In a sign of the state of footballers’ fitness after the Covid-19 lockdown, even Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates laboured to a 0-0 draw in the opening game of the return to football of the Absa Premiership on Tuesday night.

The two teams managed a decent tempo, but the fireworks associated with this perennially much-awaited fixture were notably subdued...

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