{"id":2000106403,"date":"2026-03-25T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000106403"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:09:03","slug":"kenya-to-host-leg-of-fifa-womens-series-four-nation-tournament-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-to-host-leg-of-fifa-womens-series-four-nation-tournament-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya to host leg of FIFA Women’s Series four-nation tournament in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports Salim Mvurya said the competition will feature host Kenya’s Harambee Starlets alongside Australia, India and Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Being able to host a tournament of this nature reflects the progress Kenya is making in sports development. It shows that we are moving in the right direction,” he told journalists in Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia and Malawi will open the tournament before the hosts take on India on the first day of competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 15, the third-place playoff between the losers of the opening matches will be followed by the final between the two winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Football Kenya Federation President Hussein Mohammed welcomed the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hosting this tournament is a big step for Kenya’s football. It not only gives our national team valuable international exposure but also strengthens our capacity to organise and deliver competitions at the highest level.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports Salim Mvurya said the competition will feature host Kenya’s Harambee Starlets alongside Australia, India and Malawi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenya is set to host a leg of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Series in a four-team tournament from April 11 to 15 in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, a government official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000106404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000106403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000106404,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/burundirrr.jpeg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":900,"height":600,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/burundirrr.jpeg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/burundirrr.jpeg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/burundirrr.jpeg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/burundirrr.jpeg","width":900,"height":600},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/burundirrr.jpeg","width":900,"height":600}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000106403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000106407,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106403\/revisions\/2000106407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000106404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000106403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000106403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000106403"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000106403"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000106403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}