SEX BEFORE SOCCER

SOCCER players of the Zambian national women’s squad blamed their coaches on Wednesday for their 15-0 defeat by South Africa in Swaziland. They claimed the coaches were more interested in sex than soccer. One of the players said that some male coaches demanded sexual favours in return for a place in the women’s national team. She told the Swazi newspaper The Times that if players refused to give sexual favours they were refused entry into the team. This resulted in embarrassing defeats for the national side, she said.