FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says Zambia’s near-miss for the 1994 USA World Cup qualification should inspire this Chipolopolo generation to erase that heartbreak as the tournament returns to America in 2026. In his latest, Monday Column dubbed the ‘President Corner’, Kamanga believes the country has a crop of players who possess hunger to achieve something special. Zambia starts her World Cup qualifiers with a crunchy fixture against Niger before facing Congo Brazzaville days later in Guinea and Somalia next month. “Our men’s national team has never qualified to the FIFA World Cup. We are in a better place now that the 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States of America, where our closest chase in 1994 almost...

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