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How Malkia Strikers humbled Cameroon

Kenya Pipeline's Sharon Chepchumba during KVF League at Kitui School on April 26, 2019. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Of all the incredible recent comebacks by Malkia Strikers, Friday night’s 3-1 (12-25, 25-15, 26-24, 25-21) victory over Cameroon in Rabat, stands out as one of their greatest achievements.

It was sweet revenge for Kenya, who had lost their last two continental finals (African Nations Championship in Yaoundé-2017 and Cairo-2019) to the top-ranked West African side and desperately needed something special to end the finals jinx against their newfound rivals.

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