Finger pointing as women�s league further delayed

Women's football kick-off has been further delayed as talks drag
Women's football kick-off has been further delayed as talks drag

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) last year dismantled the Women Super League (WSL) in an effort to revamp the local women’s game.

The BFA decided that the women football will be played in regions in an effort to accommodate all teams in the country as the WSL was contested by teams in the South regions. A year later the new project is yet to kick-off, three months into the football season.

Amid the delays, Mexican Girls coach, Oaitse Moeti said the region’s leadership has since gone quiet and the teams are in the dark about when the league will commence. Moeti, who is the former Super League committee secretary general, said clubs are inactive.

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