adminJOHANNESBURG. — German sportswear company Puma has confirmed it has terminated its technical and licensed partnership with the South African Football Association with immediate effect. Puma was supplying the kit for the South African national teams, including Bafana Bafana.
“Puma can confirm it exercised the right to terminate its technical and licensed partnership with the South African Football Association,” the company said in a statement yesterday.
In April this year, Safa confirmed that a Fifa report into match-fixing, revolving around Bafana Bafana’s 2010 World Cup warm-up matches, had been received.
“Following match-fixing allegations made against Safa, along with inappropriate responses from within the football organisation (including the suspension of senior officials), Puma terminated the contract with immediate effect,” the statement said. The termination comes a day after Absa announced it would not renew its sponsorship of the national soccer body. — Sapa/SuperSport.com.
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