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Harambee Starlets forward Mwanalima Adam in a training session. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Harambee Starlets endured a sobering return to the continental stage as they suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat to their hosts Morocco in their opening Group A match of the 2026 Women Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium on Sunday night.
Having been in the cold for a decade, this was not the return that head coach Beldine Odemba and her charges were hoping for as they learned firsthand the unforgiving gulf in quality and structural readiness.
Arriving in Rabat plagued by administrative issues that led to protests over unpaid allowances and limited high-level build-up matches, beating the Atlas Lionesses was no tall order.
