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Kenya's World Cup camp in Spain just fell through — photo: Pulse Sports

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Kenya's World Cup camp in Spain just fell through

Kenya's Junior Starlets have lost a key piece of their U-20 Women's World Cup build-up after a planned training camp in Spain was called off, and the team's coach has gone public with a response.

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The pre-tournament camp was meant to give the Junior Starlets valuable match sharpness and a taste of European conditions before the 2026 U-20 Women's World Cup, according to Pulse Sports. Instead, with the camp scrapped, the coaching staff now has to find another way to get the squad tournament-ready.

Pulse Sports reports that the Junior Starlets coach responded to the cancellation by calling on the Football Kenya Federation to urgently sort out alternative preparations, rather than let the squad head into the tournament undercooked. For a youth side heading into a World Cup, lost training windows are not easily replaced on short notice.

The Football Kenya Federation has not detailed alternative preparation plans in the reporting so far. For now, the Junior Starlets' focus shifts to whatever fixtures and camps can still be arranged before the tournament gets underway.

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