South Lanarkshire athletes set to compete in the International Children's Games

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Team South Lanarkshire is preparing for the International Children’s Games which kicks off this week.The team of 16 will head to Coventry for the games on Thursday to compete in girls’ football, athletics and swimming.The girls’ football team will have a squad of eight for the six-a-side games, the swimming squad has four competitors and there are also four people competing in athletics.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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