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Hockey: Kenya 5-aside team eye podium at World Cup

Kenya men's hockey five-aside team players Moses Mungai (left) and Sheldon Kimutai

Kenya men's hockey five-aside team players Moses Mungai (left) and Sheldon Kimutai train at City Park on January 19, 2024 ahead of International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Cup in Muscat, Oman. 

Photo credit: Sila Kiplagat | Nation Media Group

By  Agnes Makhandia

Sports Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The team has been training for over a month at City Park Hockey Stadium in Nairobi in readiness for the inaugural competition that will be played from January 28 to 30
  • Kenya qualified for the event after they finished third behind Nigeria and champions Egypt during the 2022 qualifiers staged in Egypt
  • Kenya are in tough Pool "C" that has New Zealand, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago

Kenya men's hockey five-aside team are set to leave the country tonight for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Cup in Muscat, Oman

The team has been training for over a month at City Park Hockey Stadium in Nairobi in readiness for the inaugural competition that will be played from January 28 to 30.

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