Mbabane Swallows’ fiery winger Tony ‘TT’ Tsabedze went home on Wednesday night E16 500 richer after being named the MTN League Player of the Year.

The prestigious award, which was won by his Swallows teammate Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa last season, carries a prize of E11 000. The gifted forward also took home two Player of the Month awards. The Player of the Month award carries a sum of E2 750. He was named the best player for the month for August and October.

The soft spoken and media shy player immediately dedicated the award to his teammates and noted that anyone of them could have easily won it.

Red and white glamour giants Mbabane Swallows can heave a sigh of relief, as all their key players have extended their stay with the treble winners.

The all-conquering Mbabane giants have moved swiftly to convince their prized assets, the likes of talismanic forward Mfanafuthi ‘Taribo’ Bhembe, utility player Felix ‘Fela’ Badenhorst, ‘Captain Marvel’ Tony ‘TT’ Tsabedze and midfield dynamo Njabulo ‘D4D’ Ndlovu to extend their stay with the heavyweights.

The team’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sibusiso Manana confirmed the latest development to MTNFootball.com this morning, which is likely to sound like sweet melody to the ears of the team’s faithful.

Host Zambia face Mozambique in Cosafa Cup quarterfinals while Bafana Bafana must wait to know their Last 8 opponents from Group A.

Mozambique, Bafana Bafana, Malawi, Angola, hosts Zambia and defending champions Zimbabwe all enjoy byes from the group stage and will enter the competition at the quarterfinal stage.

Zambia will face Mozambique on July 14 in the fourth quarterfinal match in Kabwe following tournament draws made on May 3 in Lusaka.

Bafana will face winner from Group A on July 13 in Lusaka that contains Namibia, Mauritius, Seychelles and guest team from the Cecafa zone, Tanzania.

Bafana Bafana, Angola, champions Zimbabwe and hosts Zambia seeded and on first round byes in the May 3 COSAFA Cup draws.

And CECAFA zone nations Tanzania and Kenya have been invited to take part in this year’s COSAFA Cup to be held in Zambia from July 6-21.

According to Cosafa, Zambia, Bafana, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi and Mozambique will all enjoy group stage byes and join the competition in the quarterfinals on July 13 thanks to their FIFA rankings as of April 11, 2013.

Meanwhile, guest teams Tanzania and Kenya are the seeded teams in the group draws.

Eight teams will go into Fridays two group draws for preliminary round matches to be played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka and Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu Stadium in Kabwe.

Unstoppable Mbabane Swallows completed a remarkable treble after clinching the Swazi MTN league in grand style, thrashing Royal Leopard 3-1 at Somhlolo National Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The dominant ‘Birds’, who have already looted the Ultimate Home Cup back in September, the SwaziBank Cup last Sunday, defended the league they won in extra ordinary circumstances last season in emphatic fashion.

Setting the ball rolling was Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa who notched up his 14th goal of the season in the sixth minute when he turned and twisted Leopard defender Jerome Ndlangamandla before firing a low shot from the near post beating Leopard goalkeeper Mphikeleli Dlamini hands down.

With the Cosafa Senior Challenge coming back to action in July in Zambia the participating countries have confirmed that they will take part.

Cosafa has 14 members and they have all confirmed that they will travel to the 2012 Afcon Champions for the tournament.

The Cosafa Senior Challenge tournament has not been played in the past three years and Zambia will host the tournament in two areas, Lusaka and the Copperbelt from July 6-21, 2013.

A Cosafa delegation, led by COO Sue Destombes, was in Zambia last week to inspect facilities ahead of the competition. Cosafa approved Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka and Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola as the two host stadia for the tournament.

Mbabane Swallows' Ghanaian striker Mike Mohamed impressed Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Doctor Khumalo during the Swazi Bank Cup Final on Sunday.

Khumalo was in Mbabane with the SA Legends to play against their counterparts from Swaziland in a curtain-raiser for Sunday's Final.

Khumalo says he will recommend Mohamed to the Amakhosi technical team.

"I was very impressed with his first touch and the way he protects the ball. He has all the traits of a good striker.

"I need to speak to the Swallows chairman because I need to recommend the striker to members of our technical bench," Khumalo told the Swazi media.

Mbabane Swallows quicksilver, Sabelo Ndzinisa came off the bench and grabbed a brace in extra time to transport Mbabane Swallows to a resounding 5-3 victory over Malanti Chiefs in front of over 15 000 fans at Somhlolo National Stadium on Sunday afternoon. 

His Majesty King Mswati III joined over 15 000 fans who crammed the Somhlolo National Stadium to the rafters and beamed a wall-to-wall as the two teams tore each other apart in a grueling nerve-wrecking 120 minutes of football.

Malanti Chiefs took the lead in the 26th minute when Bheki ‘Djemba’ Dlamini curled a shot from the edge of the box into the far corner of the net, stretching Swallows Zimbabwean goalkeeper, Ephraim Mazarura to the limit.

The Premier League of Swaziland (PLS) has lashed out at the Sihlangu head coach Valere Billen, accusing the Belgian of picking undeserving players for national team duty.

Responding to the coach’s claim that the 10-0 mauling of Sihlangu by Egypt last Friday was a reflection of the standard in the PLS, the organisation, in a hot-worded statement on Wednesday, said Billen should deliver the goods and stop shifting the goalposts.

“It is not our responsibility as the PLS to choose national team players. We do, however, provide these structures with a wide pool of quality, experienced and able players. ”

Swaziland national team coach Valere Billen has said that pointing fingers after the team’s 10-0 loss in Egypt will not help anyone.

He said, if anything, the results were a reflection of the country’s football standard when compared against countries like Egypt.

In a press conference held this morning at Sigwaca House, where the FA made an official apology to the nation on the humiliation defeat, Billen said sacking him will not solve the problems afflicting local football.

He said he was only spending about 50 percent time with the players, the rest they are with their respective teams. Sihlangu trains on Monday and Tuesday weekly.