GU’s rosy red dream blooms

A year after heartbreak in the final, the Roses made history by lifting the CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers trophy in Johannesburg on Sunday, becoming the first team from Botswana to win the regional crown.

It was sweet redemption, as in the previous edition, GU lost the final on penalties to South Africa’s University of the Western Cape. This time around, they showed nerves of steel to edge Zambia’s ZESCO Ndola Girls 4-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.