Rugby sevens: Kenya's Lionesses defy odds

Diana Awino lives in Kibera slum outside Nairobi. She is a rugby sevens player for Kenya. Unemployment is high in the slums. Only 20 percent of the houses have electricity and one toilet for every 50 houses. Awinino has to make sacrifices to live in a poor area.

Kenyan women's rugby team, nicknamed Lionesses, were crowned African champions and played in the Commonwealth Games. They want to qualify for the World Rugby Sevens Series. The men's team won the first World Series title in Singapore in 2016. A Kenya women’s league has been established. It has helped to grow talent outside Nairobi. Captain Philadelphia Olando is from the same background as the team that competed at the 2016 Olympic Games and she believes that the game brings out the beast mode in women.

Kevin Wambua has coached the Lionesses for nearly seven years. He's seen his team grow leaps and bounds since 2012. The players sacrifice a lot to play rugby. They can't offer their sevens players full time contracts and state-of-the-art training facilities.