African female athlete banned due to dubious gender eligibility test results

Zambia captain Barbra Banda will not be permitted to take part in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after failing gender eligibility tests.

Report informs, citing foreign media, that the forward starred at last year’s Olympic Games, scoring consecutive hat-tricks in Zambia’s opening two games.

Yet, the 22-year-old has failed to meet the gender criteria required by FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

According to Mundo Deportivo, Spain’s daily sports newspaper, blood tests found that Banda had an excessively high level of testosterone and a “manly body.”

Banda's fans expressed their outrage at the ban, accusing the Zambia Football Federation of inaction.