Women’s football - Bibi scores hat-trick in Seychelles’ win |04 August 2015

Natacha Bibi scored a hat-trick and Vesna César got one goal as the Seychelles women’s football team got off to a fantastic start in group A in the ninth Indian Ocean Island Games in Reunion.

Coached by Rodney Choisy, the country’s women’s team beat the Maldives 4-1 on Sunday and are to play Mayotte in their second game today at the Stade Michel Volnay.

A win will put them at the top of group A and they will play the runners-up of pool B in the semifinal.

Madagascar are the favourites to win pool B after beating Mauritius 5-0 in their first match and edging hosts Reunion 8-7 in a penalty shootout after the score had remained tied at 2-2 at the end of normal time.