The Banyana Banyana of South Africa may have got a head start against the Super Falcons ahead of crunch 2024 Paris Olympics playoffs after they opened training camp a week before their Nigeria rivals.
The Super Falcons will only open camp for the Olympic playoffs Sunday in Abuja, which is a week after South Africa began their own preparations.
The South Africans are dominated by home-based players and so could open camp much earlier than their Nigerian rivals, who parade wholly overseas-based stars.
Reigning African champions Banyana Banyana are banking on better preparations and the high altitude of Pretoria to go past the Super Falcons.
The Super Falcons host the first leg in Abuja on April 5, while the return leg will be in Pretoria four days later.
The overall winners of the playoffs will advance to the Paris Olympics, where they are drawn in a tough-looking group that has world champions Spain, Japan and Brazil.
Hosts Ghana today sent a serious warning to the Golden Eaglets and the other teams at the WAFU B U17 AFCON with an emphatic 4-1 win over Cote d’Ivoire in the opening game. Joseph Narbi fired a first-half brace to make a big statement that unlike two years ago when they failed to make an …
Continue reading here ▶Victor Boniface has been voted the Bundesliga Rookie of the season. Rookie of the Season. 😮💨🇳🇬🦅 Victor Boniface. What a Year. 👏👏👏#Bayer04 | #BLRookie #Sorare | @boniface_jrn pic.twitter.com/Xt8i8jseC7 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) May 15, 2024 He won the monthly award a record four times in a row – from August to December 2023. He …
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Continue reading here ▶The character and class of the Golden Eaglets Class of 2024 will be tested at the WAFU B U17 AFCON qualifying tournament, which kicks off today in Accra, Ghana, as they have been confronted to various setbacks. The late appointment of Manu Garba as head coach by the NFF also meant the team had virtually …
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