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Zambia chase their first win in the 2017 Africa Cup qualifiers when they visit Kenya in a Group E clash on Sunday in Nairobi. The 2012 champions have one point in Group E after an unconvincing 0-0 home draw against Guinea Bissau in what was the two sides’ debut meeting on June 13 in Ndola. Kenya too have one point ...

Bayern Munich’s chief executive has warned of a growing “transfer tsunami” if the Bundesliga cannot compete with the Premier League’s spending power. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wants Germany’s TV rights deal to be worth closer to the record £5.136bn the Premier League will receive over the next three years. Premier League clubs spent a record £870m on transfers this summer, compared to ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has urged the Zambia National Soccer Team to remain focused and ensure that they win Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya. Speaking when he visited the Team during their afternoon training session at Heroes Stadium yesterday, President Lungu says he will be going to Kenya on the 11th of September and that it will ...

Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama is focused on playing for Kenya in Sunday’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Zambia after his recent transfer move to Tottenham fell through. The Kenya skipper also said he looked forward to resuming his game with Southampton after playing for his country against Zambia and in the midweek friendly against Equatorial Guinea in Nairobi. Wanyama joined ...

Zambia national football team coach George Landwamina has announced a 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup on Nations against Kenya on Sunday. The match is scheduled for Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on Sunday, September 6 with a scheduled kick-off time of 3pm CAT. Landwamina has listed eight foreign based players, including Collins Mbesuma who returns to the fold for ...

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck is expected to be out until Christmas after having knee surgery. Welbeck, 24, sustained the injury at the end of April, after scoring eight goals in his first 34 Arsenal games. “The injury to his cartilage did not respond as well as hoped and the decision was taken last week for him to undergo surgery,” said ...

The Football Association of Zambia has signed a new contract with Supersport for the sponsorship and broadcast of the MTN Super League for another five years. This new extension is with immediate effect and runs from 2015 to 2020 for the sponsorship sum of US$5million. FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya has described the signing of the new contract as an exciting ...

Zambia midfielder Chisamba Lungu says it will be inexcusable not to pick up the three points in Nairobi this Sunday. Zambia face Kenya on September 6 away in a 2017 Africa Cup Group E qualifier. Group E is all square will Kenya, Zambia, Congo-Brazzaville and Guinea-Bissau all on one point each after playing their opening qualifying matches last June. Zambia ...

Zambia coach George Lwandamina is sweating on the availability of Israeli-based duo of defender Emmanuel Mbola and striker Evans Kangwa. Mbola and Kangwa of Hapoel Ra’anana have both failed to join camp with just 48 hours before Zambia leave for Nairobi ahead of Sunday’s 2017 Africa Cup Group E qualifier away against Kenya. Mbola and Kangwa are the remaining foreign-based ...

Rory McIlroy has been given a special exemption by the European Tour to play in the season-ending Final Series. An ankle injury has curtailed the world number one’s season to the extent he would not meet the 13-event Race to Dubai qualification standard. With the Northern Irishman leading the rankings, Tour officials have used their discretion to ensure the 26-year-old ...