{"id":85023,"date":"2025-08-29T17:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:25:19","slug":"queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers","title":{"rendered":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a brief weekend break, as preparations intensify for the upcoming Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Mariama Bom Sowe is leading the training sessions with renewed focus, aiming to sharpen her squad ahead of their crucial next match.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Gambia Football Federation (GFF), players from Berewuleng FC and RAM Camara FC who recently returned from representing The Gambia at the CAF WAFU-A Women\u2019s Champions League qualifiers in Senegal were all present and participated in the session.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen Scorpions are set to face Kenya in October, continuing their quest for a historic qualification to the Women\u2019s AFCON. In the previous round, the team delivered an impressive performance, defeating Niger 4-1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a brief weekend break, as preparations intensify for the upcoming Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers. Head Coach Mariama Bom Sowe is leading the training sessions with renewed focus, aiming to sharpen her squad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-85023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"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>Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a ...\" \/>\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\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T17:01:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T17:25:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.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\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-29T17:01:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-29T17:25:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\",\"name\":\"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-29T17:01:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-29T17:25:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers - Gambia","description":"The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers","og_description":"The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-08-29T17:01:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-29T17:25:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers","datePublished":"2025-08-29T17:01:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-29T17:25:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg","keywords":["Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers","name":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-29T17:01:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-29T17:25:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Gambia senior women\u2019s national team popularly known as the Queen Scorpions resumed training on Monday following a ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756475648.83448.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/queen-scorpions-resume-training-ahead-of-wafcon-qualifiers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Queen Scorpions Resume Training Ahead of WAFCON Qualifiers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}