{"id":17925,"date":"2023-05-25T15:52:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/wafu-uofa-u20-tournament-sierra-leone-to-face-guinea"},"modified":"2023-05-25T16:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T16:17:28","slug":"wafu-uofa-u20-tournament-sierra-leone-to-face-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/wafu-uofa-u20-tournament-sierra-leone-to-face-guinea","title":{"rendered":"WAFU\/UOFA U20 Tournament: Sierra Leone to Face Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Sierra Leone is set to face neighbouring Guinea in the opening fixture of the maiden edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone- A U20 female tournament on Wednesday 24th May, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_2_host\"><\/a>The Tournament will be contested by four nations out of the nine nations making up the WAFU Zone-A. 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