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Cecafa Senior Challenge: Harambee Stars beat Tanzania

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FILE: Bandari FC's Abdalla Hassan (left) and Tmonah Wanyonyi of Nakumatt FC during their KPL Match at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos County on Sunday April 29, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

National football team, Harambee Stars got their Cecafa Senior Challenge title defence off to a perfect start on Sunday with a 1-0 win over rivals Tanzania’s Taifa Stars, in Kampala, Uganda.

It took only four minutes for Bandari winger Abdalla Hassan to open his Stars’ goal account on his full national team debut. The priceless goal turned out to be the match winner in a closely contested encounter at Lugogo Stadium.

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