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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Ramahlwe Erasmus's — 8.11
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.11, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Midtjylland watching Mandla Phiri
The interest is real enough to have reached print. SuperSport United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Kevin Cataño rejects the move
SuperSport United had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Atletico Nacional, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thamsanqa Ngcobo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Thamsanqa Ngcobo commits to SuperSport United for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at SuperSport United
Thamsanqa Ngcobo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at SuperSport United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Luphumlo Sifumba
SuperSport United asked and Maritzburg United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Thamsanqa Grobler joins the SuperSport United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thamsanqa Grobler is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Keagan Khune joins the SuperSport United first team
- Market SuperSport United promote Luther Mphela from within
- Squad A row about effort at SuperSport United