After receiving the all-clear to return to camp, the Ghana U-17 female team, Black Maidens will be opening camp on August 1, Footy-Ghana.com gathers.
The team had to be disbanded in March following an indefinite suspension of football activities as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
But after over four months, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, as part of his ease of restrictions address on Sunday, July 26, announced that the Maidens can resume preparations for their upcoming international assignments but “must observe strictly all protocols issued by government, Caf and Fifa against COVID-19.”
Black Maidens head coach, Baba Nuhu Mallam is expected to announce his squad anytime soon with the team scheduled to open camp on August 1.
The Winneba Sports College, sources indicate, could be used by the team as training base.
Their traditional camping base, the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence facility in Prampram, is not available as it is currently being used as a COVID-19 isolation centre by government.
Upcoming assignment
Ghana had trounced Liberia 10-0 on aggregate to advance to the final qualifying phase of the 2020 (now 2021) Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup in India.
The Black Maidens were to slot it out with Nigeria in May but the outbreak of COVID-19 forced Fifa/Caf to postpone the ultimate eliminator to November.
Ghana will host Nigeria’s Flamingos in the first leg on Friday, October 30 while the second leg comes off three weeks later in Lagos.
Initially, the Under-17 Women’s World Cup which was originally supposed to be held in November 2020 but has now been pushed to between February 17 and March 7, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
