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Soccer-SAfrica drop captain for World Cup qualifier (Reuters)
March 14 (Reuters) - South Africa have dropped captain Bongani Khumalo from next week's World Cup qualifier as the fall out from their African Nations Cup failure in January began on Thursday. Coach Gordon Igesund said a lack of game time at his Greek club PAOK Salonika meant Khumalo, the former Tottenham Hotspur central defender, would not be sharp enough for the Group A match against the Central African Republic in Cape Town on March 23. "I chose not to pick him for this game on the strength that he has not been playing for his club," Igesund told a media conference in Johannesburg. ... More...
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