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Football: Junior teams 'need more investment'

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Harambee Starlets players Lucy Mukhwana (left) and Dorcas Shikobe lead team members during training at Kasarani Stadium ahead of COSAFA Cup Championships to be held in Zimbabwe on Thursday, Aug 31, 2017. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

It is important to invest in junior teams so that they act as feeders to the senior team, the Harambee Starlets coach has said.

Speaking to The Standard Sports after the national side lost to Zambia 4-2 in the bronze medal fixture in the fifth edition of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) on Saturday evening, the tactician was quick to note that the team met its objective of finishing in the last four.

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