PROUD HOST: Mangaung ready to host 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup
By Becker Semela:
COSAFA DRAW: Free State MEC for sports, Ntombizanele Sifuba (fourth from left), Mangaung Metro Mayor Gregory Nthatisi (fifth from left), Sports HoD Steve Tshabalala (right), with SAFA members during the draw. (Image: Supplied)
Football fever is heating up in Mangaung, Free State province, after the official draw for the 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup was held in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. The tournament, taking place from 4 to 15 June, will be hosted in Mangaung for the very first time. Matches will be played at the iconic Free State Stadium, a 2010 FIFA World Cup venue, as well as the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium.
South Africa, the host nation, has been drawn in Group A, alongside rivals Zimbabwe, last year’s bronze medallists Mozambique and Mauritius. ...