{"id":13666,"date":"2023-01-21T17:37:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/wafu-sierra-queens-to-open-game-against-the-gambia"},"modified":"2023-01-21T17:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:37:36","slug":"wafu-sierra-queens-to-open-game-against-the-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/wafu-sierra-queens-to-open-game-against-the-gambia","title":{"rendered":"WAFU: Sierra Queens to Open Game Against The Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The Sierra Leone National Female Team, Sierra Queens will open their West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone A campaign against The Gambia this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The 2nd edition of the tournament will have Sierra Queens take on their next-door neighbour, Guinea on Monday and Senegal on Wednesday 25th January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The WAFU tournament which will end on the 1st of February this year is scheduled to see a record number of participants but the withdrawal of Liberia saw it reduced to eight teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberian female team withdrew from the tournament because of a lack of funding from authorities in the Mano River Union nation.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, Mali also withdrew from the second edition of the tournament hosted by Cape Verde days before the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. The Sierra Leone National Female Team, Sierra Queens will open their West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone A campaign against The Gambia this afternoon. The 2nd edition of the tournament will have Sierra Queens take on their next-door neighbour, Guinea on Monday and Senegal on Wednesday 25th January 2022. 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