Here are some Zambia football briefs from news making headlines over the last 48 hours.
ZAMBIA DROP ON FIFA RANKINGS
Zambia has dropped two places on the Fifa football rankings but will still escape a preliminary round place in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers when draw are made this Saturday in Brazil.
Dario Bonetti’s side falls from 72 last month to 74 in July in the World.
However, they remain in the top 24 in Caf at number 17 making the cut of a preliminary round bye for this weekend’s draws.
The bottom 28 ranked teams in Caf will jostle for first round group stage qualifying places when the home and away knockout phase draws are announced in Rio de Janerio on July 30.
CHANSA TO MISS ZIM FRIENDLY
Orlando Pirates midfielder Isaac Chansa will be out for two months due to an ankle injury sustained on July 19 in 1-1 draw with English side Tottenham Hotspur in the Vodacom Challenge.
The development means Chansa will miss Zambia’s friendly away to Zimbabwe on August 10 in Harare.
Chansa will also miss Zambia’s next 2012 Africa Cuo Group C qualifier due to suspension after he was sent off against Mozambique on June 4 at Nchanga Stadium Chingola in a game Zambia won 3-0.
Why I thought were doing well. Is it because of those guys caught up in the match fixing saga in Finland?Just thinking…….
Imwe bantu follow soccer passionately and u won’t come to unpalatable conclusions. Zambia hasn’t been active after the Moz game. South America had Copa so their teams are bound to climb and inactive africans will fall. No rocket science here
I dont understand how those guys are training at independence which I thought is under construction. Those guys will all be sick from ulukungu and will drop further on the ranks.Kaya ba FAZ what they think.
#3, its a brand new standium they are building then they will upgrade independence. They have not yet started on independence. Within the grounds we shall have two. #2 is right on the rankings, Zambia has not been active hence the drop.
Chipolopolo will change its name to SATA ELEVEN after the elections.
oooooh! its ghana, sudan, zambia and lesotho or burundi for the world cup place…