Football

Showmax debuts multicam feed for El Clasico football match

Showmax has introduced a multi-camera viewing option for its Pro subscribers to watch sport from different angles. The option debuted on 24 October and…

W-Sport: TelkomONE gets a dedicated women’s sports channel

Telkom has added dedicated women’s sports channel W-Sport to its TelkomONE streaming service, offering live football coverage and other events. W-Sport is now available…

South Africans can stream ESPN events with SABC Sport channel

The SABC and Disney Africa have signed a distribution agreement for the public broadcaster to stream content and coverage from ESPN on its SABC…

Vodacom users can stream the FA Cup for R35 a match via Video Play

Vodacom on Monday announced that its Video Play customers will be able to livestream the FA Cup, the English football competition, for its duration,…

Facebook will broadcast La Liga matches live in India, Pakistan for free

Big news for footballing fans and social media users across the Indian subcontinent this week. Facebook will broadcast every Spanish La Liga football match…

#WengerOut meme evolves to #EmeryOut as Arsenal loses to Man City

Arsenal is a massive football club, but there’s one thing even bigger than it: #WengerOut. The hashtag has become something of a global meme…

Maradona calls England penalty win ‘monumental theft’, Twitter digs the irony

You don’t slander an England penalty shootout win and not face the consequences. This is what former Argentine legend Diego Maradona discovered this week….

Japan left a ‘thank you’ note after heartbreaking Belgium defeat

Sport is cruel, and football even more so. But even though Japan lost to Belgium last night in a thrilling 3-2 comeback for the…

#Argentina falls 3-0 to Croatia, becomes the laughing stock of Twitter

It’s not everyday that Argentina gets slapped 3-0 in the World Cup group stages. Even though the South American giants faced an equally strong…

Twitter’s most hyped World Cup star is not Messi or Ronaldo

Can you believe it? The first week of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is already over. The ol’ onion bag has ballooned numerous times,…

How do the 2018 FIFA World Cup teams rank on social media?

France, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and most recently Germany, have won the coveted FIFA World Cup trophy. They were all pretty great footballing teams, but…

Polony, football and The Oscars: SA’s biggest Google searches this week

According to internet giant Google, polony, football and The Oscars were the most searched-for subjects in South Africa this week. Taking a break from…

Bafana Bafana disappoints South Africans yet again

South Africa’s 2018 World Cup dreams have been shattered as Bafana Bafana lost the third round of the World Cup qualifiers against Cape Verde…

Google Trends charts the UEFA Champions League teams ‘winning on search’

The UEFA Champions League quarter finals kick off this week, with the first matches taking place tonight. But who’s going to win the most…

Watch: Twitter captures ugly Sundowns, Pirates fracas

We’ve seen some violent scenes in South Africa this weekend largely thanks to the State of the Nation fracas on Thursday night. But when…

Tonight’s Premier League Deadline Day will be livestreamed on Twitter

Transfer deadline day is one that football fans across the world love dearly, and a day Premier League managers hate. But another company eagerly…

Premier League 2016: follow all 20 clubs on social media right here

With the Premier League season kicking off today, there are a fair few things to note beforehand. With the League’s new branding scheme focusing…

Liverpool to livestream friendly football match on YouTube in 360 degrees

Liverpool might not’ve had a stellar campaign in the last Premier League football season, but the club is at least spending time on new…

Twitter pays tribute to Iceland’s football heroics after loss to France

Calling Iceland‘s starlit run through this year’s Euro 2016 a “miracle” wouldn’t be farfetched at all. Ranked 34th in the World FIFA Rankings, the…

Budweiser, Facebook, and football create history

Creating a small slice of history, non-league sides Ascot United and Wembley FC will be the first teams ever to have their football match…

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