Zambia women’s football team head coach accused of sexual misconduct

INVESTIGATION: Zambia head coach Bruce Mwape before the friendly match against Ireland last month. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The head coach of Zambia’s women’s football team, due to compete in this month’s Women’s World Cup, has been investigated over allegations of sexual misconduct.

Bruce Mwape was appointed in May 2018 and helped Zambia qualify for the World Cup for the first time. The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) said in September 2022 that it had referred an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the women’s game to Fifa, football’s governing body. Mwape and the under-17 coach Kaluba Kangwa are understood to have been among the FAZ employees who were investigated.