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.

Zimbabwean legend Madinda Ndlovu knows better than most how football can deliver highs and lows.

Last December his brother Adam died in a road traffic accident when he was travelling for a match pitting Highlanders legends against a Victoria Falls team.

Ndlovu revealed he still tries to communicate with Adam in spirit and perhaps it was in part his sense that his brother is still there for him that has helped Ndlovu steer Mochudi Centre Chiefs to the Botswana league title in his first year in charge.

"Adam's death is a great loss, I think he would have made a very good coach," Ndlovu told BBC Sport.

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.

Proceeds from Sunday’s Zambia versus Zimbabwe friendly will go to families of the 1993 Gabon air crash national team victims.

On April 28, Zambia will mark the 20th anniversary when 30 players, officials and crew died off the coast of Gabon en route to a 1994 World Cup qualifier against Senegal.

To mark the tragedy, Zambia has invited Zimbabwe for a benefit friendly at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka to be played on the same date.

Football Association of Zambia president Kalusha Bwalya said Zimbabwe are expected to arrive in Lusaka on Friday.

Mamelodi Sundowns striker Nyasha Mushekwi is the latest player to extend his contract at the club, a week after captain Teko Modise did a new deal with the Brazilians.

The Zimbabwe international, recently embroiled in the Asiagate scandal in his home country for which he received a suspended sentence, had been at the end of his current deal in June but the club have exercised their option to extend it by a further year.

They also have an option for one more season if they wish, according to his agent Ralph Nkomo.

Mushekwi has missed only one league match for the club this season either in the starting line up or as a substitute.

Former Zimbabwe captain and Coventry City winger Peter Ndlovu has been acquitted of charges of culpable homicide in a trial that ended on Friday in Victoria Falls.

Ndlovu's brother Adam and female passenger Nomqhele Tshili died in an accident last December when the car that Peter was driving veered off the road and uprooted two trees near Victoria Falls town.

After the not guilty verdict was announced, Ndlovu broke down and cried.

"There was not enough evidence for the case to stand up," Ndlovu's lawyer Harrison Nkomo told BBC Sport.

With the Cosafa Senior Challenge coming back to action in July in Zambia the participating countries have confirmed that they will take part.

Cosafa has 14 members and they have all confirmed that they will travel to the 2012 Afcon Champions for the tournament.

The Cosafa Senior Challenge tournament has not been played in the past three years and Zambia will host the tournament in two areas, Lusaka and the Copperbelt from July 6-21, 2013.

A Cosafa delegation, led by COO Sue Destombes, was in Zambia last week to inspect facilities ahead of the competition. Cosafa approved Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka and Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola as the two host stadia for the tournament.

Congo Brazzaville football club AC Leopards demonstrated remarkable fighting spirit at the weekend to snatch a place among the last 16 of the CAF Champions League.

Written off after a 4-1 drubbing from Kano Pillars in Nigeria three weeks ago, Leopards scored deep into stoppage time at home to triumph 3-0 and squeeze through on the away-goal rule.

The encounter began with both sides feeling themselves out until the 30th minute when a glaring offside scored by Arouna Drame Bine was allowed by the centre referee from Ivory Coast, Doue Noumadiez.

Mohamed Abou-Treika converted a late penalty as Egypt made it three wins out of three after snatching a hard-fought 2-1 victory over a stubborn Zimbabwe side in the World Cup qualifying Group G on Tuesday.

The evergreen playmaker, back in action after a month-long injury, coolly slotted home from the spot with two minutes remaining to send around 10,000 fans into raptures at Alexandria's Borg El-Arab Stadium.

Egypt failed to break down Zimbabwe in a dull first half but came out with all guns blazing in the second, launching waves after waves of attacks that resulted in a 64th-minute opener, thanks to a free-kick from midfielder Hosni Abd-Rabo.