I’m not the right person to ask about the national team squad selection because I’m only a FAZ president and not the coach, says Andrew Kamanga. His statement comes after receiving numerous quarries on the FAZ Facebook page as well as call-in sports programmes on named, inquiring why certain players were left out of the […]
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged the Chipolopolo to beat Guinea Bissau in next Wednesday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier to bounce back on track for a slot at the Cameroon finals. And Guinea Bissau coach Baciro Cande said he has respect for Zambian football. Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe said in an interview in […]
NCHANGA Member of Parliament Chilombo Chali is not surprised that Nchanga Rangers Football Club have been demoted to Division one. “It is sad news even though it did not take me by surprise. When support from Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) started dwindling and players started going for three months without pay, I knew that Rangers […]
ZESCO United yesterday clinched their seventh Super Division title after bashing Nchanga Rangers, who dropped to the lower division. Zesco have 80 points, eight clear of second-placed Nkana, while Green Eagles and Green Buffaloes have 68 points apiece. Joining Rangers in the journey to Division One are New Monze Swallows and Kabwe Youth Soccer Academy […]
FAZ vice-president Rix Mweemba says the Zambia national women’s team gave a good account of themselves but suffered as a result of injuries. And the Football Association of Zambia says the team may be camped outside the country in preparation for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations in November. The team has arrived back […]
SOUTH African boxer Asandiswa Nxoswana says she is coming to Zambia to beat former World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Catherine Phiri in their non-title boxing encounter. Asandiswa said Catherine should watch out as she was not coming for site-seeing but serious business. “I’m coming to win, not by knockout, but I am going to win […]
SHE-POLOPOLO players were yesterday reminded that they still have a lot of work to do ahead of the Africa Championship when they lost to Uganda to finish fourth at the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Women Championship. Zambia coach Beauty Mwamba blamed injuries and fixture congestion for the second defeat at the tournament. […]
COACH George Lwandamina today returns to the dugout as leaders Zesco United seek moving closer to the seventh Super Division title when they tackle Nkwazi in a brought-forward Week 36 match at Edwin Imboela Stadium in Lusaka. Lwandamina was serving a two-match ban for indecency and in his absence Zesco collected six points. Zesco beat […]
THE Zambia national women’s team has been hit by injuries at the ongoing Cosafa Women Championship with skipper Misozi Zulu and midfielder Rhodah Chileshe ruled out of the final Group B match against Mozambique tomorrow Coach Beauty Mwamba said Zulu and Chileshe suffered injuries in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Cameroon and will not be available […]
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says though the journey is still on, the association has done “pretty well” to make football development a reality in Zambia. And Kamanga says league sponsorship for all tiers will be a strong catalyst to professionalise the game at all levels. Kamanga said Zambia was one of very few African countries […]