Zambian women's soccer team captain Barbra Banda excluded from Africa Cup of Nations, BBC Sport Africa reports.

The reason for this decision was a failed test for the sex of a football player - too high a testosterone content was revealed in her blood..

According to the source, before the tournament, the athlete took special pills to reduce this indicator, which is naturally elevated in her, but she still failed to pass the test..

At the same time, several more Zambian football players did not go to the national team to play at the CAN due to testing for gender..

As a result, the application of the Zambian national team turned out to be only 22 players instead of 26.

22-year-old Barbra Banda played for Zambia at the Tokyo Olympics, where she scored the first hat-trick in the history of the women's football tournament of the Games.. In addition, the player scored three goals in two matches at once..

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