African ‘twin sisters’ tackle Chinese football together
By AFP
05 June 2019 |
5:30 am
Two African football players, Tabitha Chawinga and Elizabeth Addo, are ripping it up in Chinese women’s football while calling one another "twin sister". The African duo are instrumental to Jiangsu Suning women’s football team.
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