体坛英语资讯：Botswana softball team targets World Championship qualification
<p><span word="GABORONE">GABORONE</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 10-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Botswana">Botswana</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="softball">softball</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="neighbouring">neighbouring</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compete">compete</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Championship">Championship</span> <span word="qualifiers">qualifiers</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="qualifier">qualifier</span> <span word="tournament">tournament</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Pretoria">Pretoria</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="Chatting">Chatting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="departure">departure</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="team">team</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="Bobby">Bobby</span> <span word="Khupe">Khupe</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="assembled">assembled</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="confident">confident</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="qualifiers">qualifiers</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="win">win</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="matches">matches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="qualify">qualify</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Championships">Championships</span>. <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="reserved">reserved</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="slots">slots</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="championships">championships</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="battled">battled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Botswana">Botswana</span>, <span word="Lesotho">Lesotho</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span>.</p><p><span word="Khupe">Khupe</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="balanced">balanced</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seasoned">seasoned</span> <span word="competitors">competitors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="young">young</span>, <span word="promising">promising</span> <span word="talent">talent</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="expects">expects</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="players">players</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="guide">guide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="glory">glory</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="qualifiers">qualifiers</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="Botswana">Botswana</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="expecting">expecting</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="tournament">tournament</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="preparations">preparations</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="team">team</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="dream">dream</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compete">compete</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="hence">hence</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="tough">tough</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Word">Word</span> <span word="Baseball">Baseball</span> <span word="Softball">Softball</span> <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Championships">Championships</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="August">August</span> 2-12, 2018.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Botswana">Botswana</span> <span word="women">women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="draw">draw</span> <span word="inspiration">inspiration</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stellar">stellar</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="championships">championships</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Canada">Canada</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="finish">finish</span> <span word="eight">eight</span>.</p>
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