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Familiar incident leaves elite league embarrassed, again

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The Botswana Premier League that is regarded as the face of the local game has been left embarrassed once again following a familiar incident that took place during the Township Rollers/Jwaneng Galaxy match on Saturday.

The game was officially called off few minutes after kickoff after the visiting side, Popa, was left with only six players on the field, following an injury to one of the players. Rollers had travelled to Jwaneng with only seven players for the match, after receiving a fresh FIFA ban ahead of the opening FNB Premiership matches this past weekend.

The troubled side had been slapped with a FIFA ban, barring them from registering new players as a result of unpaid wages to former head coach, Aziz Karkarche.

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