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Cecafa Challenge Cup: Somalia & Tanzania to field foreign-based players

Somalia and Tanzania will field foreign-based players in their teams during the 2019 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.

The regional tournament that brings together national teams in the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) region will take place from December 7 to 19 in Uganda.

Heyford Basir Kweku, head coach of Somalia’s Ocean Stars said in Kampala on Tuesday some of his players have already arrived in Uganda and they are expecting others from Europe.

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“We are taking this tournament very seriously because we want to perform well and keep improving in the rankings.