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Three Zambia player’s including goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene are nursing injuries sustained in Sunday’s friendly against Bafana Bafana. Mweene did not return for the second half of Zambia 1-0 away loss to Bafana at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on January 4 after sustaining a suspected thigh strain. Joining the Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper on the casualty list from that loss to Bafana ...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is on the brink of finalising an 18-month deal to join Los Angeles Galaxy. The 34-year-old will sign a contract worth about £6m across the full term of the deal, making him one of the highest earners in Major League Soccer. An announcement is expected this week following Friday’s shock news that Gerrard will quit Liverpool ...

Nathan Sinkala believes Zambia is edging towards peak levels for the 2015 AFCON despite Sunday’s 1-0 friendly loss away to Bafana Bafana. The match was Zambia’s first friendly game of the year in the run-up to the January 17 kick-off in Equatorial Guinea and ahead of their opening Group B game a day later against DR Congo. Sinkala said most ...

A late goal from Thuso Phala saw South Africa defeat Zambia 1-0 in an Africa Cup of Nations warm-up friendly at the Orlando Stadium on Sunday afternoon.The match between Bafana Bafana and Chipolopolo looked set to end in a goalless stalemate until substitute Phala struck in the 81st minute to hand the hosts a 1-0 win before they head off ...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says being told he will start fewer games is the main reason he has decided to leave Anfield for America in the summer. Gerrard will join a Major League Soccer (MLS) club at the end of the season. The midfielder, 34, told Liverpool’s website:  “The key conversation was when the manager sat me down and said ...

Crystal Palace have appointed ex-Newcastle boss Alan Pardew as their new manager on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The announcement was officially made on Saturday, two days after Pardew watched the London side draw 0-0 with Aston Villa in the Premier League. Pardew, 53, was given permission by the Magpies to speak to Palace after the clubs agreed compensation on Monday. The ...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard’s decision to quit the club at the end of the season was “a big shock”, according to Reds midfielder Jordan Henderson. Gerrard, 34, has been at Liverpool for 25 years, but will leave on a free transfer when his contract expires. “We’ve seen stuff in the newspapers on whether he will renew his contract but everyone ...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard called his decision to leave at the end of the season “the toughest” of his life. The 34-year-old, out of contract this summer, joined the Reds aged nine and has scored 180 goals in 695 games. “This has been the toughest decision of my life, one both me and my family have agonised over for a ...

Manchester City have extended the contract of midfielder Frank Lampard until the end of the season. The 36-year-old’s deal from New York City was due to expire at midnight on 31 December but he will now stay until the summer and miss the start of the MLS season. Former England international Lampard is available to face Sunderland in the Premier ...

Striker Patrick Ngoma missed Zambia training on Tuesday after suffering an injury. Zambia team physician Doctor Joseph Kabungo said the Red Arrows and Zambia Under-20 strikers’ injury is not very serious. “Patrick sat out of training today due to a slight ankle problem but it is nothing serious,” Kabungo said. “The other 23 players are fine and training just fine.” ...