{"id":4713,"date":"2025-10-22T10:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:47:21","slug":"one-year-layoff-for-sitsebe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/4713\/sports\/soccer\/one-year-layoff-for-sitsebe\/","title":{"rendered":"One year layoff for Sitsebe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Sibusiso Masilela<\/p>\n<p>Over one-year layoff for Sitsebe Samhlekazi.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the indefinite postponement of the 2025 COSAFA Women&#8217;s Champions League due to a lack of a host country.<\/p>\n<p>The annual women&#8217;s showpiece will now take place between October \/November 2026 at a venue still to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The rescheduled edition will serve as a qualifier for the 2025 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The top four teams from the continental women&#8217;s showpiece will represent the continent in the 2027 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup to be hosted by Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>COSAFA executive director Sue Destombes thanked member associations for their cooperation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4719\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4719\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sitsebe-players-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1675\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nokuthula Ndlovu of Eswatini celebrates her goal during the 2024 Cosafa Womens Championship game between Eswatini and Seychelles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the understanding and continued support of all stakeholders as we work to maintain the high standards of Women\u2019s Football within our region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sitsebe coach Bongani Makhukhula lamented the news when reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s unfortunate that the tournament has been postponed when we have started our preparations.<\/p>\n<p>However, this will give the players an opportunity to focus on the national women&#8217;s league with their respective clubs before we resume our preparations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"4682\"  data-title=\"\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sitsebe last compete in the 2025 African Women cup of nations qualifiers earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sibusiso Masilela Over one-year layoff for Sitsebe Samhlekazi. 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