{"id":59351,"date":"2023-12-01T16:38:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia"},"modified":"2023-12-01T16:53:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:53:28","slug":"namibia-lose-to-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia","title":{"rendered":"Namibia lose to Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia\u2019s Debmarine Desert Jewels suffered a 52-42 defeat to Zambia in their second African Netball Cup match at the University of Botswana in Gaborone yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This follows their 45-36 victory over Zimbabwe on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Debmarine Desert Jewels head coach Julene Meyer said her team did not play the way they wanted to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always have these games in tournaments where things don\u2019t always go the way you want them to. I am not happy with the performance; I am sure the players are not happy with the performance. Tomorrow will be a new day, and we will have to bounce back and ensure that we have all our cylinders firing tomorrow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer congratulated Zambia, saying they were the best team on the day.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was impressed by the way her players performed in the last quarter, as it was a 10-all draw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe left it too late. We should have played like that from the start, rather than waiting for the last quarter. During our warm-up, we must ensure that we are switched on. We have to make sure we start the match firing on all cylinders,\u201d Meyer said.<\/p>\n<p>The Namibian coach said Kenya, who are Debmarine Desert Jewels\u2019 next opponent, are a physical team whom they (Namibia) will not underestimate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect another tough encounter from them. They will be ready for anything that comes their way. We have made it difficult for ourselves going forward; from here on, we won\u2019t be playing with any mercy. We will be having all our guns blazing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Africa Cup started without three top-ranked countries on the continent, namely South Africa, Uganda, and Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of the three powerhouses means Zimbabwe, who lost to Namibia on the opening day of the tournament, is the top-ranked side (13) at the tournament, followed by Zambia (15) and Namibia is the third top-ranked side (22) at the tournament. Botswana, the hosts, are ranked 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa was expected to defend the title it won in Windhoek in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Namibia next plays Kenya today, before playing Botswana tomorrow. They will then face Eswatini on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Namibia\u2019s Debmarine Desert Jewels suffered a 52-42 defeat to Zambia in their second African Netball Cup match at the University of Botswana in Gaborone yesterday. This follows their 45-36 victory over Zimbabwe on Tuesday. Debmarine Desert Jewels head coach Julene Meyer said her team did not play the way they wanted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-59351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia lose to Zambia - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Namibia\u2019s Debmarine Desert Jewels suffered a 52-42 defeat to Zambia in their second African Netball Cup match at the Uni ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Namibia lose to Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Namibia\u2019s Debmarine Desert Jewels suffered a 52-42 defeat to Zambia in their second African Netball Cup match at the Uni ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T16:38:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T16:53:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/sm_1701436958.061156.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"485\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Namibia lose to Zambia\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-01T16:38:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-01T16:53:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/sm_1701436958.061156.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-lose-to-zambia\",\"name\":\"Namibia lose to Zambia - 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