Upbeat women’s teams in glory hunt

The senior team, the Mares will leave for Gqeberha, South Africa, tomorrow for the COSAFA Women’s Championship while the Under-20 have flown out to Angola for the first leg of the first round of the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup.

The Mares will be gunning for the first ever trophy at the COSAFA Championship, which will be held from September 28 to October 9, 2021. The team is motivated by the ever-improving performances over the past years. In the last edition, the Mares made it to their first ever final as they won a silver medal at the competition. Team captain, Bonang ‘Bebeto’ Otlhagile believes that they enter the competition as the team to beat and they are up for the task. “We reached the final last year (and) by that we have put eyes on us.