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Zarika now targets world title as SportPesa pumps Sh120m into sports

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Former World Boxing Council (WBC) women's Super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika [SportPesa]

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) women’s Super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika is glad to ‘revive’ her boxing career, after a brief lull, after leading gaming firm SportPesa unveiled a multi-million dollar sports sponsorship investment in Nairobi yesterday.

Kenya’s boxing queen now hopes to step into the ring very soon, in the course of this season, to challenge for an international diadem following the gaming firm’s partnership with UFS BXNG that saw the promotional body receive Sh40 million financial support.

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