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A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being told to get more exercise or calm a simmering fear of needles.

By NATION REPORTER

THE case in which the Patriotic Front (PF) has dragged expelled Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa and his cohort, suspended Mafinga Member of Parliament Robert Chabinga have been dragged to court for forgery and perjury is coming up for hearing today.

…Grant cautions Chipolopolo players

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

CHIPOLOPOLO coach Avram Grant has cautioned his players to prove themselves if they are to earn a spot in the final squad that will represent the country at the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON slated for next month in Ivory Coast.

Grant said only players that are ready to meet the three prescribed selection criteria by his technical team will be in the final squad.  He was speaking in an interview with the FAZ media announcing the preparatory journey for his squad ahead of the AFCON tournament 

He said all the squad members will undergo stringent physical tests to check if they are in good condition to play at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Grant said everyone will be given an opportunity and the players that prove themselves will be in the final squad.

The Chipolopolo gaffer said physical trainer Jamie Lawrence will run unique physical tests on the squad members without exception.

Grant said the Chipolopolo will kick-off their AFCON preparatory journey with a weeklong camp in Lusaka during the Christmas period before heading for an international camp on January 1 for the final preparatory stage that will consist of the final AFCON squad.

“Our preparations for the AFCON will intensify in the next few weeks and we will have a camp around Christmas time for local and foreign-based players. This will be to assess which players will be ready for the international camp and eventually the tournament,” Grant said.

“Our physical trainer Jamie Lawrence will do lot of work with the players as others have not played enough matches to be ready,” Grant said.

Grant said the players who will seem ready whether local or foreign will proceed to the international camp.

“The final phase will involve the international camp that we are working on in the background where we will work out the finer details,” he said.

The ex-Ghana, Chelsea and West Ham gaffer has prescribed a selection process anchored on quality, passion, and desire to play for one’s country that has previously shut out some players.

The 34th edition of the continental championship which will run from January 13 to February 1, 2024.

The Chipolopolo will be based in the coastal city of San Pedro, the host city for Group F consisting of Zambia Morocco, Congo and Tanzania.

By NATION REPORTER

BEENE Hachoombwa, the UPND presidential campaign member has demanded that Inspector General of Police, Graphael Musamba should summon former President Edgar Lungu for allegedly issuing threats against the new dawn administration over its governance style.

says the current regime is bitter and does not want competition

By NATION REPORTER

WE are living in King Herod’s time because the current UPND regime does not want competition, and would rather there is no democracy, Edith Nawakwi has said.

By NATION REPORTER

THE opposition political parties “mass rally” which was scheduled to take place on December 9 has been postponed following the accident at Sensele Mine in which 30 miners were buried alive and are feared dead.

By GRACE CHAILE

FORMER President Edgar Lungu has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss the petition challenging his eligibility to contest future elections.

What if the biological mechanisms that cause multiple sclerosis were triggered years before clinical diagnosis? This is what a team at Paris Brain Institute suggests in a new study published in Neurology.

…as Zambia humiliate Angola to qualify for third consecutive WAFCON

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

THE Copper Queens made the nation proud last night by qualifying for a third consecutive Women’s Africa Cup of Nations WAFCON after humiliating Angola 12-0 on aggregate to earn a spot at the Morocco 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. 

The Queens beat Angola 6-0 in the second leg of the final qualifying round played at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola thanks to a brace from Rachel Kundananji and goals apiece from Rachel Nachula, Barbra Banda, Avel Chitundu and Esther Banda to make it for a historical third consecutive WAFCON appearance. 

The Bruce Mwape-drilled Copper Queens, who had beaten Angola 6-0 in Luanda a week ago outclassed their regional rivals who needed to score seven unanswered goals to qualify for the WAFCON.

The Copper Queens outplayed Angola from the first whistle and it took them just four minutes to score before the cheering home fans who had covered 60 percent of the 50, 000-seater capacity stadium.

Kundananji broke the deadlock after benefitting from Angola’s clumsy mistake from the goal keeper Maria Muecalia.   

Ten minutes later captain Barbra Banda doubled the advantage beating Muecalia with a low strike from close range off a Rachel Nachula’s assist.

In the first minute of the second half, Susan Banda scored a brilliant long-range strike to make it 3-0 for the Copper Queens.

Ndola-based striker Chitundu, who plays for Zesco Ndola Girls FC scored the fourth goal of the night after taking advantage of Angola’s ball watching defenders to send the fans into a frenzy. 

Six minutes later, Esther Banda made things worse for the visitors when she beat the goal keeper with a low shot from Barbra Banda’s assist.

Banda turned from scorer to assist when her defence splitting pass found Kundananji who was able to beat her marker before completing her brace with a left footed strike in the 88th minute to complete the rout.

By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has made a solemn and ecclesiastical call to Zambians, politicians inclusive not to politicise the Sensele Mine tragedy where about 39 illegal miners have been trapped and families anxiously waiting for their retrieval.