Olympic Games draw: South Africa pooled with hosts Japan, Egypt in group of death with Argentina & Spain

The group stage draw of the Tokyo games was conducted on Wednesday morning with the African representatives learning their fates 

The African teams have learnt their preliminary round opponents for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games football tournament.

The draw which was conducted on Wednesday morning at Fifa headquarters in, Zurich, was led by Sarai Bareman, Fifa chief women’s football officer and Fifa’s director of tournaments Jaime Yarza.

They were assisted by two legends: Lindsay Tarpley, member of the USA women’s national team and two-time Olympic gold medallist (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008), and Ryan Nelsen, captain of the New Zealand Olympic squad in 2008 and London 2012. Read More