player but will still not be able to muster more than 16 should they make it into next month's final.
Chiefs have not lost away in the Cup Winners' Cup this year and should be able to hang on to their two-goal lead in the return game in Tunis on October 27.
www.soccernet.com /global/news/2001/1015/20011015kaizerchiefs.html   (518 words)

  
 :: SOCCER GIANTS HOLD COACHING CLINIC ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Kaizer Chiefs and FC Moscow lined up its players and coaches to teach a few tricks of the trade to some excited young Joburg school kids.
Kaizer Chiefs and Russian visitors FC Moscow held the clinic at FNB Stadium in Soweto.
At the end of the coaching clinic, the young players were given Kaizer Chiefs magazines and scarves, and two tickets each to the Kaizer Chiefs and FC Moscow match, which took place on Saturday, 21 January at Soccer City.
www.joburg.org.za /2006/jan/jan23_soccer.stm   (569 words)

  
 Kaizer Chiefs v Santos Preview
There seems to be no stopping Chiefs at the moment and in their last 12 matches, Amakhosi have won 11, losing just to SuperSport United in a shock defeat a few weeks ago.
Going into the Christmas break on top of the table is vital for any club, and Chiefs know that if they are top of the table at the start of the new year, they will have half the job done when it comes to winning the league title.
Chiefs: John Moshoeu — The veteran midfielder is involved in most of the goals that Chiefs have scored this season.
www.kickoff.com /stories/story2385.html   (329 words)

  
 Kazier Chiefs train South African squad - Homeless World Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Emile Baron, the Kaizer Chiefs 1st team goalkeeper who has played 4 times for Bafana Bafana and 34 times for the national under 23 side, was there along with two legends from the Club – Johannes “Ryder” Mofokeng and Ntsie Maphike.
Mofokeng is the current coach of the Kaizer Chiefs under 19 development squad and is regarded as the most successful captain of all time for the Club, playing in the 1980’s.
Maphike came through the Kaizer Chiefs development structures, when he was identified as a youngster before moving on to the 1st team and finally completing the circle by going back as the under 17 development coach.
www.homelessworldcup.org /content/kazier-chiefs-train-south-african-squad   (403 words)

  
 Warm up to the final
Any talk of Chiefs taking their final league game of the season lightly by resting key players and for the Amakhosi to place more emphasis on next week’s ABSA Cup Final instead, has been shunned by Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp.
SuperSport are still smarting over the fact that it was Chiefs who knocked them off their ABSA Cup perch and who now stand on the verge of winning back their title of South Africa’s cup kings.
Chiefs will also be looking to take advantage over SuperSport’s recent poor run of form and bring down the curtain on the season in a winning way.
www.albenafootball.com /middendorp/warmup.htm   (389 words)

  
 FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Chiefs are relative novices in continental club competition although for several years, despite qualifying, they were not interested in playing, keener to concentrate on their own market.
To support Chiefs, who this year celebrate their 35th anniversary, is to identify with the emerging, moneyed and well-heeled class in Africa, the modern generation's antidote to the clubs their parents supported.
Esperance, whose history stretches farther back than Chiefs' but who also are a club for the new generation, seem to evoke respect wherever they travel in Africa, usually by chartered jet and with a vanguard of vociferous supporters in tow.
www.fifa.com /en/comp/index/0,2442,106112,00.html?comp=CWC&year=2005&articleid=106112   (648 words)

  
 Mmegi Online ::> news we need to know
SOUTH African powerhouse, Kaizer Chiefs have promised to come down like a ton of bricks on fallen soccer giants Township Rollers in the Show U Care tournament at the National Stadium on Saturday.
Chiefs manager Bobby Motaung said in a telephone interview from Johannesburg yesterday that after crushing Orlando Pirates 4-2 in the Doctor Khumalo benefit game over the weekend his boys are looking forward to another toast.
Meanwhile Kaizer Chiefs have announced that they will use the tournament to unveil their new Zambian striker Collins Mbesuma.
www.mmegi.bw /2004/February/Thursday5/1044855928753.html   (549 words)

  
 Soccer: Kaizer Motaung - SouthAfrica.info
Those people were mistaken, however, and Motaung succeeded in assembling a good mix of veterans nearing the end of their careers and keen young players eager to make a name for themselves.
Very quickly the club became the most successful team in South Africa, enjoying support far and wide, so much so that it can fairly be claimed that Kaizer Chiefs no longer play any away matches, because their supporters always outnumber those of the home team.
Chiefs set the standard for professionalism in the country, and the club is the envy of others across the African continent.
www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/sports/greats/motaung.htm   (779 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - Kaizer Chiefs aim for second cup win in a week - Thursday November 29, 2001 03:52 PM
Chiefs forced a 1-1 draw away in Luanda in the first leg of the final a fortnight ago and last Saturday won the South African League Cup with a convincing 5-0 thrashing of Jomo Cosmos in Johannesburg.
Chiefs took the Top Eight Cup at the start of the season in August and set a new record score line for a domestic cup final against Cosmos last Saturday.
Chiefs failed to register most of their pre-season signings in time for the latter stages of the continental competition, where they have surprised even their most ardent fans with a quarter-final win over Ismailia of Egypt and then victory against Tunisia's Club Africain in the semifinals.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2001/11/29/africa_rdp   (605 words)

