BPL final fixtures released
KANE CRACKS HAT-TRICK IN BAYERN’S 7-0 ROUT
The Botswana Premier League (BPL) 2023/2024 season is set to kick off on October 7 according to the final fixtures released this past week.
The fixtures reflect that, new comers, TAFIC, Matebele and VTM will be in action on the first opening day of the season.
TAFIC will kick-start their campaign at home with Orapa United while VTM start their maiden Premier League season away to BDF XI at the Lobatse Sports Complex.
Matebele will also be away on the first day, to Security Systems. The match has been scheduled to take place at the VTM Arena.
Township Rollers who have had a busy pre-season, will start their league action against Masitaoka
at the National Stadium while Gaborone United (GU) travel to Selebi-Phikwe for a date with Nico United.
National champions, Jwaneng Galaxy will kick-start their title defence against Holy Ghost on October 8. The match has been scheduled to take place at the VTM Arena.
The defending champions are currently preparing for the second leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary round against South African giants, Orlando Pirates. Galaxy carry a slight 1-0 lead going into the second leg. In the other fixtures scheduled for October 8, Police XI will host Sua Flamingoes at the Lobatse Sports Complex while Morupule Wanderers and Eleven Angels lock horns at the Palapye Stadium.
The next league action has been scheduled to take place on October 18.
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 7-0 demolition of VfL Bochum to take his league goal tally to seven and set a club record for most goals by a player in his first five Bundesliga matches. Kane’s three goals put him above club great Gerd Müller, Miroslav Klose and Mario Mandzukic, who all scored five times in their first five games. The Bavarians, who beat Manchester United 4-3 in their Champions League opener on Wednesday, move up to 13 points in top spot from five Bundesliga games. The England captain struck his first goal after benefiting from a lucky bounce in the 13th minute. Earlier, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had tapped in for a fourth-minute lead from a perfectly-timed Kingsley Coman assist.