Cecafa Championships kick off today in Kenya

TodayGroup AZanzibar vs South Sudan 1:30pmKenya vs Ethiopia 3:30pmThursdayGroup BBurundi vs SomaliaTanzania vs ZambiaFridayGroup CSudan vs Eritrea Rwanda vs UgandaTHE 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup tournament kicks off today in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with matches in Group A.Zanzibar takes on South Sudan in the opening match which will be followed by the game between the hosts Kenya and Ethiopia. Both matches will be played at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi.Rwanda’s Amavubi Stars in Group C get their group campaign underway on Friday against archrivals Uganda Cranes at the Machakos Stadium, located 60km out of Nairobi city.Ahead of the opening game against the defending champions, Amavubi skipper Haruna Niyonzima said, “We need to start well against Uganda in order to give ourselves a good chance to reach the quarter-finals, we need to take all games serious.”“We are in a tough group but we are strong enough to win at least two games in our group, we need to be ready to face anyone,” added the Young African playmaker.This year’s tournament has attracted 11 Cecafa member nations and a guest side Zambia.The group stages will conclude on December 5, and the quarter-finals will take place on December 7-8, the semi-finals on December 10, while the final will be played on December 12.GroupsGroup A: Kenya, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, South SudanGroup B: Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi, SomaliGroup C: Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Eritrea

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Cecafa Championships kick off today in Kenya