Soccer

Sundowns’ AFL participation snubbed by PSL clubs

31 teams vote against making room for the African Football League — Patrice Motsepe’s pet project — as it will clash with the PSL schedule

01 October 2023 - 00:00 By Bareng-Batho Kortjaas and Sazi Hadebe

Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs would not allow Mamelodi Sundowns to participate in the African Football League (AFL), a lucrative new multimillion continental competition championed by Downs owner Patrice Motsepe in his capacity as president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf)...

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