Gareth Barry has been banned for one match after the Manchester City midfielder admitted a Football Association charge of using abusive and/or insulting words to an official.
Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has lashed out at suggestions that he is not patriotic and denied that he took a break from the Black Stars because of injuries.
AFTER last Saturday’s debacle at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, a colleague, with tongue in cheek, asked if all the players the Sudanese used in holding Zambia to a 1-1 draw were eligible.