THE women’s national team commences Cosafa title defence with a tie against Mozambique at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria. Bruce Mwape’s assistant Florence Mwila, who has taken centre stage since the former took ill in Morocco, is expected to lead the Copper Queens once more. The squad in South Africa is comprised of only locally based players, with last year’s golden boot winner Barbra Banda among the foreign based stars who were not selected. Also missing are three key home-based players in striker Ochumba Oseke, defender Mary Mulenga and midfielder Mary Wilombe. The Red Arrows trio are undergoing military training at ZAF. But Mwila is confident that the technical bench has a strong side at its disposal. She said the...

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