Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:23:44 +0000 By MICHAEL MIYOBA “IF somebody has got talent but they are not in our age group we are going to send them away,” Zambia Under 17 national soccer team assistant coach Charles Bwale has said. Bwale said there was a lot of cases of age cheating during the Under 17 player selection process ahead of this year’s Under 17 COSAFA Cup to be played in Mauritius. In 2016, Zambia was disqualified from the COSAFA Under-17 championships staged in Mauritius after having been found to have fielded two over-age players for the tournament. And on Monday, COSAFA reminded participating teams to register only players who were born after January 1, 2001 as they are the only ones who would compete in this year’s Under 17 COSAFA championship. Bwale reaffirmed the technical bench’s commitment to selecting eligible players, noting that the technical bench would examine players to eliminate the culprits of […]
