Tottenham Monday night signed Zambia’s brilliant young left-back Emmanuel Mbola in a £1million deal, according to Eurpean media including BBC. The 16-year-old defender has already clocked up a remarkable 20 caps for his country and was the youngest player in the recent Africa Cup of Nations. Mbola, who plays for Armenian side Yerevan, will probably be sent [...]

SOUTH African clubs might lose the right to sign five foreign players if the national football-controlling body Safa has its way, according to the Sowetan newspaper. This is in line with a plan by the Safa executive committee, elected in September last year, to see the senior national team Bafana Bafana become a top team on [...]

“I guess management will deal with the matter accordingly. I don’t know why he arrived late, maybe it was his father’s birthday or maybe he bought a new car. Maybe he was celebrating with the Egyptians for winning the tournament,” quipped the German coach.

Egyptian giants Zamalek FC have signed Zambia midfielder Rainford Kalaba on a six-month loan deal from Sporting Braga, the Cairo club have announced on their official site. Kalaba, who spent the past six months on loan at Uniao Leiria, is believed to have signed a deal worth €450,000 with the Whites. Ahli were also interested in the [...]

'It will be like any other game we have played, even though we need to step up our game both technically and tactically. Zambia is a very powerful, strong and a well organised side. From what I have seen so far, they are a very compact side that knows how to go forward and to attack together.

Zambia legend Kalusha Bwalya says Monday’s quarter-final clash with Nigeria brings back “fond memories” of their 1994 Nations Cup final. Having risen from the ashes of one of Africa’s worst sporting disasters, Zambia succumbed 2-1 after 90 emotion-laden minutes in Tunis. “Even though we lost that game, I have fond memories because we had just come out [...]

KickOff.com speaks exclusively to Zambia’s coach Herve Renard on the eve of his team’s African Nations Cup quarterfinal with Nigeria in Lubango on Monday. How delighted are you with a place in the last eight? “It’s a good achievement. Before the tournament I spoke a lot about making our target to reach the quarterfinals. I think some [...]

Zambia coach, Herve Renard, on Friday said the pressure is on Super Eagles of Nigeria to win Monday‘s quarterfinal match, but is confident his team can beat the World Cup-bound Nigerian to qualify for its first Nations Cup semifinal in 14 years. The Chipolopolo were bottom of the Group D standings at the start of [...]

The Zambian government says it will award the national team players US$500 each for beating Gabon and also as morale booster as they face Nigerian Super Eagles, next Monday. And Jide Alaka writes  from Nigeria that “On paper Zambia, which edge out Cameroun, Gabon and Tunisia to lead Group D, does not have the kind of [...]