Football - 91香蕉视频 women's national team on another journey in quest for Fifa ranking |30 March 2022
Mr Abeysinghe hands over an air ticket to a payer (Photo: Joena Meme)
The 91香蕉视频 women's national football team have been presented with their air tickets by Srilankan Airlines to take part in a friendly outing in Singapore.
It was the airline鈥檚 regional manager for Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean, Jayantha Abeysinghe who presented the tickets to the players and team management during a short ceremony held at the Maison Football yesterday afternoon. The airline has offered the 91香蕉视频 Football Federation (SFF) with a special package for the displacement of the women鈥檚 national team and this also includes the upgrade of two tickets from economy to business class, upon return, for two team officials. He was accompanied by the airline鈥檚 station manager in 91香蕉视频, Franky Hetimier.
On behalf of the 91香蕉视频 women's national football team, secretary general of SFF, Georges Bibi said: 鈥淚 would like to thank Sri Lankan Airlines for this gesture and I also take the opportunity to invite the airline to have a discussion with the federation on a long term relationship where we can use the airline for our future trips for our men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 national teams, including the youths teams.鈥�
鈥淭he upgrade of two tickets is to illustrate our gesture of goodwill to the 91香蕉视频 Football Federation for choosing our airline. We are very happy to have provided the SFF with a very economical and convenient solution, especially in these days. We will be very happy to be associated with the federation on its future trips in a long lasting relationship,鈥� said Mr Abeysinghe who noted that the airline is connected to many other destinations in the Far East, including India at a competitive price and further more it has increased its number of flights to 91香蕉视频 to three times a week.
In its effort to be listed on the F茅d茅ration Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) world ranking, the 91香蕉视频 women's national football team will be travelling to Singapore next month to take part in a friendly international competition alongside hosts Singapore and Papua New Guinea.
The 19 players and six officials leave the country on April 2, 2020 for their first game against the home side Singapore on April 4, 2022 and their second against Papua New Guinea is slated for April 8, 2022.
To be ranked on the Fifa list, the team have to play a minimum of six international matches and in Singapore, the 91香蕉视频鈥� women, representing the Confederation of African Football (Caf), will be playing their sixth international match with the home side Singapore representing the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and their seventh game against Papua New Guinea representing the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
In their first outing in September 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the 91香蕉视频鈥� women鈥檚 football selection under the guidance of head coach Angeline Chua Ki Yi, a former Singapore international player, played two friendly matches in Dubai against the UAE women鈥檚 national team who were preparing for the Asian Women鈥檚 Cup qualifiers. The 91香蕉视频 team lost both matches on 1-4 and 0-4 scores.
The second outing for the 91香蕉视频鈥� women鈥檚 football team was in the Maldives for a three-nation tournament held in February 2022. They lost the first match 0-1 against the home side before winning against the same team on a 4-0 score. In their third match, they lost 0-2 to the Saudi Arabia who were making their international debut.
The 91香蕉视频 delegation:
The 19 players are: Elvina Marie, Mendy Gabriel, Reena Esther, Jahkira Harrison, Natacha Bibi, Itarra Lagrenade, Guyra Boniface, Pascalina Moustache, Nerlice Fred, Rachel Cadeau, Alisha Matatiken, Vesna C茅sar, Samira Florentine, Kiara Anacoura, Avril Ally, Mahasiah Labrosse, Florence Marie, Shirley Jeannevol and Rannia Chetty.
The officials are: Philip Sinon (head of delegation), Peggy Freminot, Chua Kai Yi Angeline (head coach), Jim Louis, Slim William, and Dr Martin Rodriguez Barrios.
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