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FIFA president sends message to Zambia’s Copper Queen amid FAZ political impasse

The FIFA president has sent a word of encouragement to the Copper Queens ahead of their retrun to the Olympics.

Calvin Kaumba Chikenge
Calvin Kaumba Chikenge Published April 29, 2024
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Lushomo Mweemba scored Zambia's first ever goal in the history of the World Cup, male or female. (Photo by Buda Mendes/ Getty Images)
Lushomo Mweemba scored Zambia's first ever goal in the history of the World Cup, male or female. (Photo by Buda Mendes/ Getty Images)

With only 86 days until the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s football event begins, FIFA President Gianna Infantino has taken to social media to wish the qualified teams the best.

Among the teams he has messaged thus far are Zambia’s Copper Queens, whose football association is currently embroiled in political conflicts with some of its stakeholders in the country, prompting FIFA to issue a warning of a possible suspension for third-party interference in the running of the game.

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In his message, Infantino encouraged the Copper Queens to write more history in Paris.

“Having scored the 1,000th goal in FIFA Women’s World Cup history at last year’s edition of the competition, I am looking forward to Zambia creating more historic moments during the women’s football tournament at the Olympic Games in Paris!” he wrote on his official Instagram page last Saturday.

Zambia’s Olympics return

The Zambia women’s team was the continent’s only representative at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and they finished bottom of their group after losing 10-3 to the Netherlands, 1-0 to Brazil, and drawing 4-4 with China.

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Despite their underwhelming performance, the team’s captain, Barbra Banda, created Olympic history as the only player to score two hat tricks in a single campaign against the Netherlands and China.

The Orlando Pride striker also set the record for the most goals [6] scored in a FIFA-organized tournament by an African woman.

READ MORE: 10 Records Barbra Banda Broke, Set, and Equaled at 2020 Olympics

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 “The last time we went there, we came [out] in the first round but this time we are aiming for the second round,” Banda said.

The Copper Queens, who also participated in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time, where Banda scored the tournament’s 1000th goal against Costa Rica, finished third in the group C behind Japan and eventual winners Spain.

They advanced to this year’s Olympics after defeating Morocco 3-2 on aggregate.

Group AGroup BGroup C
FranceUSWNTSpain
ColombiaGermanyJapan
CanadaAustraliaBrazil,
New ZealandZambiaNigeria

The Copper Queens have since been placed in Group B with Germany, the United States, and Australia.

The women’s tournament will begin on Thursday, July 25, 2024, with Zambia facing the United States.

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    Calvin Kaumba Chikenge April 29, 2024
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    Calvin Kaumba Chikenge is an award-winning Zambian multimedia sports journalist well known for his exclusive stories and feature writing. He was voted 2023/24 MTN/FAZ Super League journalist of the year. In addition to reporting on sports for Spring TV, he interned for the Zambia Daily Mail newspaper. He has contributed to numerous international publications, including the Guardian in the UK, and is currently the editor of BolaNews.
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