SportPesa list Cape Town FC
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- The team that finished third in the 2016/17 PSL signed a record four-year deal with SportPesa to become their official title, shirt and gaming partner on Friday.
Cape Town. Cape Town City FC have become the first South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) team to enter into partnership with leading gaming company SportPesa.
The team that finished third in the 2016/17 PSL signed a record four-year deal with SportPesa to become their official title, shirt and gaming partner on Friday.
The director of SportPesa in South Africa, Nick Ferguson, and CT City FC owner and chairman; John Comitis signed the landmark contract in Cape Town as the bookmakers stamped their presence in Africa’s most lucrative football league.
“We welcome our first football partners in South Africa, Cape Town City FC to our global portfolio. Our pioneering partnership is a big statement by SportPesa to showcase our commitment to football development in this country.
“We are more than happy to work with Cape Town City FC, a club that stands for our values and we look forward to a period of greater success inspired by the start of our journey together,” Ferguson remarked during the signing ceremony.
The SportPesa logo will now appear on the front of the official CT City FC shirts as the team formerly known as Mpumalanga Black Aces until last year joins the expanding list of top football teams in the firm’s partnership portfolio.
The agreement covers the senior, development and youth sides of CT City FC who will play in the 2018 CAF Confederations Cup after finishing behind champions Bidvest Wits and Mamelodi Sundowns.
CT City FC uses its roots in Nyanga, the City Centre, and the Cape Flats to unite all people of the administrative capital of South Africa under one team.
