By MICHAEL MIYOBAZAMBIA’S hopes to qualify for the 2022 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations via the backdoor suffered a major blow when Zimbabwean national team players flaunted their pictures on social media of them travelling to Cameroon for the continental championship.Zambians who have been starved of the AFCON after the Chipolopolo failed to qualify to three consecutive finals were hoping that Zimbabwe would fail to resolve their disputes between Government and the Zimbabwean Football Federation (Zifa) to attract a FIFA ban.Fifa had warned Zimbabwe of a possible ban after the Zifa board was suspended by the country’s Sports and Recreation Commission, a body tasked by the government to develop sport in the country.However Zimbabwe was able to resolve their issues before Warriors coach Norman Mapeza named a final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon.The development is a bitter pill to swallow for many Zambians who will just have to support […]
No ‘backdoor’ AFCON spot
…as Zimbabwe’s 23-member squad fly to Cameroon
