Zambia started their 2020 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championship campaign with a 2-1 win over hosts South Africa in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.
The Young Shepolopolo came from behind to overcome the home side.
South Africa took the lead just after 30 minutes when substitute Nabeelah Galant beat goalkeeper Chitete Munsaka.
But the lead lasted just a few minutes as Taonga Chulu pushed in an equaliser for Zambia.
Cindy Banda claimed the winner a minute from the final whistle as she scrambled the ball into the back of the net.
Meanwhile, Zambia have joined Tanzania at the top of the table for the championship being played on a round robin basis.
Tanzania, the guests from East Africa, defeated Comoros Islands 5-1 in their opening match on Wednesday.
Zambia’s next match is against Tanzania on Friday afternoon.
I always thought the Zambia national football team was called “Chipolopolo”. Therefore, when I notice LT referring to the national team as “Shepolopolo”, I wonder has it changed? If not, and the distortion in the spelling is intentional for whatever reason, then we are lost! I expect “Chipolopolo” has a meaning. So, when you distort or put an unnecessary twist on the spelling, you alter its meaning completely. What’s the point???
I have also noticed names of places spelt incorrectly by LT. “Shibag’andu” is frequently distorted to “Shiwangandu”! When you put a ‘w’ instead of a ‘b’ in the word Shibag’andu” – you sound like a European struggling to pronounce the ‘ba’ in the word ‘Shibag’andu. So, you use ‘wa’ – which completely takes away it’s meaning;…
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that’s a big NO! Names should be kept in their true form otherwise they lose meaning.