By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lusaka Times
29 July (Lusaka Times) — Zambia’s women’s team thrashed Egypt 6-0 in Morocco in their opening match of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Barbra Banda scored four goals in this Group C opener. Rachael Nachula had opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 25th minute.
Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in the Champions League after opening the scoring in the second minute. Nico Paz scored twice, while Tasos Douvikas and Jacobo Ramón also found the net; Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back for the English side, according to Africatopsports.
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Red Arrows beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in Ndola, thanks to a 76th-minute header from Alassane Diarra. The Zambian club will take this advantage into the second-leg match of the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup, on 23 October in Durban, according to Beninwebtv.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Beninwebtv ·
Yan Diomandé scored a goal and provided an assist in Real Madrid’s 4-1 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League. The Ivorian winger was facing his former club, but this individual performance had already been covered alongside the match result, according to L’Infodrome.
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Senegal’s women’s futsal team, winners of the 2025 Dakar En Jeux tournament after a 14-2 victory over Namibia in the final, will compete at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games on home soil. The Lioncelles will face Fiji, Ukraine and Venezuela in Group A from 1 to 12 November, according to FIFA’s team presentation.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: APS ·
Zambia: 17 hospitalised over suspected poisoned waterSeventeen people, including a 10-month-old baby, have been hospitalised after consuming water from a well suspected of being contaminated in Chasefu, Zambia. Patients are suffering in particular from abdominal pain and diarrhoea, while toxicologists are analysing water and human samples to identify the substance, doctor Chota Phiri said.
South Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 pointsSouth Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 points in the second cricket Test in Gqeberha to level the series at one win each. Australia were dismissed for 295 in their second innings, with Travis Head scoring 121 points, reports SABC News.The week in Africa
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