Banyana Banyana will play in the Turkish Women’s Cup which is scheduled to start on Wednesday (February 15-23) in Alanya, after the SA Football Association (Safa) announced that the team was set to leave on Tuesday night.
The team’s departure was delayed by a series of meetings where Safa officials were still discussing whether to send the women's senior national side after hosts Turkey pulled out of the tournament following an earthquake that hit some parts of Turkey and Syria last Monday.
Coach Desiree Ellis left with 16 locally-based players and will be joined by seven more who are based in Europe before they play their first match against Uzbekistan on Saturday.
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