Isn’t it time authorities lifted the lid on football?

SPORT in general and football in particular has wider benefits for the country from tax contributions, employment creation and promoting tourism.

Football, which is a mass sport,  is an alternative source of employment for most athletes. Several of these athletes are breadwinners in their families and it’s hard to imagine how they have survived since the country went on lockdown in March last year.

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