THE MARES BACK

May 4, 2022

The Senior Women’s National Team (The Mares) arrived back in Botswana yesterday night from Lusaka Zambia.

The team had gone to Zambia to play two international friendly mates with the Zambian Senior Women’s Team (Copper Queens).

The Mares lost the first friendly game at the Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka by a solitary goal on Friday 29th May 2022 before playing to a 1-1 stalemate on Monday 02 May at the Nkoloma Stadium.

The friendly games were used as part of the teams preparation for the upcoming Africa Women’s Cup of Nations, which is to be held in Morocco. The competition starts on 3-23 July2022.

Botswana is in group C alongside defending Champions Nigeria , neighbor’s South Africa aswell as fellow debutants Burundi .

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