{"id":15120,"date":"2024-06-07T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15120"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:41:41","slug":"kenya-face-burundi-from-4pm-in-malalwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15120","title":{"rendered":"Kenya face Burundi from 4pm in Malalwi."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/harambee-stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/harambee-stars.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/harambee-stars-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Harambee Stars are set to compete against Burundi in a vital World Cup qualifier today at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe, Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This game is part of a double-header, with Kenya also scheduled to play against Africa Cup of Nations champions Ivory Coast in their bid for a spot in the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to FIFA and CAF&#8217;s ban on Kenyan stadiums for not meeting standards, Harambee Stars must play their home matches overseas. The Bingu National Stadium in Malawi will be their temporary &#8216;home ground,&#8217; a challenge that Kenya&#8217;s head coach, Engin Firat, acknowledges but remains optimistic about overcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Playing away from home without our passionate fans is not ideal, but I believe in the resilience and determination of our team. We&#8217;ve had a good run recently, and we aim to maintain that momentum here in Malawi,&#8221; said Firat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harambee Stars are set to compete against Burundi in a vital World Cup qualifier today at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe, Malawi. This game is part of a double-header, with Kenya also scheduled to play against Africa Cup of Nations champions Ivory Coast in their bid for a spot in the 2026 World Cup, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/harambee-stars.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15122,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15120\/revisions\/15122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}