SHEPOLOPOLO forward Barbra Banda is eligible to play at next year’s Women’s World Cup, says aleading Fifa women’s football official.The 22-year-old was excluded from this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations by the FootballAssociation of Zambia (FAZ) after the latter body said she failed a gender eligibility test.“We are looking forward to welcoming her to Australia and New Zealand next year to participate,” SaraiBareman, Fifa’s chief women’s football officer, said in an interview.FAZ has previously said it excluded its best player from the finals given its understanding of a medicalform the Confederation of African Football (Caf) adopted from Fifa.However, these rules – which prompted FAZ, rather than Caf, to exclude Banda from the Wafcon – arenow being revised.“Fifa is currently reviewing our gender eligibility regulations – we’re in a consultation process right now,”Bareman explained.“My team is obviously a big part of that consultation process and in the coming months, you’ll see a newset of regulations […]
Barbra Banda eligible to play at Women’s World Cup, says Fifa
