{"id":22468,"date":"2013-09-07T02:09:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T00:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/its-bafana-against-botswana\/"},"modified":"2013-09-07T02:09:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T00:09:35","slug":"its-bafana-against-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/its-bafana-against-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Bafana against Botswana!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bafanas-parker-has-got-his-mind-right\/george-lebese-withbernard-parker-g-500\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15798\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15798 \" alt=\"George Lebese with Bernard Parker. Photo: Gallo Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/3da1f_George-Lebese-withBernard-Parker-g-500.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Lebese with Bernard Parker. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n<p>Saturday marks a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier between Bafana and Botswana, and it seems that Bernard Parker <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bafanas-parker-has-got-his-mind-right\/\" target=\"_blank\">has got his mindset right<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking US Open quarter-final, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/wimbledon-champ-murray-beaten-by-wawrinka-at-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">US Open title defence ended tamely<\/a> as Stanislas Wawrinka outplayed him.<\/p>\n<p>Wawrinka, a former Olympic doubles champion alongside countryman Roger Federer, will play against Novak Djokovic, <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/djokovic-powers-past-youzhny-at-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">who defeated Mikhail Youzhny<\/a> in Saturday\u2019s semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the women\u2019s side, the race is on for a group of 31-year-olds who are all <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/race-on-to-become-us-opens-oldest-womens-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\">hoping to become the event\u2019s oldest women\u2019s champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>High five,<br \/>\nEd<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/igesund-announces-bafana-squad-for-botswana-clash\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/3da1f_197222815_80_806.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/igesund-announces-bafana-squad-for-botswana-clash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Igesund announces Bafana squad for Botswana clash<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/122ef_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Lebese with Bernard Parker. Photo: Gallo Images Saturday marks a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier between Bafana and Botswana, and it seems that Bernard Parker has got his mindset right. In a shocking US Open quarter-final, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray\u2019s US Open title defence ended tamely as Stanislas Wawrinka outplayed him. 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