{"id":152492,"date":"2026-03-04T15:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152492\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:59:12","slug":"watch-how-black-queens-thrashed-russia-in-uae-amid-israel-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152492\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch how Black Queens thrashed Russia in UAE amid Israel-Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/television\/news\/Watch-how-Black-Queens-thrashed-Russia-in-UAE-amid-Israel-Iran-War-137204\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13549116.295.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Queens hammered Russia in the Pink Ladies Cup\" title=\"The Black Queens hammered Russia in the Pink Ladies Cup\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> play video<\/a>The Black Queens hammered Russia in the Pink Ladies Cup<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Queens<\/a> produced a convincing 4-0 win against Russia in the Pink Ladies Cup in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>The game was held in the UAE on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, amid rising tensions in the Middle East following missile strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel, but it proceeded despite earlier concerns about possible disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides came into the game strong, with Ghana dismantling Hong Kong 4-0 and Russia defeating Tanzania 4-1. However, the African giants emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<p>The Queens started the game with persistent pressure, which paid off in the 8th minute when Doris Boaduwaa laid a neat pass to Stella Nyamekye, who drilled the ball past the goalkeeper to score the opener.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Police-bloggers-and-others-will-be-sent-to-the-World-Cup-Kofi-Adams-explains-2024085\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police, bloggers and others will be sent to the World Cup \u2013 Kofi Adams explains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tempo of the game increased, and in the 17th minute, Boaduwaa controlled the ball beautifully and placed it into the net to make it 2-0 for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Russia tried to regain control, but Ghana\u2019s quality prevailed. Nyamekye assisted Boaduwaa for her second goal in the 33rd minute, making it 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Queens<\/a> continued to dominate in the second half, creating several chances. Eventually, Patience Zakaria scored the fourth goal to complete their second consecutive 4-0 win in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>With this result, the three-time WAFCON runners-up now have six points from two games. Russia sits second with three points, followed by Hong Kong and Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Queens<\/a> will face Tanzania in their next game, provided that safety conditions permit, amid the ongoing escalation between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>SB\/JE<\/p>\n<p>Watch highlights from the Ghana Boxing Federation logo unveiling below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"play videoThe Black Queens hammered Russia in the Pink Ladies Cup The Black Queens produced a convincing 4-0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-152492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}