Philani Sithebe

Attacking Midfielder (R) - AS Korofina
4 May 2027
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Marked for Philani Sithebe

39 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Apr 2027

Daouda Koné in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Korofina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Philani Sithebe gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market26 Apr 2027

The Mohammed Garba question follows AS Korofina around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Mohammed Garba’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Sandile Ndlovu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS Korofina, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market26 Apr 2027

AS Korofina shop where it costs nothing

David Ben-Lulu signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.

Market26 Apr 2027

Oratile Rantasi placed on the list

AS Korofina have made Oratile Rantasi available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

Back issues
34 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad22 Mar 2027

Philani Sithebe: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AS Korofina have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Tempers go at AS Korofina

Cole Alexander was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match20 Mar 2027

Adama Malle sends AS Korofina past US Bougouni

It finished 1‑0, and it was Adama Malle’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to AS Korofina.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Banele Mnguni in the eights

A performance of 8.52 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Salikou Diarra shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad22 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Kgwadi Molepo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Dramane Traoré runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Babé Diarra knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS Korofina, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Nothing got past Rayan Slimani

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 12 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

22 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Nobody could get near Dramane Traoré

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Moussa Sissoko in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Korofina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Mohammed Garba in the eights

A performance of 9.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match26 Dec 2026

Mohammed Garba the difference as AS Korofina beat US Bougouba

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mohammed Garba. 1‑0 against US Bougouba, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Kamogelo Mogotlane in the eights

A performance of 8.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Philani Sithebe gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

18 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Nov 2026

The wait goes on for AS Korofina

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Daouda Koné in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Korofina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match28 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for AS Korofina against Stade Malien

0‑1 to Stade Malien, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Rayan Slimani gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Dramane Traoré

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Costly mistake from Daouda Koné

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Daouda Koné knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

In brief

12 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Oct 2026

Daouda Koné keeps AS Korofina in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Daouda Koné says AS Korofina went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Mohammed Garba runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief