Black Queens commended

Accra (Greater Accra) 24 June ?99

Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe, a Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Welfare on Wednesday commended the Black Queens, the national women's soccer team, for the achievement chalked so far at the on going Women's World Cup in the USA.

In a statement to the house she said the one-one drawn game against the Matildas of Australia is no mean achievement considering the fact that the training backgrounds of the two teams are not the same.

''The drawn game is recommendable result. Though this was their first appearance in such competitive football, they were not intimidated into inferiority complexes, neither were they complacent.''

Mrs. Benyiwa-Doe said' "the fact that they were reduced to 10 and yet held their opponents to a drawn game portrays the resilience, tenacity of purpose and the willingness to die a little for the nation, a characteristic trait of Ghanaian women".

''This confirms the saying that 'what a man can do, a woman can sometimes do better.''