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Chipolopolo launch World Cup preps

By Mercy Chewe

Local players have camped in Lusaka as Chipolopolo start preparations for the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

Interim Chipolopolo coach Chambeshi earlier this week named a provisional 30-member home-based team.

The team trained at Lusaka’s Nkoloma Stadium on Friday.

The squad on Saturday morning played a friendly match against Super Division side Red Arrows which it won by 4-1.

Zambia will face Mauritania on September 1 away in Nouchakott when the World Cup qualifier starts.

Chipolopolo will later face Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea in Group B.