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Chipolopolo’s return sparks delirium

LUSAKA, Zambia, February 14 - Zambia's national team arrived home Monday to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of fans who gathered to greet the Copper Bullets after they won the country's first Africa Cup of Nations title.

Brandishing the gold trophy they claimed in a nail-biting penalty shootout against Ivory Coast on Sunday, the African champions waved to a massive crowd that had been gathering for more than nine hours in sweltering heat at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in the capital, Lusaka.

The team then boarded a bus for the Lusaka showgrounds, where an estimated 200,000-strong crowd dressed in More...

Ivorian golden generation down and out
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, February 13 - Ivory Coast, who yet again failed to fulfil their favourite's tag at the Africa Cup of Nations, head back More...
Zambia are Africa champions
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, February 13 -Zambia conjured up a shock when they toppled star-studded Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty shoot-out to claim their first ever More...
Zambia goes Chipolopolo crazy
LUSAKA, Zambia, February 10 - Before the Africa Cup of Nations, bookmakers regarded More...
Zambia return to honour crash victims
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, February 10 - Zambia's footballers, in a simple but deeply moving ceremony More...
Cheerful Mali face dejected Ghana for third place
MALABO, Equitorial Guinea, February 10 - Mali will be more cheerful than Ghana ahead More...

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