FIFA to build "school of excellence" in Zambia

The world soccer body will also modernize a stadium in the southern part of the nation, according to the Post.

Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) communication officer Erick Mwanza said the school will be built in Kitwe city on the Copperbelt province and that a piece of land had already been identified.

He said the support from FIFA was endorsed in the fourth Goal Project for Zambia, adding that work would start in the next three months on both projects.

The school will have boarding facilities, classrooms, auditorium and football pitches, according to the Post.

"These projects will greatly benefit our game and contribute to the continued rise of our football standards," Mwanza was quoted as saying by the paper.

The first FIFA goal funding was used to build Football House which houses the FAZ secretariat while the other one was used to construct a technical center which was now a camping site for national teams, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com