Football fraternity eagerly awaits government announcement

The football fraternity is gripped in anxiety with the Sports and Recreation Commission today expected to issue a statement on the resumption of high risk sport. Domestic football was last played in 2019 and with growing agitation about when football will resume, all eyes will be on the SRC who will this morning hold a virtual press conference.

The SRC at the beginning of this month gave a green light for sports deemed to be low risk with athletes from sports such as tennis, golf, swimming and rowing just to name a few allowed to resume with their sporting activity which had been suspended after the announcement of strict measures following an upsurge in covid-19 cases.

Players and coaches have been left stranded for over a year following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. There had been hopes that football would resume after nations such as South Africa and Zambia came up with strategies for football’s resumption but up until now the sport remains on the sidelines save for international matches.

With the SRC set to make an announcement fans, players and all football stakeholders will have their fingers crossed as they hope high risk sport will be given the green light to resume.