Zambia has shown African solidarity by coming to the rescue and volunteered to host the CAF U-17 tournament that was cancelled on the eve of kick-off in Morocco. Morocco announced on march 8, two days before the tournament was supposed to have kicked off, that the 12 nation youth festival would be cancelled due to Covid-19...
The 2020 DStv Premiership is about to get underway in less than a fortnight and while Kaizer Chiefs wait anxiously for the outcome of their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for a decision, Zambian side Nkana recently received good news from the CAS who lifted their player transfer ban. FIFA imposed a player transfer ban...
Grace Chanda’s name is certainly going to be written in copper letter in the hearts of millions of Zambian football followers after the mercurial striker led her native country to a historic first ever qualification to the Olympic Games. Training Cameroon 3-2 from the first leg, final qualification match this week, (Chanda had scored the two...
Former Mhangura player Felton Kamambo was elected the new Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president on Sunday after beating the incumbent Philip Chiyangwa during the local football mother body’s elective annual general meeting in Harare. Kamambo, an underdog heading into the polls, amassed 35 votes against Chiyangwa’s 24 which, according to the constitution, would not have been...
Banyana Banyana are trying to secure a friendly match against the Ghanaian Black Starlets, host of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations, before the start of the tournament in the West African country from November 17 to December 1. Ghana were drawn with Cameroon, Algeria and Mali in Group A of the biennial tournament that...
Two South African players that withdrew from the national set-up due to club commitments will not be accommodate when Banyana Banyana embark on an ambitious campaign to qualify for the 2019 FIFA World Cup in France. Midfielder Amogelang Motau (Oral Roberts University, USA) and striker Ode Fulutudilu (ONS Oulu) Finland, both indicated to the national association...
While the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is planning to bid for the rights to host next year’s Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup, Zimbabwe has already submitted an official bid. Malawi Secretary General Alfred Gunda has expressed a desire host the annual event but according to COSAFA CEO Sue Destombes, only...
African football nomads – Libya – will stage their 2019 African Nations Cup qualifying home fixture against Nigeria in the Tunisian city of Sfax on October 15, it has been confirmed by the Nigerian Football Federation. Libya, a country torn by civil war has been unable to stage football matches at home following a ban imposed...
The honeymoon has ended for a group of foot soldiers that sacrificed their lives and careers to ensure that they installed Malagasy’s Ahmad Ahmad to the summit of African Football during the CAF Presidential elections in March 2017 held in Ethiopia. Ahmad ascended to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Presidency after the 14-member block of...
