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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Sports Minister, Elvis Nkandu has thanked supporters for heeding to his plea of avoiding political regalia, slogans and gestures during games. Speaking shortly after the World Cup Qualifier between Zambia and Congo Brazzavile where Chipolopolo won by 4 goals to 2, Nkandu says when it comes to sports, politics must be put aside for the sake of the country.<\/p>\n

He says those who bring politics in the game risk being banned. Mr. Nkandu says no one, whether from the ruling party or opposition, should bring politics in sports.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Sports Minister, Elvis Nkandu has thanked supporters for heeding to his plea of avoiding political regalia, slogans and gestures during games. Speaking shortly after the World Cup Qualifier between Zambia and Congo Brazzavile where Chipolopolo won by 4 goals to 2, Nkandu says when it comes to sports, politics must be put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-52189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nTHOSE WHO BRING POLITICS INTO THE GAME RISK BEING BANNED \u2013 NKANDU - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sports Minister, Elvis Nkandu has thanked supporters for heeding to his plea of avoiding political regalia, slogans and ...\" \/>\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\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THOSE WHO BRING POLITICS INTO THE GAME RISK BEING BANNED \u2013 NKANDU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sports Minister, Elvis Nkandu has thanked supporters for heeding to his plea of avoiding political regalia, slogans and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-19T19:40:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-19T20:22:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/sm_1700411339.592925.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"516\" \/>\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<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"THOSE WHO BRING POLITICS INTO THE GAME RISK BEING BANNED \u2013 NKANDU\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-19T19:40:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-19T20:22:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu\"},\"wordCount\":109,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/sm_1700411339.592925.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/those-who-bring-politics-into-the-game-risk-being-banned-nkandu\",\"name\":\"THOSE WHO BRING POLITICS INTO THE GAME RISK BEING BANNED \u2013 NKANDU - 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