{"id":29524,"date":"2023-07-04T19:19:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T19:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu"},"modified":"2023-07-04T19:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T19:52:11","slug":"efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu","title":{"rendered":"EFA DANGLES WINNING  CARROT FOR SIHLANGU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>EswatinI Football Association (EFA) has promised winning bonuses for Sihlangu Semnikati in the 2023 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup scheduled for Durban.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s pride will host Botswana tomorrow afternoon at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium in what is expected to be an epic clash.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Kunene\u2019s troops will be seeking revenge after they were defeated by the Zebras\u2019 0-2 in last year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n<p>EFA Vice President Steve Horton urged the team to put a good fight in the regional tournament<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that the nation has been eagerly waiting for positive results. Results don\u2019t just come, you start by building the team with proper coaching personnel. I know that you will reach the finals and we have faith in you. You are not here by mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are here because you excel somewhere. Go there and show your opponents no respect. It will be 11 vs 11. I can assure you that we have something for you if you do well in this tournament,\u201d he said, much to the amusement of the players.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this will be not be the first time the players receive incentives from the mother body.<\/p>\n<p>The senior national team arrived safely in Durban on Sunday afternoon after their departure on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Eswatini will play Botswana before taking on South Africa and Namibia in Group A.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition will be played under a new format, which will see teams drawn into three groups of four sides with the top side in each pool progressing to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. EswatinI Football Association (EFA) has promised winning bonuses for Sihlangu Semnikati in the 2023 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup scheduled for Durban. The nation\u2019s pride will host Botswana tomorrow afternoon at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium in what is expected to be an epic clash. Dominic Kunene\u2019s troops will be seeking revenge after they were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-29524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EFA DANGLES WINNING CARROT FOR SIHLANGU - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EswatinI Football Association (EFA) has promised winning bonuses for Sihlangu Semnikati in the 2023 Hollywoodbets COS ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EFA DANGLES WINNING CARROT FOR SIHLANGU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EswatinI Football Association (EFA) has promised winning bonuses for Sihlangu Semnikati in the 2023 Hollywoodbets COS ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-04T19:19:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-04T19:52:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/07\/sm_1688483259.687301.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EFA DANGLES WINNING CARROT FOR SIHLANGU\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-04T19:19:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-04T19:52:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/07\/sm_1688483259.687301.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/efa-dangles-winning-carrot-for-sihlangu\",\"name\":\"EFA DANGLES WINNING CARROT FOR SIHLANGU - 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