Four to strengthen Black Queens

Barely a week after the pairing for the Women version of the African Cup of Nations came out, the handlers of the Black Queens, who are paired with the defending champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria, have invited four professional players to beef up the team.

Alberta Sackey, the former skipper of the Queens who is at the moment plying her trade in the United States is leading the pack of foreign based players to fly down to join locally assembled players for the tournament billed for Nigeria in December.

Baselia Amoah-Tetteh and Adjoa Bayor who led the team to tame Senegal 3-0 in Dakar during the qualifying series but left the country before the return encounter in Kumasi to begin their professional career in the US would also return to the team. Utility star Elizabeth Baidoo is likewise expected to add up to the four foreign players.

The GNA Sports has it that all the four players are in one team in the US and have kept constant touch with the team's technical directors. Though the Queens qualified with impressive wins, it was glaring that the team would need other experience players to battle opponents like the Super Falcon of Nigeria.

All the invited players were among the silver medal winning team that played in the maiden edition of the African Cup of Nations hosted by Nigeria in 1999 and who later played in the South Africa 2001 Cup of Nations.