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Nigeria duo make Simba Queens roster for CECAFA Women’s Champions League

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Nigeria duo make Simba Queens roster for CECAFA Women’s Champions League

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Two Nigerian players will feature for Tanzanian champions, Simba Queens when they start their campaign to reclaim the 2024 CECAFA (East Africa) Women’s Champions League.

The Tanzania side unveiled the squad that will prosecute the qualifiers this week.

Former Yanga Princess players – Precious Christopher and Mary Saiki, who both joined Simba Queens ahead of their continental campaign made the cut.

Simba Queens will face PVP Buyenzi (Burundi), Kamwepe Muslim Ladies (Uganda), and FAD (Djibouti) in Group B of the qualifiers this month.

They hope to reclaim the title and return to the CAF Women’s Champions League after a year’s absence.

The team won the 2022 CECAFA Women’s Champions League and reached the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League, losing 1-0 to Bayelsa Queens in the third-place match in Morocco.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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