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Ukudabuka kwenhliziyo esizweni saseNingizimu Afrika njengoba iqembu labo lesizwe lehluleka ukuhlungela I-African Cup of Nations okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngowezi-2017.

Ekhuluma ngendlela i-Sharks ebhubhise ngayo ama-Bulls ngoLwesihlanu, uNaas Botha uthe kubuhlungu ukuthi abalandeli abayithathelanga ekhanda imidlalo yokuzilolonga ye-Rainbow Cup.

Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana uMolefi Ntseki uthembise ukuthi iqembu lakhe lizodlala kangcono ne-Sudan emdlalweni wokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations we-Group C. Lokhu kuhlangana okubalulekile kuzo zombili izinhlangothi, kuzobanjelwa e-Al Hilal Stadium e-Omdurman e-Sudan ngehora lesithupha ntambama ngeSonto.

Loyo owayengumengameli webhola lomhlaba i-FIFA, uSepp Blatter uphinde wagixabezwa ngeminye iminyaka eyisithupha kulandela ukumiswa ngo-2015 ngenxa yokuphula imigomo yale nhlangano. Ukwandiswa kweminyaka yakhe kulandela ukukhathazeka mayelana nokukhokhwa ngokungemthetho kwamabhonasi ngesikhathi esaphethe.

U-Group C we-Africa Cup Nations ubukeka izokwehla intambo namaqembu amathathu esasethubeni lokuhlungela i-Cameroon ngonyaka ozayo. NgoLwesine ebusuku iBafana Bafana idlale ngokulingana ngo-1-1 ne-Ghana ukuze behlale bephezulu eqoqweni.

IBafana Bafana yenza amalungiselelo ayo okugcina njengoba izobhekana neGhana e-FNB Stadium ngehora le-6 ntambama ngoLwesine emdlalweni wayo wokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations Group C.

Ikhefu lamanje le-FIFA ngeke nje libone iBafana Bafana ilwela ithuba layo lokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations ezoba se-Cameroon ngonyaka ozayo, kodwa futhi inika nomqeqeshi wase-Ningizimu Afrika wabangaphansi kweminyaka engama-23 uDavid Notoane ithuba lokuba nabafana bakhe ekhempini.

Ingwazi kanobhutshuzwayo uCristiano Ronaldo ngeke aphazanyiswe ukugxekwa ngabalandeli ngokudlala kwakhe kuJuventus muva nje.

Emzini womndeni kaPhilip Raphiri e-Alexandra, eGoli, kunuka iphunga lobubha, indlala kanye nokuphelelwa yithemba.

Abesifazane bebhola lezandla i-netball baseNingizimu Afrika banerekhodi lokunqoba ngo-10-2 bebhekene ne-Uganda, kodwa lokho akusona isizathu sokuzethemba ngokweqile.