{"id":30811,"date":"2023-06-12T14:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday"},"modified":"2023-06-12T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T16:09:14","slug":"stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday","title":{"rendered":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tournament brings together hosts Mauritius, Kenya, Djibouti, and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Collins Shichenje, Kenneth Muguna, and Daniel Anyembe are expected to join the rest of the team in Mauritius. Joseph Okumu and Masoud Juma have been ruled out due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Stars head coach Engin Firat sees the absence of these experienced players as an opportunity for others to step up and gain valuable national team experience.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cLosing experienced players does have an impact on the team, but we must move forward and give other players the chance to bring something different to the team.<br \/>\nCaptain Michael Olunga emphasized the significance of the tournament, stating, \u201cThe four-nations tournament in Mauritius is a different assignment, and we want to use it as a buildup and preparation for the World Cup and AFCON qualifiers, which will start at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The captain also echoed the coach\u2019s sentiments, highlighting the opportunity for players to showcase what they are made of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a fairly new squad with many fresh faces, and it\u2019s a great opportunity for players who have been performing well, especially in the local scene, to experience international football.<\/p>\n<p>We will have a good blend of local and foreign-based players, and hopefully, we will deliver strong performances in the tournament. \u201d Harambee Stars players have been in camp from Tuesday this week. The team will play in the four Nations tournament before taking part in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, slated for 13 -21 November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tournament brings together hosts Mauritius, Kenya, Djibouti, and Pakistan. Collins Shichenje, Kenneth Muguna, and Daniel Anyembe are expected to join the rest of the team in Mauritius. Joseph Okumu and Masoud Juma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,245,241,514],"class_list":["post-30811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-mauritius","tag-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tou ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tou ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-12T14:39:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-12T16:09:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"682\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-12T14:39:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-12T16:09:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mauritius\",\"Mauritius\",\"World Cup\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\",\"name\":\"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday - Mauritius\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-12T14:39:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-12T16:09:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tou ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":682,\"caption\":\"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/\",\"name\":\"Mauritius\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday - Mauritius","description":"The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tou ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday","og_description":"The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tou ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday","og_site_name":"Mauritius","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-06-12T14:39:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-12T16:09:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":682,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday","datePublished":"2023-06-12T14:39:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-12T16:09:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday"},"wordCount":285,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Mauritius","Mauritius","World Cup"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday","name":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday - Mauritius","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-12T14:39:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-12T16:09:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The team was initially scheduled to travel today ahead of the tournament set to run from June 11-18. The four-nation tou ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/06\/sm_1686569826.006105.jpg","width":1024,"height":682,"caption":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/stars-to-depart-for-mauritius-monday#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stars to depart for Mauritius Monday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/","name":"Mauritius","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}