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MTN Zambia Chief Executive Officer Charles Molapisi has congratulated the Chipolopolo Boys for their victory against Sudan and wished them well in tomorrow’s return match in Ndola. Molapisi says Zambia has a talented squad and experienced technical bench to qualify the team to the 2018 World Cup Finals in Russia. He has urged the MTN FAZ Super league players drafted ...

South Africa have one foot in the next round following a 3-1 first-leg 2018 Fifa World Cup second-round qualifying win over Angola at the Estadio Nacional de Ombaka on Friday. Goals from Tokelo Rantie, Thamsanqa Gabuza and Andile Jali ending Angola’s 22-year unbeaten run in World Cup qualifiers on home soil. Shakes Mashaba was still finding his seat on the ...

The small Comoros Islands and kingdom of Swaziland enjoyed a rare outing in the World Cup spotlight on Friday by holding two of African soccer’s established powers to goalless draws in the first leg of their second round qualifying ties. The Comoros, in only their third World Cup campaign, were denied a famous victory over Ghana in Moroni when they ...

The 2018 Fifa World Cup Qualifier tie between Ghana and Comoros failed to produce a winner as both sides ended on a dull 0-0 draw on Friday afternoon at Stade International Saïd Mohamed Cheikh de Mitsamiouli in Comoros. Although the visitors were seen as favourites going to the clash, the likes of Andre Ayew failed to grab a winner to ...

Zambia coach George Lwandamina has described Wednesday’s 2018 World Cup qualifying win away against Sudan as a hard-fought-for victory. Chipolopolo beat hosts Sudan 1-0 in a second round, first leg qualifier on a dusty Karima Stadium pitch in Karima town located 400 kilometers north of Khartoum to enhance their chances of progressing on the road to the Russia finals in ...

Russia hopes to prevent its athletes being banned from next year’s Rio Olympics by claiming “irregularities” around its drug-testing system were down to the sport’s “old leadership”. The country’s athletics federation has written to athletics’ governing body after allegations of “state-sponsored doping” were made by a World Anti-Doping Agency independent report. The response will be discussed by the International Association ...

Israel-based striker Evans Kangwa is expected to join the Zambia camp in Ndola on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s 2018 World Cup final leg qualifier against Sudan. Kangwa missed Zambia’s second round, first leg away clash against Sudan on November 11 due to logistical reasons. “Evans will land in Ndola on Thursday afternoon after flying from Israel on Ethiopian Airlines and ...

Zambia will be favourites to progress following their 1-0 win over Sudan in a first-leg 2018 FIFA World Cup second round qualifier at the Karima Stadium on Wednesday. The hosts took the game to the north of Sudan in an attempt to unsettle the 2012 African Cup of Nations winners, but a defensive mistake ultimately gifted George Lwandamina’s troops the ...

While 13 African countries have already had to say goodbye to their dream of competing in the 2018 Fifa World Cup Russia™, 27 others join a race this week that will end with the ultimate prize of participation on the grandest football stage of all. The 40 teams remaining in the African qualifying competition were drawn into 20 pairings, with ...

It is now uncertain as to whether Russian-based Zambia midfielder Chisamba Lungu will travel home for this Sunday’s 2018 World Cup return leg qualifier against Sudan. The FK Ural midfielder did not travel with Zambia to Khartoum on Monday for Wednesday’s 2018 World Cup second round, first leg qualifier against Sudan in Karima. Chisamba said in an interview from his ...