Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:59:50 +0000 By Sports Reporter ZAMBIA needs more cup tournaments to promote competition among teams and provide a bigger reservoir from which to choose national team players, the Zambia Sports Fans Association (ZASPOFA) has said. ZASPOFA patron Peter Makembo saluted Barclays Bank-Zambia for its continued sponsorship of the Barclays Cup since its inception in 2007. He challenged other business houses to consider coming together to sponsor other cups to enhance competition among local teams. Makembo said the mouth-watering encounter in the Barclays Cup final between Zesco United and Zanaco on Saturday did not only provide an opportunity for fans to watch the country’s finest players on pitch, but also provided an opportunity to the sponsors to sell their products. He said there were bigger business entities in Zambia which had failed to even sponsor a single team in the lower leagues yet amassing huge profits which could help them to grow […]
