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Nigeria's opponents Zambia pull out of 2021 Turkish Women's Cup

Zambia will no longer take part in the 2021 Alanya Women's Cup scheduled to take place between February 15 to 24 in Turkey.

The Nigeria Football Federation had earlier submitted confirmation of interest to compete in the invitational tournament last December.

And the Copper Queens were subsequently zoned alongside Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Uzbekistan in the 10-day tournament and resumed preparation in Lusaka with 32 players on January 31.

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In their fixtures, Zambia were scheduled to open their campaign against Nigeria on February 17 in Alanya before taking on Uzbekistan on February 20 and Equatorial Guinea three days later.