Tough Olympic draw for Mighty Warriors

THE world football governing body, Fifa, yesterday announced the draw procedure for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football tournament, with the Mighty Warriors facing the possibility of getting very tough opponents.

The draw for the tournament, which runs from August 3 to 20, is scheduled for the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday.

The Olympic Games Organising Committee said the 12 football teams that qualified were allocated into four pots of three teams each seeded according to the Fifa/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking released on March 25.

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