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Ghana U17 women’s coach Yusif Basigi has explained reasons for the the team’s inability to commence camp as originally scheduled.<\/p>\n
After receiving special clearance from the national government to regroup amid a ban on all contact sports, including football, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Princesses were unable to kick off preparations for an upcoming 2021 Fifa U17 Women’s World Cup showdown with arch-rivals Nigeria on August 1 as planned.<\/p>\n
The U17 women’s side joined the U20 women’s team and the U17 male team to receive special dispensation to regroup ahead of various national assignments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not been able to go to start camping yet due to the safety measure being put in place by the Ghana Football Association as instructed by the government,” Basigi told\u00a0Happy FM<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot tell when we will be given the go-ahead to be at camp but I am hopeful by the close of this week, something positive will come up. The players are all going to be tested before we begin preparations.<\/p>\n \u201cFor now, we have asked all the players to train on their own even before we resume camping.”<\/p>\n Ghana’s U17 women’s clash with Nigeria is scheduled for October\/November.<\/p>\n