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Sport - Date: 22 June 2012
After enjoying their off-season holiday for a month, the players of Black Leopards reported back for a training camp on Monday.
Their last league match was played at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on 19 May, when they beat Ajax Cape Town 3-1. That victory made Leopards escape the relegation axe by inches.
According to the team’s head coach, Mr Sunday Chidzambwa, their reason for starting with their normal training almost two months before the league activities kick off, is that they want to prepare thoroughly for their CAF Confederation Cup matches. The local lads will play against El Merich FC from Sudan in Khartoum next Saturday, 30 June.
They will play against the same team in the return match, either at the Giyani or the Peter Mokaba Stadium two weeks later.
According to the general manager of the team, Mr Sam Khaphathe, they have released their Zimbabwean striker, Kingston Nkhatha, to Kaizer Chiefs.
Chidzambwa indicated that they wanted to make history by becoming the first Southern African team to win the CAF competition. He further revealed that, apart from the CAF Confederations Cup matches, his side will play a number of friendly matches as part of their preparations for the new season.
The first matches for the new season will be played over the weekend of August 10 to 12. Unlike last season, where they commenced their league programme by hosting the Soweto giants, Orlando Pirates, Black Leopards will play against Bloemfontein Celtic at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in their opening league match for the new season.
Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990. He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.
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