PIETERMARITZBURG, Feb 23: Security chiefs have launched an investigation into why two spectators were refused entry into a venue — for wearing the wrong type of shorts.

Brothers Brett and Steve Siledrecht were not allowed to enter the ground earlier this month because their shorts carried an Adidas logo.

Eventually, the guards relented but only when the brothers, both teachers, agreed to wear their shorts inside out while their pupils who were accompanying them to the game were told to peel the labels off their Coca-Cola bottles. The incident comes just a week after a businessman was thrown out for drinking a can of Coca-Cola — rivals Pepsi are one of the official sponsors.—AFP