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PSL ban Wits duo for eight games for assaulting referee

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Ricardo Goss of Bidvest Wits argues with referee Masixole Bambiso

The Premier Soccer League has announced that Bidvest Wits duo Ricardo Goss and Sameehg Doutie have been banned for eight matches after being found guilty of assaulting a match official.

The duo were recently found guilty of the incident which took place in January against Cape Town City.

The decision comes in a season where Cape Town City saw Mpho Makola banned for six months for pushing a match official, before the sentence was then cut to six games.

The league announced their decision in a statement on Wednesday morning.

‘The Premier Soccer League (PSL) Disciplinary Committee last night found Bidvest Wits FC players Ricardo Goss and Sameehg Doutie guilty of abusing match official Mr Masixole Bambiso during the Absa Premiership fixture between Bidvest Wits and Cape Town City on 18 January 2020 at Cape Town Stadium.

‘Bidvest Wits was sanctioned with a fine of R 150,000.00 for bringing the League into disrepute and the players [Goss and Doutie] were each banned for eight matches of which four matches were conditionally suspended.’