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No change for Bafana in latest FIFA rankings

Cape Town - South Africa have made no progress in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

Shakes Mashaba's team remain in 62nd place after moving up from 64th position the previous month.

Bafana Bafana played to back-to-back draws against Burkina Faso, in a 2018 Soccer World Cup qualifier (1-1), and came away with the same scoreline in an international friendly against Ghana this month.

Meanwhile, Brazil and Germany are closing in on Argentina - who remain in first place - while Belgium have dropped to fourth.

Top 10 in the latest FIFA world rankings:

1. Argentina 

2. Germany

3. Brazil 

4. Belgium 

6. Colombia

7. Chile

8. France 

9. Portugal 

10. Uruguay

Also:

62. South Africa

Top 10 in the latest CAF rankings:

1. Cote d'Ivoire

2. Senegal

3. Algeria

4. Tunisia

5. Ghana

6. Egypt

7. Congo DR

8. Congo

9. Mali

10. Cameroon

Also:

13. South Africa

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