Archive for November, 2009

In form  winger Simon Bwalya who scored the winning goal in Power Dynamos 2-1 win over Green Buffaloes to lift the K125 million rich Barclays Cup has described their achievement as ''great.'' Bwalya who is a CHAN bronze medal winner fired in a briliant close range goal on 38 minutes  to seal the victory. Bwalya who had promised prior to the game to score lived up to his hype and was pleased:  ''We feel great to be crowned Barclays Cup Champions. I scored like I said but we thank God for the victory.'' Bwalya was also the hero in Power's quarter final defeat of defending champions Zesco United scoring the solitary goal that took the Kitwe giants through. Full story

Red hot James Chamanga struck twice in the last five minutes to subdue Kenya 2-0 in the opening match of the CECAFA tournament yesterday. The China based striker's brace brings his total number of goals to five in 2 matches after netting a hat-trick aginst North Korea in an international friendly last weekend. Against a Kenya side desperately looking to make up for the disappointment of missing out on a place in the AFCON, the Chipolopolo put on the show  in the dying minutes, with Chamanga glancing in a header from substitute Jimmy Chisenga's cross in the 87th minute and finishing off a Felix Sunzu reboud to complete his quick fire brace in stoppage time . The only downside to the victory was a knee injury to blossoming anchorman  Stophilla Sunzu who partnered Dennis Banda at the heart of the Zambia defence. Full story

Kitwe giants Power Dynamos return to Nkoloma Stadium for another Barclays Cup final, this time as favourites as they look to bag the  ZMK125 Million trophy after losing to Zesco United via a Jonas Sakuwaha goal in the  2008 edition. In this year's cup final, the 1991 Mandela Cup winners will take on Green Buffaloes. The two teams have already met in the league twice with a goalless stalemate at Woodlands Stadium  last month while the Ndeke boys triumphed in the corresponding fixture at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe back on May 30, 2009 by a 1-0 win. Full story