International midfielder, Rainford Kalaba might be heading to one of the Portuguese giants. Kalaba who has just extended his loan move from Afrisports for another 12 months will hoping for his second spell in Europe.
In 2006, the nimble footed play maker spent a season long loan at French side Nice. Kalaba is the 2007 KCM/FAZ Player of the Year. In recent weeks, another international Emmanuel Mayuka,17 has been linked with a move to Portuguese giants, Porto and Sporting Lisbon.Mayuka is currently on loan at Green Buffaloes from Kabwe Warriors.
'Chama Boy' Scores for his Club
Zambia national team striker James'Chama Boy' Chamanga continued his impressive goal scoring spree when he netted a low drive past Sundowns veteran goal keeper Brian Baroyi to drew level for his club, Moroka Swallows.
The 'beatiful Birds'went on to win the match 3-1 and this added pressure to former Bafana Bafana mentor,Trott Moloto who is leading the Brazilians in a caretaker capacity following the dismissal of Gordon Igesund on Sunday, saw his side fall to a seventh home defeat in the 2007/08 season despite taking the lead just a few minutes into the game.
Chamanga who recently returned from unsuccesful trials in Norway has scored two goals in his last three matches for Moroka Swallows. The former National Assembly midfielder is leading the PSL scoring charts with 12 goals. His closest rival is Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana striker Execellent Walaza, who has 10 goals.
Chamanga has 14 goals in all competitions.
Another Zambian striker at Swallows, Songwe Chalwe did not feature despite partnering 'Chama Boy' over the weekend.
Elsewhere in the PSL, Davies Mwape was not involved in his club goalless against Platinum Stars.Jomo Cosmos is still rocked second from the bottom of the PSL log.
Sunzu's move to Tunisia in order - Banda
FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) general Secretary Fidelis Banda has said there was nothing irregular about striker Felix Sunzu Junior's transfer to Tunisia contrary to Konkola Blades’ statements wrote The Post
Banda said in an interview that FAZ sent Blades all transfer documentation to the club last month.
“Why is Blades behaving like this?” Banda asked. “We have sent them the transfer forms and the old executive members know about this.”
“Since they (Blades executive) are new they should be patient and look for them in their files."
But new Blades secretary, Richard Musukwa, said as far as the club was concerned Sunzu was not cleared to join his new Tunisian club where he has reportedly started playing.
“Our official position on the player (Felix Sunzu) is that he sneaked out of the country without any clearance from the club," he said.
The Sunzu brothers left Zambia just before Christmas last year for trials with an unnamed Tunisian club.
Chinese firm awarded K2.7bn to modernise Konkola stadium
THE Government has awarded a Chinese construction firm, New Era Zambia Limited, a K2.7 billion contract to modernise Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe.
The rehabilitation works are aimed at bringing the standards of the stadium to world soccer governing body, FIFA acceptable international requirments.
New Era got the contract after a tendering process floated last year.
Officials from the ministry of Works and Supply handed over the site to the contractor at a ceremony held at the stadium in Chililabombwe yesterday.
The handover ceremony was conducted by Buildings Department Quantity Surveyors, Ganizani Mwale and Danny Chulu, who took New Era Zambia director, Thang Wei and his Chinese counterparts on a conducted tour of the stadium to ensure they fully understood the expected scope of work.
Among the people who witnessed the site handover were Chililabombwe district administrative officer, Frank Siatwiinda, and Konkola Blades Football Club chairperson, Mwiinga Mainda and secretary Richard Musukwa.
Works at the stadium will include the replacement and modification of external gates, re-demarcation of terraces, numbering of seats and fencing of the pitch.
Other works include modernisation of dressing rooms, construction of new ablution blocks as well as numerous other specifications in accordance with the world football governing body standards.
Wei promised to do a professional job and ensure the stadium attained internationally accepted standards, much to the satisfaction of the Government and the many football loving Zambians.
Musukwa hailed the Government for supporting Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the owners of the stadium, in rehabilitating and upgrading the structure, which he described as a source of pride to Chililabombwe and the entire nation.
He urged other cooperating partners to emulate the gesture shown by the Government and partner with the club executive in uplifting the standards of the stadium as it played host to international games.
“We are looking forward to Konkola becoming a modern stadium. We hope once the contractor moves on site, it will become a spectacular stadium that would attract people from all walks of life,” Musukwa said.
FIFA inspectors had earlier condemned the state of Konkola stadium prompting the Government to source for resources aimed at uplifting the structure to international standards.
Last June, 12 fans died at Konkola stadium after a stampede which followed Zambia’s 3-0 victory over Congo Brazzaville.
The incident happened as a horde of fans tried to squeeze through an exit gate after the match. — ZANIS
Kaumba submits programme for Mali encounter
UNDER-23 national soccer team coach Peter Kaumba has submitted a tentative programme for next month’s concluding Olympic Games home qualifier against Mali.
Kaumba said a tentative programme had been submitted to the FAZ secretariat to prepare for the match, which is a mere formality.
In an interview yesterday, Kaumba his technical staff would make major changes to the team that would play Mali.
“We will have 90 per cent changes because we want to give chance to those players that will be eligible to play for the Under 23 in the near future,” he said.
Kaumba said he would only name the team after exhaustive consultations with Under-20 coach George Lwandamina.
“These are players we are building for the next generation. Under-20 players are the ones that will be eligible for the next competitions,” he said.
Kaumba is confident the team that will be assembled will perform to expectation.
The Zambia versus Mali encounter set for March 26 will be a mere formality after Ivory Coast secured qualification from the group with an unassailable lead.
On the same day, Ivory Coast will take on Mali to also complete their assignment in the qualifying series for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. -The Post
U-20, U-17 on bye
ZAMBIA Under-20 and Under-17 national soccer teams have been handed byes in their respective preliminary round qualifiers for the 2009 Africa Youth and Junior tournament.
According to the fixtures released by CAF, the two teams will enter the first round qualifying phase mid this year.
The Under-20 will kickoff their qualifiers in June against the winner between Madagascar and Mauritius.
Young Chipolopolo will host one of the Indian Ocean teams on June 28 before traveling away during the weekend of July 11-13.
The Under-17 team will will play the winner of the preliminary round tie between Lesotho and Namibia- The Post
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