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Nine time Zambian champions ‘Mighty’ Mufulira Wanderers have secured promotion back to the Faz Super League after a nine year hiatus. Zambia’s second most successful club secured promotion with a game in hand after drawing 1-1 away in Grinaker Lubengele on Sunday in their penultimate FAZ Division One North match of the season played in Chililabombwe. Wanderers have 64 points, ...

England manager Roy Hodgson says his side were making progress even before the “cold shower” of World Cup failure. Hodgson has presided over five successive victories since exiting at the group stage in Brazil and takes his side to meet Scotland on Tuesday. “We were doing a lot of things right leading up to Brazil, but the World Cup was ...

Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana face nervous finishes to Africa Cup of Nations qualifying this week, and the embarrassment of possibly sitting out the continental championship only months after playing at the World Cup. The three are not yet certain of a place at next year’s tournament with one round of games to go. The last six of 16 spots ...

Red Arrows survival hopes were enhanced after beating 2013 champions Nkana 2-0 away at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe in both sides penultimate FAZ Super League game of the 2014 season. Arrows rise from fourth from bottom in 13th place up to tenth after the win on 35 points from 29 matches with one match to go. The two sides went ...

Cape Verde are expected in the country today ahead of this Wednesday’s final group F match against Zambia’s Chipolopolo in Ndola. The Blue Sharks opted for a scheduled three-stop, long-haul flight for their final Group F match. The Blue Sharks, who have already secured their 2015 Africa Cup qualification have decided not to take a charter flight for their formality ...

Zambia beat Mozambique 1-0 away in Maputo on Saturday to consolidate second place in their penultimate 2015 Group F qualifying match. The win was Zambia first away win and second successive in the qualifiers after a difficult start that saw them staring at the prospect of missing out on the 2015 tournament after picking up two points in their first ...

Equatorial Guinea have been named as the hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football has confirmed to the BBC. Caf selected a replacement for Morocco after rejecting their request to delay the 17 January to 8 February finals. Morocco were concerned over the spread of the outbreak of the Ebola virus. Caf subsequently expelled ...

Zambia captain Stopilla Sunzu has been ruled out of the teams forthcoming final two 2015 Africa Cup qualifying matches. The defender from French Ligue 2 club Sochaux suffered a hamstring injury in a league match on November 7 when he limped off in the 65th minute of his teams 2-1 home win over Ajaccio. Zambia team doctor Joseph Kabungo has ...

New hosts for the 2015 African Nations Cup will be named within three days after Morocco was ruled out amid fears of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Wednesday. CAF president Issa Hayatou said the regional governing body would talk to countries who were interested in taking over the Jan. 17 ...

Zambia return to training on Wednesday after taking day three of practice off. Chipolopolo took Tuesday off as a mark of respect for the late Zambian Republican President Michael Sata who was put to rest on the same date in Lusaka. “Tradition is that it is not our culture to work when we are burying someone and it is especially ...