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Yakarr Football Academy football festival set for October 28th

Oct 12, 2023, 2:43 PM | Article By: Lamin Gibba

Yakarr Women’s Football Academy (Sifoe) in collaboration with Marakissa Youth and Sports Committee (MYSC) will hold their sixth edition of Women’s empowerment through football and Conference on Saturday 28th October to Sunday 29th October 2023 at the Marakissa Football Field.

The football festival will give local women and girls the opportunity to share their experience and potential in the game of football.

The annual football festival is expected to gather over 500 hundreds women and girls.

According to the organisers, the festival is aimed at empowering women through football and Conference.

They stated that women and girls of all ages will be given the opportunity to realize their potential in football.

They also stated that the festival is an opportunity to meet, make new friends and gain knowledge to promote women’s and girls’ participating in sports.

The festival is expected to attract players and spectators from Marakissa, Sifoe and other parts of the country.

Twelve teams are set to participate in this year’s Yakarr Football Academy women’s football Jamboree.

The teams are:

Baggio FA

Cabblers FC

MK girls FC

Darboe’s FC

Yakarr FA

AJ Wanderers FC

FACO

Future Star

Danjo

Fortune FC