Banyana Banyana missed out on Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020. With the next Games under a year away in France, the team is keen to book their place in Paris. It starts with a clash against DR Congo on Wednesday.
Banyana Banyana, as South Africa's senior women's soccer side is affectionately known, is gearing up for a crucial clash against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Of course, Banyana Banyana won that tournament. The first time in its history that it had done so, in spite of reaching a plethora of finals prior. During the New Zealand and Australia-hosted quadrennial global showpiece Banyana became the first South African senior soccer side, men or women, to qualify for the knockout stage of the World Cup. Before losing 2-0 to the Netherlands in the round of 16
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