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Why Harambee Starlets can’t party just yet despite victory

Football

By Rodgers Eshitemi and Gilbert Wandera | Oct 10, 2019

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Harambee Starlet’s Vivian Odhiambo (left) and Jereko Mwanalima follow the ball as Ghana Black Queens’ Priscilla Okyere looks helplessly during the Olympic Qualifiers match at Kasarani on Tuesday October 8, 2019. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Even though financially-stricken Harambee Starlets have qualified for the penultimate round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Qualifiers, it is not yet celebration time for the women’s football team.

Starlets overcame the odds to stun pre-match favourites Ghana’s Black Queens 1-0 on aggregate courtesy of substitute Gentrix Shikangwa's extra-time penalty in Tuesday’s return leg at Kasarani Stadium to book a date with Zambia's Shepolopolo in the two-legged fourth-round tie slated for November 4-12.

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