By Momodou Jarju
The Gambia Women’s national team, nicknamed the Queen Scorpions, will know their group opponents today for the upcoming West African Football Union (WAFU) Senior Women’s Cup which tees off this Sunday.
The Queen Scorpions Monday resumed training after a weekend break in preparation for the championship to be hosted by Mauritania from the 18th to 31st May 2025.
The sub-regional football body disclosed that the draw for the WAFU Zone A Senior Women’s Cup 2025 will take place on Wednesday May 14, 2025.
In its third edition, the aforesaid championship will feature only eight countries including hosts Mauritania, defending champions Senegal, Mali, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Guinea and The Gambia. Cape Verde is the only missing team in the nine-nation zone championship.
According to GFFMedia, Ellen Gai, Ruggy Joof, Mbassey Darboe, and Catherine Jatta all arriving from Ghana and Liberia respectively have joined the fold in training.
“The quartet will add more depth to the team, joining Kaddy Jarju and Salimata Saidykhan of Shaita Angels, who arrived last week from Liberia. The Queen Scorpions continue to hone their skills at the home of Gambian football, the National Technical Training Centre in Old Yundum.
“Coach Mariama Bom Sowe’s charges will be looking to better their performance in the last edition in Cape Verde where the Queens returned home with a bronze medal,” GFFMedia stated.
