The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has switched around the opening fixtures of the new Premiership campaign to allow champions Mamelodi Sundowns to get the new season under way in a showpiece clash against Kaizer Chiefs. Originally‚ Bidvest Wits and Free State Stars were due to kick off the new league season on August 3‚ but the two clubs have been asked to put back their match by 24 hours to allow for the high-profile Sundowns-Chiefs clash. Wits agreed to the change‚ feeling it is only fair that the defending league champions kick off the new season as they did in the 2017-18 campaign. Sundowns’ match against Chiefs at Loftus Versfeld at 3pm on August 4 is now the first of 240 league fixtures scheduled through to May 2019. The PSL released the season’s fixtures on Monday night‚ a day before Ajax Cape Town went to court in a bid to delay next weekend’s kick off while they fight their relegation from the top flight. The fixtures confirm what TimesLIVE published on June 28‚ when first re...
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