{"id":313690,"date":"2011-03-16T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/16\/zambia-mwanza-lungu-back-in-training\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T11:16:10","slug":"zambia-mwanza-lungu-back-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/16\/zambia-mwanza-lungu-back-in-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia: Mwanza, Lungu Back in Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.2554744526\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.co.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ac5c213deszambia180.jpg\" alt=\"The Times of Zambia (Ndola)\" title=\"Visit The Times of Zambia (Ndola)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>16 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Zesco United coach Fighton Simukonda got a major boost yesterday after defender Billy Mwanza and striker Chakwa Lungu returned to full and light training respectively ahead of Saturday&#8217;s crucial CAF Orange Champions League first round, first leg tie against Young Buffaloes of Swaziland.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Swaziland champions, Young Buffaloes yesterday embarked on a grueling journey of more than 1,700 kilometres to Ndola by road for this weekend&#8217;s encounter against the Zambian champions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Zesco secretary Justin Mumba said in Ndola yesterday that Simukonda&#8217;s charges got a boost when their defence king pin, Mwanza returned to full training after shaking off the injury he picked from the Charity Shield final against Nkana.<\/p>\n<p>Mumba said Zesco were hopeful Mwanza would be fit for the Saturday showdown set for Trade Fair ground in Ndola and said striker Chakwa Lungu, who is on the injury list, resumed light training and the coaches were keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the weekend assignment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103160558.html\" title=\"Zambia: Mwanza, Lungu Back in Training\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zambia: Mwanza, Lungu Back in Training<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 16 March 2011 Zesco United coach Fighton Simukonda got a major boost yesterday after defender Billy Mwanza and striker Chakwa Lungu returned to full and light training respectively ahead of Saturday&#8217;s crucial CAF Orange Champions League first round, first leg tie against Young Buffaloes of Swaziland. Meanwhile, Swaziland champions, Young Buffaloes yesterday embarked on a grueling journey of more than 1,700 kilometres to Ndola by road for this weekend&#8217;s encounter against the Zambian champions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zambia: Mwanza, Lungu Back in Training - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/16\/zambia-mwanza-lungu-back-in-training\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Zambia: Mwanza, Lungu Back in Training - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"16 March 2011 Zesco United coach Fighton Simukonda got a major boost yesterday after defender Billy Mwanza and striker Chakwa Lungu returned to full and light training respectively ahead of Saturday&#039;s crucial CAF Orange Champions League first round, first leg tie against Young Buffaloes of Swaziland. 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