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Crunch moment as Rising Starlets clash with Ethiopia in crucial World Cup qualifiers

Rising Starlets a past match at the Nyayo National Stadium. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

With stakes higher than ever before, Rising Starlets will have everything to fight for when they lock horns with Ethiopia today (3pm) in the return leg match of the second round of the 2026 Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers at Ulinzi Sports Complex.

Having played to a 1-1 stalemate away in Addis Ababa, Kenyans face a do-or-die clash that they must to remain in the race for one of the four Africa slots to the global event set for Poland.

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