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THE COPPER QUEENS HUMBLE COSTA RICA

Historic and memorable are the adjectives that could be used to describe the proceedings of the match between Costa Rica and Zambia, as Racheal Kundananji and Barbra Banda put Costa Rica to the sword and delivered Zambia’s first-ever victory at the Fifa Women’s World Cup. Yes, Zambia isn’t going any further in the tournament, but…

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2026 FIFA WC QUALIFIERS GROUP E

Group E of the 2026 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers is a tough group with 6 teams that are all capable of qualifying for the World Cup. Morocco is the clear favorite to top the group, but they will face stiff competition from Zambia, Congo, Tanzania, Niger and Eritrea. Morocco is the highest-ranked team in…

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BEND IT LIKE KANGWANDA

Albert Kangwanda’s free-kick in the 2023 COSAFA Cup semi-final against South Africa was a moment of magic that helped Zambia to secure their place in the final. The free-kick came in the 69th minute, with the score level at 1-1. Kangwanda stepped up to take the free-kick from 25 yards out, and he curled the…

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COMEBACK COMPLETED✅ FINAL SECURED!

The love story between Zambia and COSAFA is a better love story than most relations as the Copper Bullets made it to yet another final after a thrilling Semifinal against South Africa. The host nation took the lead in the 44th minute through Mabasa, but Zambia equalized through Golden Mashata in the 50th minute. The…

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KANGWA BAGS ANOTHER TROPHY

Red Star Belgrade, the team Kings Kangwa plays for, participated in the Pari Premier Football Cup 2023, which is a pre-season football tournament organized by Parimatch, and Won, beating their opponents 3 goals to 1.

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ZAMBIA TO FACE S.A. IN THE SEMIS

Zambia will play South Africa in the Semifinals of the COSAFA CUP at 18hrs on Friday, this follows after Mauritius losing to Mozambique in their last Group C encounter, thus confirming Zambia as the best runner-up at the tournament.

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HAZEL NALI TO MISS THE WORLD CUP

The cruelty of life shows its ugly head, as the player, whose penalty kick qualified Zambia to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, will miss out on the tournament. A press statement released by FAZ stated that Hazel Nali got injured in the period leading to the friendly match with Germany. The FAZ Secretary General…

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GET TO KNOW JUSTIN SHONGA’S FC GAGRA

FC Gagra is a Georgian football club, which competes in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian league system. The club has its origins in Gagra, Abkhazia, but due to the ongoing Abkhaz–Georgian conflict, the team plays its home games in Tbilisi. Gagra FC was founded in 2004 by former player and coach Goderdzi Chikhradze…

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2026 FIFA WC AFRICA QUALIFIERS

The official Draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026™African Preliminaries Qualifiers will be conducted on Thursday, 13 July in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The draw will be live on CAF digital platforms and CAFONLINE.com at 15h00 GMT (18h00 Cairo time) – a few hours after the 45th CAF Ordinary Assembly that will also be held in…

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BITTERSWEET VICTORY FOR THE CHIPOLOPOLO

Zambia put Seychelles to the sword from the word go, as early pressure led to a wonderful long-range strike from Kangwanda, who took his tally to two goals at the tournament. However, there weren’t any more goals in the first half, as the score ended at 1-0 to Zambia at halftime. The second half began…