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Sunday Zambian Football Briefs

Zesco United will hold a 2-day training camp in Lusaka starting on Monday before departing for Sudan on Wednesday ahead of the Caf African Champions League group A match away against Al Hilal.

Zesco will train at Independence Stadium where they will use to artificial turf, a surface they will play Al Hilal on in this Friday evenings Group A match in Khartoum.

Fighton Simukonda’s side are currently joint leaders of Group A on 1 point along side Kano Pillars of Nigeria against whom they drew 1-1 on July 18 in Chililabombwe.

Al Hilal and El Merreikh too are on 1 point each following their 0-0 draw a week ago in Khartoum.

UNDER-17 BREAK CAMP AFTER COSAFA CANCELLATION

The Zambia Under-17 national team broke camp in Lusaka on Saturday.

This is after Cosafa postponed this years Under-17 Championship that was scheduled to start in Swaziland next week.

The Cosafa Under-17 Championship has been hit by two postponements after it was revived in 2007 when Namibia hosted the event.

However, Namibia failed to host the 2008 event after committing themselves to staging the event before Swaziland made a successful bid to stage this years Cosafa Under-17 Championship.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Ba Mo Taim since when did you become a Zesco supporter….I always thought imwe ni Pool , Drafts ne Junka

  2. Chibambo returns, targets CL win

    by Colin Udoh | 28 July 2009 (20:38)

    Nigerian club Heartland were given a boost on Tuesday with the return of striker Signs and Wonders Chibambo, with the striker immediately promising to help land the CAF Champions League trophy.
    Chibambo was absent when the Nigerian representatives were beaten 2-0 in Congo by TP Mazembe, and said on arrival that his mates were unfortunate to lose.

    “I wept as I watched the Congo match on telly,” he said on arrival in Owerri. “We’re not supposed to lose that game because my colleagues gave a lot in that match especially in the first half. It’s unfortunate we had to conceed those goals in the second half.”

    Chibambo said his ambition is to win the CAF Champions League for the first time with…

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