#SPORTSUPDATE Chipolopolo captain Christopher Katongo says while there is need to infuse new players into the Chipolopolo squad,it is important not to throw away experience. Katongo says when the going gets tough on the pitch it is the experienced ones that can help to absorb the pressure. And Jacob Mulenga is now the only foreign based player that is yet to join camp.James Chamanga, Emmanuel Mbola, Emmanuel Mayuka, Nathan Sinkala, Kennedy Mweene and Stopilla Sunzu all joined camp yesterday. The Chipolopolo are scheduled to depart for Niger on Thursday. ------------ Dutchman Nico Labohm has been hired as Zambia assistant coach on a short term deal. Football Association of Zambia president Kalusha Bwalya said Honour Janza will remain as head coach despite Labohm’s arrival. “We have added one more coach to the technical group - Mr Nico Labohm from Holland. He is a very experienced instructor and coach,” Kalusha said. “He has been to Hong Kong, Suriname, Ukraine, South Africa and Tunisia. He has been here in Zambia before and it was important for us find somebody who knows a little about the terrain and the situation that we are in.” Labohm will be with the team for the duration of the 2015 Africa Cup qualifiers. The Dutchman has been brought in to ease the pressure on Janza who has failed to win his opening two games in the 2015 Africa Cup Group F qualifiers after picking up just one point. The results have left Zambia trailing down in third place and five points behind leaders Cape Verde. -------------- Barcelona would not be allowed to play in La Liga if Catalonia broke away from Spain, the countrys football league chief Javier Tebas said as tensions mounted in the region over the possibility of an independence referendum next month. Politics have been interwoven with the football club almost since it was formed and is summed up by the teams motto: more than a club. Barcas role in pushing the Catalan nationalist cause varies depending on the board in power, but it always plays a central role in cultural life. The present board, first under president Sandro Rosell and now Josep Maria Bartomeu, have taken a back-seat role in the heated debate currently taking place in the region about whether to hold an independence referendum on November 9. ------------ Super Falcons will depart the nations shore on Wednesday for the Namibian capital, Windhoek venue of the 9th Africa Women Championship (AWC). The six-time winners are scheduled to open its title account against groups newcomers, Ivory Coast on Saturday at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) secretary general, Barrister Musa Amadu confirmed the departure date blaming the slight delay on the sides travel to the two-day public holidays to mark the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir. Were working assiduously hard to ensure they travel out of the country hopefully tomorrow (Wednesday), the two-day public holidays slowed down the initial arrangement to see them depart a bit earlier, said Amadu to supersport. Amadu insisted that Nigerians will not accept anything other than the Africa Women Championship title from the nations campaigners, Super Falcons. ------------ Andy Murray overcame a late hiccup to reach the Shanghai Masters second round and world number 553 Wang Chuhan caused a major shock when he knocked out 15th seed Fabio Fognini in straight sets on his ATP World Tour debut on Tuesday. Murray, ninth in the race to London as he seeks to break into the elite top eight who will play in the season-ending ATP Finals in November, overcame Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1 7-5. The Briton broke his opponent three times to run away with the first set but was broken twice in the second and had to dig deep to avoid a decider and set a second-round clash with Jerzy Janowicz. -------- English clubs interest in playing matches abroad has prompted the Premier League to explore the possibilities of expansion overseas. The league was forced to scrap plans six years ago to add an extra 39th round of matches at venues across the world amid opposition domestically and from Fifa. But league chief executive Richard Scudamore recently acknowledged that clubs still back the idea. People with knowledge of the situation have told The Associated Press that clubs have now asked the league to conduct a feasibility study into global expansion options. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions have been in private. Although playing a regular season game abroad would appear unlikely in the immediate future, the league is looking into organising lucrative pre-season friendlies and expanding the existing Premier League Asia trophy tournament to other continents. The international interest in preseason games was highlighted by Manchester Uniteds friendly against Real Madrid in Michigan in August. Organised by a third party company, it attracted a crowd of more than 109 000.
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