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- ↑ Tanzania Football Federation [@Tanfootball] (16 October 2020). "Kikosi cha Timu ya Taifa ya Wanawake @twigastars kilichopo Kambini kujiandaa na mashindano ya COSAFA yatakayoanza Novemba 3-14 Afrika Kusini" [Squad of the National Women's Team @twigastars present at Camp to prepare for the COSAFA tournament which starts on November 3–14 in South Africa] (Tweet) (in Swahili) – via Twitter.
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