Football grannies go head to head in France
20 June 2019 |
11:32 am
The "Vakhegula Vakhegula" ("grandmothers") from the South African province of Limpopo -- and the "Mamies Foot" compete in Saint-Etienne during a football match organized by a network of retirement homes and the Oldyssey association
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