The Police Union Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Naledi Hlongwane would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Naledi Hlongwane is living that version at Police Union, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Mohamed Abdelsalam for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Police Union will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Salah Rico 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 Police Union this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Police Union
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mostafa Soliman steps up from the Police Union academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mostafa Soliman has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Walid Marwan joins the Police Union first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Walid Marwan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Shikabala Elneny steps up from the Police Union academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Shikabala Elneny has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Police Union promote Bassem Fathy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bassem Fathy 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Police Union find a way past Arab Contractors
Arab Contractors made Police Union work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Somila Ntsundwana
- Player ratings Sazi Gumbi runs at them all day
- Boardroom Police Union turn down the training-ground plan