WOMEN’s hockey national team coach Floyd Chomba says the underdog status given to his players ahead of the Paris 2024 Africa Hockey qualifiers will act as motivation and inspire them to succeed. The Africa Hockey road to Paris (men and women) will take place at the University of Pretoria Hockey Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa from October 29 to November 5. Zambia will be looking to qualify for its first-ever senior Olympics after having qualified for the junior Olympics twice in 2014 and 2018. The Zambia men’s hockey team was drawn in Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers alongside Egypt, Ghana, and Kenya, while the women’s side will face Ghana, Kenya and Namibia in the group stages. In...