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Volleyball: Malkia Strikers fall to USA in World Cup opener

Kenya's Janet Wanja sets up Triza Atuka against USA during the first match of the FIVB World Cup in Japan on September 14, 2019. [Courtesy]

National women’s volleyball team Malkia Strikers fell to USA in straight sets of 14-25, 20-25 and 14-25 in their opening match of the 2019 FIVB World Cup in Hamamatsu, Japan, yesterday.

The Kenyan girls put up a brave fight and unlike previous meetings when they could lose by bigger margins they gave the Americans a run for their money.

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