⬤ In a career that took her from Lusaka to Spain, then China as golden-boot winner, her national side went to Japan for the Tokyo football finals, where she scored two Olympic hat-tricks in four days. How do you do that? And what about the rest of her football life? Barbra Banda talks a 2021 in which she rose to global prominence and the future - These Football Times, 23 Jan 2022 / (Archive) Halftime with Portia Modise: Barbra Banda (2020) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8XPBd24ZX0
⬤ Banda is still on course to play at the 2022 Women's Cup of Nations, but she had to miss the (very tight) final qualifier. After a friendly in which her goals gave Zambia its best-ever win over South Africa, she got an injury. Her Copper Queens teammates won the qualifying tie in Namibia on away goals, with a 1-1 aggregate result, which takes them to the Morocco finals in July. Barbra Banda nets brace as Copper Queens beat Banyana Banyana zambiantelegraph.com/sport/barbra-banda-nets-brace-as-copper-queens-beat-banyana-banyana/