Tanzania, July 27 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's national women's football team, Twiga Stars, made a flying start to their Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026 campaign after defeating defending champions South Africa 2-1 in a tightly contested Group B encounter on July 27, 2026.

The victory at the Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca will go down as one of Tanzania's biggest results in women's football, with Twiga Stars showing resilience, discipline, and determination to overcome one of Africa's most established teams.

The two sides were meeting for the third time at the WAFCON finals and for the second consecutive tournament in the same group.

South Africa had won their first meeting, while the previous encounter ended i...