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Soccer-loving 'grannies' go for the GOOOOAAAALLLL in their version of the World Cup
2025-04-21 01:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
The French team Les Reines du Foot (dressed in red and white, they call themselves the "queens of soccer") take on the green-and-white-clad Vuka Soweto team (Vuka means "wake up" in Zulu) from South Africa's Johannesburg township. Les Reines du Foot went to lengths to fundraise for their trip to Tzaneen from selling crepes at markets to posing nude for a calendar. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption toggle caption Samantha Reinders for NPR TZANEEN, SOUTH AFRICA The stands of the soccer stadium buzzed with anticipation. Vuvuzelas honked like a chorus of drunk geese, and spectators chattered excitedly. The teams were about to take the pitch. But first, match officials had some business to attend to. They hunched over a stack of passports, carefully checking the teams' credentials. "We don't want to see underage players," one official explained gravely. Welcome to the Grannies International Football Tournament, or GIFT, where you're never too old to play. But you may well be too yo...
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