  
 IOL: Ellis Park ban on the cards for Kaizer Chiefs
Kaizer Chiefs' resounding success in the African Cup Winners' Cup stands to be soured.
Chiefs fans stormed on to the pitch at the final whistle to celebrate their club's 1-0 win, a victory that gave the Amakhosi a 2-1 aggregate win as they became the first South African side to capture the competition whose trophy is named after former president Nelson Mandela.
The Chiefs incident, however, was not that severe and they might well get away with just a fine if not a mere warning.
www.int.iol.co.za /?click_id=4&art_id=ct20011202203431125S000442&set_id=6   (783 words)

  
 Kaizer Chiefs v Silver Stars
Kaizer Chiefs face Silver Stars in the Coca-Cola Cup final that takes place on Saturday at FNB Stadium.
This will be Chiefs third consecutive final, and the only time they have been beaten in the final was when they lost 1-0 to Jomo Cosmos in last season’s final, also at the FNB Stadium.
Chiefs will be looking to take control from the outset, and have the balance and class to easily outwit rookies Stars, but Cup competitions are known for upsets.
www.kickoff.com /stories/story2399.html   (732 words)

  
 Cape Argus - Hail to the Chiefs
Kaizer Chiefs are the soccer champions of South Africa - again.
While Pirates certainly threw the league away, Chiefs have to be commended on their super-human efforts in the closing weeks of the season.
Both Chiefs and Pirates qualify for next year's African Champions League, although Chiefs face a three-year ban from the competition after withdrawing from this year's CAF Cup.
www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=50&fArticleId=2530855   (724 words)

  
 Kaizer Chiefs beat AS Vita in Vodacom Challenge
Kaizer Chiefs progressed to the final of the Vodacom Cup final after they beat defending champions AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo 6-5 on penalties at the Mmabatho Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The goal seemed to knock the stuffing out of Chiefs, who failed to produce their usual flowing brand of football as they continued to lose possession in midfield, with the forwards also lacking spark.
Midfielder John ‘Shoes’ Moshoeu handed Chiefs a lifeline in the 62nd minute when he latched onto the ball just outside the area before firing the ball past the Vita goalkeeper into the far corner.
www.kickoff.com /stories/story4981.html   (274 words)

  
 Press Releases
Amid the euphoria that followed Kaizer Chiefs'victory at Saturday's Soweto derby, the man who should have been the happiest of all was surprisingly distant.
Kaizer Chiefs defender Fabian McCarthy says he is enjoying the training sessions conducted by new coach Ernst Middendorp.
Chiefs have been banned from competing in African club competition for the next three years after withdrawing from this year's African Confederations Cup.
www.albenafootball.com /press.htm   (1226 words)

  
 Vodacom African Challenge 2004
AS Vita Club from the Democratic Republic of Congo won the new Kudu Horn trophy and a whopping R1-million after defeating Kaizer Chiefs 4-3 on penalties at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
Chiefs, the former owners of the Kudu Horn after having won the Vodacom Challenge Cup three times since its launch five years ago, took home R500 000.
Chiefs and Vita, who met in the first final to be staged at the FNB Stadium near Soweto On Saturday, were level 1-1 after regulation time.
www.sportscheduler.co.sz /african_challenge_04.htm   (127 words)

  
 Soccer: 'Doctor' Khumalo - SouthAfrica.info
Premier Soccer League giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs played a benefit game in Bloemfontein on Sunday to bid farewell to Theophilus "Doctor" Khumalo as he formally retired from soccer.
Five years after his professional debut, he had achieved a string of honours: he was part of a Chiefs team that won three league championship titles and five knockout trophies, and was voted Footballer of the Year in 1992.
When Chiefs' temperamental coach Muhsin Ertugral left the team in 2002, Khumalo and Donald "Ace" Khuse, his midfield partner in the 1990s, were appointed caretaker coaches.
www.safrica.info /2010/doctorkhumalo.htm   (760 words)

  
 SuperSoccer
Kaizer Chiefs have swiftly moved to distance themselves from the decision to take the Absa Cup final to Durban, claiming they were not given an opportunity to make an input.
"Kaizer Chiefs did not make any substantive input into the deliberations and subsequent decision to stage the competition at the ABSA Stadium in Ethekwini," read the statement.
Chiefs argued that the decision to take the match to Durban had long been taken before the meeting or consultation with the two clubs, "which statement we refute because such consultation never took place".
www.supersoccer.co.za /?id=178079&des=article&scat=supersoccer/sasoccer   (424 words)

  
 Kaizer Chiefs back in Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Johannesburg-based Chiefs, the most successful and popular club in the country, declined to play in Africa after being eliminated by eventual winners Zamalek of Egypt in the second round of the 1993 Champions Cup.
Chiefs can benefit financially from the CAF Cup through gate receipts, advertising and television rights.
Danny Jordaan, chief executive of the 2006 World Cup bid committee, was thrilled that the country will be represented in the three club events for the first time since 1996.
www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/Sport11-99/back.html   (196 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Kaizer Chiefs thrown out of cup
Chiefs officials said they were unable to secure a flight for their squad for March 22 match in the southern town of Tamatave because airline schedules had been drastically cut.
After Chiefs failed to arrive for the match, the case was referred to the organisation's club competitions committee, who made their decision over the weekend.
Chiefs won the first leg in Johannesburg 4-0 in early March.
www.soccernet.com /global/news/2002/0401/20020401chiefs.html   (314 words)

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