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African Games: Indoor jewels remain elusive for Kenya

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National Chess player Ricky Sang ponders his next move in a past tournament. He is among top players to fight it out in this year's Kenya National Chess Championships next month. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya performed dismally in indoor games - karate, swimming and chess - as the 12th African Games entered the homestretch in Rabat and Casablanca in Morocco yesterday.

Kenya failed to reach medal bracket in all categories in swimming championships as North African nations in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia ran the shows alongside South Africa.

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