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Hockey: Daunting task as Kenya battle hosts Uruguay

Kenya Flavia Mutiva (l) as Ghana Elizabeth Opoku blocks the ball when they played World League round one at Citypark ,Nairobi. Kenya won 1-0. ON 06/09/14 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

The national women's hockey team faces an uphill task as they play hosts Uruguay in the quarter-finals of the ongoing International Hockey Federation (FIH) World League Two in Montevideo today.

The Kenyan girls lost to world number 17 Azerbaijan 5-0 to finish at the bottom of group B, thereby booking a quarter-final date with pool A top finishers Uruguay.

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