Soccer player Barbra Banda will surprisingly be able to play at the Women’s World Cup, which will soon take place in Australia and New Zealand. Although the star of Zambia did not pass the so-called gender eligibility test before last year’s Africa Cup of Nations and it looked like he would not play at this year’s World Cup either, FIFA finally relented and after an internal investigation and testing by the Zambian federation allowed the striker to participate.
She is a striker par excellence, which she proved in the recent friendly against Germany, in which she scored two goals to help Zambia win 3-2. Nevertheless, she almost had to miss the women’s world championship, which will take place in the second half of July in Australia and New Zealand.
The captain of the African team, Barbra Banda, did not pass the gender eligibility test at last year’s African Cup of Nations and was expelled from the tournament. In addition, she was banned from participating in the upcoming World Cup. The tests showed an excessively high level of testosterone, a male hormone that affects the individual’s developmental changes and increases bone density or muscle strength.
The reversal came as FIFA allowed teams to conduct their own tests and investigations. “World Cup participants say they are conducting their own investigations, which clearly show their players are women,” said FIFA representatives according to the Daily Mail.
The internal testing went well, and it is precisely because of this that the twenty-three-year-old player can enter sharp matches in the land of opponents. It’s a big boost for Zambia, Chinese soccer player Shanghai Shengli has already scored 30 goals for the national team since her debut in 2016. She also took part in the Olympic Games in 2020, and even flashed two hat-tricks in Tokyo.
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