ANEHO, Togo: It is a scene played out in football all over the world every day: a team huddles together in the tense minutes before kick-off of a crucial match.

But Ayao Adjoa, captain of FC Athleta, and her teammates are making a small piece of history by playing in Togo’s first official women’s football championship.

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