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“Football is not a sport for girls but boys. You should instead focus on getting good grades at school.” Grace Chanda, Zambia’s and the continents Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifiers top scorer, has had a first-hand experience of what it entails to be a female professional footballer in an environment where the game is predominantly a male-dominated sport. Growing up in …

When Zambia respectfully bowed out of the 2017 U-20 FIFA World Cup tournament at the quarter-final stage, questions over the long term future of the 21 young players who had earlier that year stunned a nation with the first U-20 Africa Cup of Nations title started popping-up. Like many African Football Associations that often struggle to keep track of their …

The Kenyan international and former AFC Leopards striker, John Mark Makwata, has made his name in the game largely for his special art of scoring goals. A natural goal poacher, Makwatta’s goal scoring exploits are well documented in his home country, Kenya where he lit up the Kenyan league for his goal scoring abilities. He was particularly a menace to …

The Zimbabwean international midfielder, TAFADZWA RUSIKE, is one of the major reasons why fans troop to the stadium to watch a football match. Rusike is an ambience of a modern day midfielder. Although betrayed by his diminutive figure, his lack in size is largely compensated for in his technical ability and his great vision and awareness of what is around …