Time to Respect Women Soccer - Dokora
Deputy Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Lazarus Dokora has said the time has come for women's football to be embraced and given the same status as the game played by their male counterparts.
Dokora was speaking at the opening ceremony for the Cosafa Women's Referees' refresher course, which began yesterday in the capital, ahead of the Cosafa Women's Championships, which starts on Saturday.Flanked by Fifa regional instructor, Carlos Henrique , Cosafa Operations Officer Sue Destombes and Zimbabwe Women Football boss Mavis Gumbo, Dokora said while women soccer was improving it was still lagging behind the same game played by the men.
"I think it is an important development to have this course run on the eve of the tournament," said Dokora.
"It is my hope that women soccer will not be a matter of charity.
All Africa Games preps behind schedule
In an interview with ZBC News in Harare, team Zimbabwe’s Chef d’Mission, Custom Kachambwa said he is waiting for a detailed report from the SRC on their progress so far but expressed worry that preparations are behind schedule.
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Preparation for Cosafa tourney on course
It is a race against time and the Cosafa working team has engaged high gear towards achieving an incident free tournament.
While praising Zimbabwe for bailing out the situation, a confident Cosafa chief operations officer, Sue Destombes believes Zimbabwe has the capacity to put up another successful tournament despite the short notice.
For key personnel such as referees, the action has already started.
The 13 referees from the Southern Africa zone are currently undergoing a refresher course to horn their skills ahead of the tournament.
With teams expected to start jetting, hosts Zimbabwe will have the pressure of staging a hassle free event.
For the Mighty Warriors, their worry will be on how to proceed from their group which has Lesotho, Mozambique and Malawi.
The Mighty Warriors’ biggest rivals, South Africa’s Banyana Banyana are in Group B along with Botswana, Zambia and Tanzania.
ZAMBIA
Under-23 Women Upbeat
Zambia women soccer team coach Enala Simbeye says her team will travel to Zimbabwe for the 2011 Council for Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) as title contenders.
The team, expected to leave today by road for the COSAFA championship kicking off on Saturday, face South Africa in a tricky Group B opening match in Harare.Zambia women soccer team coach Enala Simbeye says her team will travel to Zimbabwe for the 2011 Council for Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) as title contenders.
The team, expected to leave today by road for the COSAFA championship kicking off on Saturday, face South Africa in a tricky Group B opening match in Harare.Simbeye said in Lusaka after a morning training session at Independence Stadium yesterday that though women soccer was just growing in the country, it was important to focus on a winning mentality.
Despite being emptied out of the 2011 Maputo and 2012 London Olympics Games qualifiers, she said Zambia had somewhat performed well and that her target was to get the team to the finals and subsequently win the tournament.
Simbeye was happy that the squad was injury free ahead of departure, saying that a day's rest would accord her squad enough rest before the South Africa showdown.
"Our goal is not to go there as just participants but we want to be counted among the contenders for the title. We have prepared well within what we had and now it's up to the team to show what they can do and am confident they will perform well," she said.
The squad includes three goalkeepers Miriam Katamanda, (Red Arrows), Ennie Matukuta and Nelly Lumwaya all from K-Stars.
Defenders include the Arrows trio Deborah Chisanga, Mulayi Wilombe, Chanda Mpundu; Annie Kabanji, Meya Banda, Ethel Chama from Green Buffaloes and Nyasa Moga of Moba Queens.Susan Banda, Chishala Musonda (Arrows), Kabange Mupopo, Mwangala Kamuti (Buffaloes), Misozi Chisha (National Assembly), Tiza Chibale of Moba Queens completes the list of midfielders.
The strikers are Gift Lisaka, Etas Banda (Arrows), Noria Sosala, Rixina Lutaka (National Assembly).
The tournament will be played at two venues, Rufaro and Gwanzura Stadiums, with the opening game between defending champions South Africa and Zambia at Rufaro, kicking-off at 13:00hrs.
Zambian will then take on guest team, Tanzania before concluding their group fixtures against Botswana. Hosts Zimbabwe play their opening fixture against Lesotho at the same venue straight afterwards, while across town Mozambique take on Malawi at Gwanzura.
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FAZ urges women to win COSAFA tourney
In an interview, Mwamelo said expectations among Zambians to do well at the COSAFA Womens Championship that will run from July 2-9 were high.
“We expect them to win, expectations are high, preparations have been good and we have assembled a good team,” Mwamelo said.
He advised the women not to be intimidated by the presence of defending champions South Africa who eliminated them from the Olympic Games qualifiers.
“They are team like any team, they are capable of winning they should not be intimidated,” Mwamelo said.
The team is expected to leave for Zimbabwe by road this morning.
Zambia have been drawn in Group B alongside defending champions South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana.
Group A consists of hosts Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania who are a guest team at the championship.
Zambia kick off their COSAFA Women’s Championship outing against South Africa in a 13:00 hours game at Rufaro Stadium that will be broadcast live on SuperSport 4.
by Prudence Phiri
NIGERIA
Women's Soccer Discussed In State House of Assembly
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| Princess Bola Jegede |
The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) will discuss the plight of Super Falcons players and the poor state of women football at a special seating on Wednesday
The Assembly decided to discuss the issue after over 1000 Nigerians marched to the assembly complex on Tuesday to present their grievances over the plight of Super Falcons players and the poor treatment of women footballers in the country. The walk was organised by The Female Football Foundation (FFF).Mr. Tony Uranta, husband of the convener of the foundation, Barong Tony Uranta, set the ball rolling at the assembly complex when he informed the assembly members of the discriminatory treatment suffered by Super Falcons players in terms of allowances, winning bonuses, and general treatment. He also added that the players are sexually harassed all the time with nobody ever punished by the authority.
According to him, while Super Eagles players each get $10,000 as winning bonus, Falcons players each get less than $1000 despite having achieve much in Africa.President of the Foundation, Princess Bola Jegede in her speech said that the essence of the walk was to solicit for the assistance of the state government to support the efforts of the foundation at improving the lot of women footballers in the country."We are here to say we need your support. We are appealing to you all to come to the aid of your daughters. Some of them are your grandchildren. If you look at the family background of these girls, you will feel sorry for them.
"We are saying if you give the boys $10,000, at least $8,000 will be okay for the girls. We are not saying you should give the boys $10,000 and give the girls $750, what are they going to do with it?" she queried.
The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) will discuss the plight of Super Falcons players and the poor state of women football at a special seating on Wednesday
The Assembly decided to discuss the issue after over 1000 Nigerians marched to the assembly complex on Tuesday to present their grievances over the plight of Super Falcons players and the poor treatment of women footballers in the country. The walk was organised by The Female Football Foundation (FFF).
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