SportsKenya’s ‘Soccer Grannies’ take to the pitch amid World Cup fever

Football fever continues across Africa even though no African team remains in the World Cup. In rural Kenya, a group of grandmothers is joining in by taking to the pitch. Across the continent, more older women are taking up the sport as a new way to stay fit. Their participation is also challenging stereotypes about aging and what older women can do.

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