Women’s football gets a boost with the staging of Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament, and the ancient city of Benin City, Edo State has been a beehive of activities as the tournament gets underway with 12 teams participating.
Being organised in honour of the First Lady of Edo State, H.E Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, the tournament is being hailed due to the calibre of teams taking part and the people in charge of the organisation.
Participating teams include Edo Queens, Rivers Angels, Bayelsa Queens, Sunshine Queens, Robo FC, Heartland Queens and Royal Queens.
Others are Confluence Queens, Kaduna Queens, Naija Ratels, Fortress Ladies and Rolly FC.
Venues, where the matches are being played, are the University of Benin Sports Complex, Western Boys High School, School of Health Technology Football Complex and the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.
The finals of the tournament will be played on Sunday, 3rd of October, 2021, after which trophies and consolation prizes will be handed over to participating clubs.”
P.M. EXPRESS presents photo news of the action in the tournament/
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