ZAMBIA U-17 Women’s national team coach Naomi Phiri has named a 20-member final squad ahead of the 2022 COSAFA Women’s Championship that will be held at the Region 5 Games next month. Phiri takes over as coach for the junior Copper Queens after FAZ requested coach Kaluba Kangwa to stand down following investigations into sex scandal allegations. FAZ communications manager Sydney Mungala clarified that Kangwa was not part of the technical bench heading to Malawi. “Coach Kaluba was requested to stand down the moment the investigations were opened into the sex scandal allegations. While not every social media allegation made is plausible, we have made serious efforts to ensure that there is an opportunity for law enforcement agencies and football...

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