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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Avram Grant names 26-man list for Zambia ahead of Chad ties

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Avram Grant names 24-man provisional squad for Zambia

Zambia head coach Avram Grant has announced a 24-man provisional squad for their final two matches in this month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Afrosport reports. The Chipolopolo are up against Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone, and the 69-year-old tactician has called back Simba SC winger Joshua Mutale and Ukraine-based Golden Mafwenta to the squad. Lecce winger Lameck Banda also makes a return after missing...

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Avram Grant names 26-man list for Zambia ahead of Chad ties

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Avram Grant names 26-man list for Zambia ahead of Chad ties

Zambia national team head coach, Avram Grant, has called on 26 players to face Chad Republic in their upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers this month. Grant has called upon nine home-based players including the Zesco United trio of Toaster Nsabata, Tandi Mwape, Benedict Chepeshi, and Red Arrows defender Peter Kalota. The 69-year-old also called upon Spain-based Francisco Mwepu and Midtylland’s Edward Chilufya in his...

AFCON finalists Fae & Peseiro to headline CAF’s coaches symposium

AFCON finalists Fae & Peseiro to headline CAF’s coaches symposium

2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) winning manager Emerse Fae and Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro, who led Nigeria to the final of the competition in Ivory Coast, will headline a star-studded list of African coaches for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) coaches’ symposium. The CAF coaches’ symposium, which will have about 50 coaches from the football governing body’s member associations, will take place on Thursday,...

AFCON 2023: Cameroon hold Zambia in pre-tournament friendly in Saudi Arabia

AFCON 2023: Cameroon hold Zambia in pre-tournament friendly in Saudi Arabia

Cameroon and Zambia played out a 1-1 stalemate in their final friendly match before the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday. The game, which took place at King Abdullah Sports City in Saudi Arabia, saw the Indomitable Lions score a 20th-minute equaliser after Leicester City forward Patson Daka had put the Chipolopolo ahead earlier on. It has ended in a stalemate: pic.twitter.com/80RQmezzly — FAZ (@FAZFootball)...