The SuperSport United Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
No mercy from SuperSport United
Maritzburg United will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. SuperSport United were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market10 Aug 2026
SuperSport United turn down St. Gallen for Rivaldo Dolly
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gift Vilakazi takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gift Vilakazi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gift Vilakazi commits to SuperSport United for another 4 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at SuperSport United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Itumeleng Mphela 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 SuperSport United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Sifiso Modiba
At 17 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Keagan Dala 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
SuperSport United promote Teboho Mokoena from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teboho Mokoena has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market SuperSport United promote Sifiso Mothiba from within
- Market SuperSport United promote Gift Billiat from within
- Player ratings Gift Vilakazi in the eights