Soccer-Former South Africa coach Clive Barker dies

FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - World Cup Qualifier - South Africa vs Congo - Johannesburg, South Africa - August 16, 1997 South African Coach Clive Barker REUTERS/Action Images/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Clive Barker, the charismatic coach who ensured success for South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations and got them into their first World Cup finals, died on Saturday, a family statement said.

The 78-year-old Barker was coach of the South African side that won the 1996 Cup of Nations on home soil in the country’s first participation in the tournament.