Zanaco defender Salulani Phiri and Zesco United winger Kangwa Chileshe have been dropped for Zambia's away friendly against Namibia on May 25.

The duo did not make the final 20-member team that leaves for Windhoek on May 24 ahead of Zambia’s friendly against Namibia 24 hours later.

Also dropped is Red Arrows goalkeeper Daniel Munyau.

Munyau's axing means his running in the race to replace suspended goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho on June 8 is looking bleak.

Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Isaac Chansa has joined Zambian side Zanaco on a short-term deal.

According to the player’s agent Ashley Rasool, this is an opportunity for Chansa to stay active while they mull over the “few offers” on the table for next season.

“It is a short-term deal. It is for three months. Their season is in full swing so he will stay active, while we wait for the PSL season to end,” Rasool tells KickOff.com.

Rasool further clarified that the 29-year-old was not on trial at SuperSport United last month as previously reported. “It was just an extensive medical for three days. For whatever reason SuperSport didn’t take it further and that was that.

Chipolopolo coach Herve Renard has named 24 players from the domestic league for an international friendly against Namibia on May 25.

Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Communications Manager unveiled the squad at Football House on Friday.

“The squad we’re announcing this morning is for the international friendly match against Namibia. The squad will set the camp in Lusaka on Monday 20th May ahead of the match in Windhoek," said Mwanza.

"After the match in Windhoek next week, the coach will announce the Chipolopolo squad World Cup squad for the qualifiers against Lesotho and Sudan in June,” he said.

Zambia international defender Stoppila Sunzu has successfully undergone arthroscopic knee surgery.

Sunzu was operated on under the watchful eye of the Chipolopolo Team Doctor at the Italian Orthopaedic Hospital in Lusaka last week Friday.

Following the operation, the defender now needs complete rest to fully recover. He is expected to be off all training for a minimum of four weeks.

During his period of recovery, the Zambia national team head of medical Dr Joseph Kabungo will continue monitoring the player’s progress.

The symposium for the analysis of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2012 and 2013 resumed for the second day in Cairo, Egypt.

The second day started with a session including Stephen Keshi, coach of Nigeria, Herve Renard Zambia coach and three football committee members, Ben Koufie (Ghana), Mohamed Abdullah Mazda (Sudan) and Mallouche Belhassan (Tunisia).
 
At the beginning CAF technical director Abdul Menaem Hussein (Shatta) presented coach Keshi as the second African to win the Cup of Nations as player and coach, after Egypt’s late Mahmoud El Gohary who achieved the feat as a player in 1959 and coach in 1998. Keshi repeated the feat after 15 years as he won CAN as a player in 1994 and as a coach in 2013.

Host Zambia face Mozambique in Cosafa Cup quarterfinals while Bafana Bafana must wait to know their Last 8 opponents from Group A.

Mozambique, Bafana Bafana, Malawi, Angola, hosts Zambia and defending champions Zimbabwe all enjoy byes from the group stage and will enter the competition at the quarterfinal stage.

Zambia will face Mozambique on July 14 in the fourth quarterfinal match in Kabwe following tournament draws made on May 3 in Lusaka.

Bafana will face winner from Group A on July 13 in Lusaka that contains Namibia, Mauritius, Seychelles and guest team from the Cecafa zone, Tanzania.

Bafana Bafana, Angola, champions Zimbabwe and hosts Zambia seeded and on first round byes in the May 3 COSAFA Cup draws.

And CECAFA zone nations Tanzania and Kenya have been invited to take part in this year’s COSAFA Cup to be held in Zambia from July 6-21.

According to Cosafa, Zambia, Bafana, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi and Mozambique will all enjoy group stage byes and join the competition in the quarterfinals on July 13 thanks to their FIFA rankings as of April 11, 2013.

Meanwhile, guest teams Tanzania and Kenya are the seeded teams in the group draws.

Eight teams will go into Fridays two group draws for preliminary round matches to be played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka and Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu Stadium in Kabwe.

Ex-Zambia captain Elijah Tana says Zambia's two-goal hero against Zimbabwe Bonwell Mwape is still a work in progress.

The 23-year-old Nchanga Rangers striker's brace saw Zambia beat Zimbabwe 2-0 on April 28 at Nkoloma Stadium in a friendly to hand coachHerve Renard his first win in nine months.

Tana, who is also Nchanga assistant coach, told MTNFootball.com that he was delighted to see his striker score a brace on his debut.

"He did very well on his debut but we should not put a lot of pressure on him," Tana said about his player.

With just his second call-up to the national team but his first appearance, striker Bonwell Mwape proved his worth when he scored a brace in an international friendly against Zimbabwe to commemorate the 20th Gabon air crash anniversary at Nkoloma Stadium yesterday.

Mwape and his Nchanga Rangers’ teammate Alex Ng’onga were in a class of their own in this lopsided match that made Zimbabwe chase their own shadows.

Zambia dominated from the first whistle with their efforts paying off 31 minutes into the match when Mwape bundled in a loose ball after taking advantage of Zimbabwe’s defensive lapse.

Midfielder Roderick Kabwe floated the ball from a corner and Kondwani Mtonga attempted to head in but was blocked, only to find Mwape well-positioned.

As fans from Zambia have come to celebrate, they now boast a team more than capable of making history. The Chipolopolo, under French coach Herve Renard, went all the way to clinch their maiden continental title, the 2012 CAF African Cup of Nations.

Boosted by that achievement, the team from southern Africa have excelled in qualifying for Brazil 2014, leading the likes of Ghana and Sudan to top their section.

Renard’s squad now have a great opportunity to book Zambia’s maiden appearance at a FIFA World Cup, with forward James Chamanga admitting that last year’s victory has given them a real sense of belief.