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Kenya 2-1 Sudan: Rising Stars come from goal down to defeat their neighours

The Kenya U20 national team have defeated their counterparts from Sudan 2-0 in an international friendly match played at Nyayo Stadium on Thursday.

It was the visitors who opened the scoring courtesy of Ezeldin Abdurahman while Brian Wanyama and Matthew Mwendwa were on target for the hosts.

Both countries were using the friendly game to gauge their preparedness ahead of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) championship in Tanzania.

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It was Sudan who punished the Rising Stars for their slow start. It took Ezeldin Abdurahman just four minutes to score in favour of his team and put the Stanley Okumbi-led charges under early pressure.