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Hockey: Kenya men finish sixth at Paris Olympic qualifiers
Kenya's Danstone Wabwire (centre) in action against Nigeria in the fifth place final during the ongoing African hockey Road to Paris 2024 qualifiers at the University of Pretoria in South Africa on November 4, 2023.
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What you need to know:
- The West Africans maintained their superiority over Kenya who they had beaten 4-2 in the third-place play-off during the 2022 African Cup of Nations in Accra, Ghana
- John Peters bagged a brace for Nigeria in the sixth and 35th minutes, while James Samala and Olawale Ajibua added one apiece in the 52nd and 56th minutes respectively
- Festus Onyango (21),Cliffe Omari (23) and Danstone Wabwire(56) sounded the boards for Kenya
Kenya men's hockey team finished sixth after they were defeated by Nigeria 4-3 in the fifth place final of the African qualifiers for Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the University of Pretoria, South Africa on Saturday.
The West Africans maintained their superiority over Kenya who they had beaten 4-2 in the third-place play-off during the 2022 African Cup of Nations in Accra, Ghana.
