GU withdraw from CAF competition
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Chiefs on the other hand were to play against Ferroviário Maputo of Mozambique. Both clubs have cited financial problems as the reason for withdrawing from the competition. Chiefs were the first to announce their decision to pull out last month and the hope remained on GU as Botswana’s representatives in the continental club competition.
However, they took a decision to withdraw yesterday.
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