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Zambia’s key midfielder Nathan Sinkala is out of the rest of the African Nations Cup finals with a knee injury suffered on Sunday, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) said. Sinkala, an influential figure three years ago when Zambia won the tournament, was hurt late in their opening 1-1 Group B draw against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Ebebiyin.
The FAZ said Sinkala’s knee ligament injury would take a minimum of four weeks to heal. Under tournament regulations Zambia will not be able to replace him.
On Sunday Zambia scored after two minutes but then let the game slip as the Congolese took control in the second half and conjoured up a deserved equaliser just over an hour later from Yannick Bolasie.
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