2028 Olympic qualifiers: Ghana’s Black Queens hammer Mauritius’ Lady Dodos 7-

Ghana’s senior women football team, the Black Queens on Tuesday recorded an emphatic 7-0 win against Mauritius in the second leg of their second round qualifier for the 2028 Olympic Games.

Playing at the Essipong Stadium for the first time, the Queens dominated play from start to finish, continuing from where they left off last week when they won the first leg 3-0 in Saint Pierre, Mauritius.With a starting lineup of four strikers, it was clear Coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren was aiming for a goal harvest and the ladies got off to work as they took a commanding 3-0 lead before the break.Evelyn Badu, a former Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies player, opened the scorings as early as the ninth minute and before the half hour mark, Captain Portia Boakye (27th) with Ajepina Zakaria making it 3-0 on the 32nd minute.

Mukarama Abdulai, also a Hasmal Ladies player, marked her return to the Queens set up in a memorable way, netting a brace in the 74th minute and deep into injury time to further cushion their lead.Jennifer Cudjoe, yet another former Hasaacas Ladies player and Takoradi girl, playing infront of the home crowd for the first time in her career, made that a memorable one as she stepped up to convert a penalty kick for the Queens’s sixth goal on the day.

Nancy Amoh put the icing on the cake with the seventh on the 89th minute, sending the devoted women’s football fans at the stadium into jubilation.

The Queens ended this second with a 10-0 aggregate, having won the first leg 3-0 with goals from Abigail Kim, Alice Kusi and Benedicte Simon.Zambia next

They will play Zambia in the third round when the qualifying campaign resumes in February 2027. The Copper Queens were 5–3 winners on aggregate against Uganda, losing the first leg 1-2 away in Kampala but winning the return leg 4-1 in Ndola.