The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) is planning a bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, CEO Tebogo Motlanthe has confirmed. Photo: Twitter @Banyana_Banyana
Banyana Banyana camp rocked by Covid-19 outbreak!
Banyana Banyana will be forced to soldier on without a number of key players after positive Covid-19 cases emerged in their camp in Morocco.
The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) is planning a bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, CEO Tebogo Motlanthe has confirmed. Photo: Twitter @Banyana_Banyana
Banyana Banyana will be forced to soldier on without a number of key players after positive Covid-19 cases emerged in their camp in Rabat, Morocco.
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The South African senior national team is preparing for a crunch Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-final match against Tunisia on Thursday, 14 July.
Kick-off is scheduled for 22:00 (SA time).
A win against the North Africans will also ensure that coach Desiree Ellis’ charges are one of the four continental sides to qualify for the 2023 World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
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“We had one official who tested positive before the Burundi game [in the group stages of the tournament]. The official was isolated and treated as she was symptomatic,” Banyana team physician Dr Rodney Mokoka told www.safa.net
“And 48 hours prior to the Botswana game [the final group stage match], we had one player who tested positive for Covid-19 and she was also symptomatic. She was put in quarantine and treated accordingly. Her asymptomatic room-mate who tested negative is in isolation, hence they both missed Botswana game.”
Covid-19 tests scheduled for Thursday
Ellis has maintained a positive outlook ahead of another round of Covid-19 tests which will be conducted before the match on Thursday.
The 2022 WAFCON took centre stage for the first time in four years after the previous edition was cancelled, ironically, due the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that wreaked havoc with the international sporting calendar.
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