Professional referees for Five-A-Side tourney

Seboni (left) and Ramsden at the press briefing PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME
Seboni (left) and Ramsden at the press briefing PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME

The organisers of this year’s Five-A-Side Standard Chartered Trophy will acquire the services of professional match officials in an effort to promote fair competition. This year’s competition takes place at the Gaborone Club fields.

Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, one of the organisers, Losika Seboni said they have asked the Botswana Football Association (BFA) to provide them with match officials for the March 4 games. He also said the BFA would help them to curb the participation of professional players. 

“We engaged the BFA to provide us with professional officials who would record everything at the games. The BFA would also help with the cross-checking of the names of the participants. Any player with a ‘blue book’ would not be allowed to take part in the games.

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