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COPPER QUEENS BOYCOTT TRAINING OVER ALLOWANCES; FAZ PRESIDENT WARNS INDISCIPLINE WON’T BE TOLERATED
01.12.2025 | Football DNA Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Keith Mweemba has revealed that some members of the Zambia Women’s National Team, the Copper Queens, boycotted training over allowances during the ongoing Four Nations Tournament in Malawi. The Copper Queens are participating in a competition involving hosts Malawi and neighbouring Zimbabwe. However, according to Mweemba, almost the entire squad refused to train, with only six players reporting for the s
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SOME CHIPOLOPOLO PLAYERS ARE PRIORITISING ALLOWANCES, BOYCOTTING MATCHES – Nkandu
01.12.2025 | Football DNA Elvis Nkandu Speaking during the ongoing National Football Indaba in Lusaka The Zambian government has raised alarm over what it terms an “insatiable appetite for allowances” among some Chipolopolo players—an attitude it says is contributing to the national team’s declining performance. Speaking during the ongoing National Football Indaba in Lusaka, Minister of Sport, Youth and Arts Elvis Nkandu expressed concern over the growing tendency by certain
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FAZ Provides Update on Nora Hauptle’s Absence From Malawi 3-Nations Tournament
29.11.2025 | Football DNA ⚽️ The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has announced that Copper Queens Assistant Coach Charles Halubono will temporarily take charge of the national women’s team during the ongoing Three-Nations Tournament in Malawi. In an update issued on Friday, FAZ General Secretary Machacha Shepande confirmed that Head Coach Nora Hauptle was unable to travel to Lilongwe after falling ill in her home country of Sweden. Hauptle had been scheduled to join the
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COPPER QUEENS BOYCOTT TRAINING OVER ALLOWANCES; FAZ PRESIDENT WARNS INDISCIPLINE WON’T BE TOLERATED
01.12.2025 | Football DNA Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Keith Mweemba has revealed that some members of the Zambia Women’s National Team, the Copper Queens, boycotted training over allowances during the ongoing Four Nations Tournament in Malawi. The Copper Queens are participating in a competition involving hosts Malawi and neighbouring Zimbabwe. However, according to Mweemba, almost the entire squad refused to train, with only six players reporting for the s
SOME CHIPOLOPOLO PLAYERS ARE PRIORITISING ALLOWANCES, BOYCOTTING MATCHES – Nkandu
01.12.2025 | Football DNA Elvis Nkandu Speaking during the ongoing National Football Indaba in Lusaka The Zambian government has raised alarm over what it terms an “insatiable appetite for allowances” among some Chipolopolo players—an attitude it says is contributing to the national team’s declining performance. Speaking during the ongoing National Football Indaba in Lusaka, Minister of Sport, Youth and Arts Elvis Nkandu expressed concern over the growing tendency by certain
FAZ Provides Update on Nora Hauptle’s Absence From Malawi 3-Nations Tournament
29.11.2025 | Football DNA ⚽️ The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has announced that Copper Queens Assistant Coach Charles Halubono will temporarily take charge of the national women’s team during the ongoing Three-Nations Tournament in Malawi. In an update issued on Friday, FAZ General Secretary Machacha Shepande confirmed that Head Coach Nora Hauptle was unable to travel to Lilongwe after falling ill in her home country of Sweden. Hauptle had been scheduled to join the
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