{"id":328217,"date":"2026-08-24T09:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328217\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:34:17","slug":"can-police-bullets-shoot-down-rampant-simba-queens-in-chase-for-champions-league-slot-capital-fm-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328217\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Police Bullets shoot down rampant Simba Queens in chase for Champions League slot? \u2013 Capital FM Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, August 24, 2026 \u2013 Kenyan women\u2019s Premier League champions Kenya Police Bullets kick off their CAF Women\u2019s Champions League CECAFA Regional Qualifiers campaign today in Kigali, Rwanda, facing a formidable test against Tanzanian powerhouses Simba Queens.<\/p>\n<p>Drawn in a compact three-team Group C alongside Simba Queens and Burundi\u2019s Top Girls Academy, Bullets enter the tournament knowing there is zero margin for error.<\/p>\n<p>Simba Queens already have one foot in the knockout rounds after securing a 2-0 victory over Top Girls Academy in the group\u2019s opening fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The Tanzanian side will be aiming to make it two wins out of two to seal top spot in the group, leaving Rama Vijago\u2019s charges in a must-deliver situation right out of the gate.<\/p>\n<p>For the Police Bullets technical bench, the mission in Rwanda is clear: navigate the regional qualifiers and secure the single available ticket to represent the CECAFA zone at the main 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tYou might also like<\/p>\n<p>A win today against Simba Queens would not only blow Group C wide open, but also provide a massive morale boost for the Kenyan champions as they aim to join Africa\u2019s elite on the continental stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NAIROBI, Kenya, August 24, 2026 \u2013 Kenyan women\u2019s Premier League champions Kenya Police Bullets kick off their CAF&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-328217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}