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Crowds have come to see the Sudan women's football team play an international match at a Khartoum stadium.

A few years ago, the thought of this was extraordinary.

Women were banned from playing football under Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was removed from power in 2019.

Within a month, they formed the first women's football team.

However, the team's faced challenges.

Training was cancelled and they couldn't compete against Algeria when the 2021 military coup happened.

The situation continues to present issues, says team coach Salma al-Majidi.

The military coup left players worried that women's football could be banned again.

However, this hasn't materialised so far.

Coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's guaranteed that the military won't be involved in next year's elections.

The inexperienced Sudan team doesn't know what winning feels like yet.

Although they played a tough game against neighbour South Sudan, they lost 6-nil.

South Sudan player Amy Lasu says it wasn't an easy game.

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