The Zambian forward received a barrage of insults online after winning the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award

The Zambian soccer star comes off a winning weekend and rises above those trying to stoke a gender controversy. The post Barbra Banda named BBC women’s soccer player of the year as she rises above gender controversy appeared first on Outsports.

It has reached the stage where women are perfectly entitled to feel they are being trolled. The failure of Barbra Banda to meet sex eligibility rules is not in question: indeed, Andrew Kamanga, president of the Zambian football association,

The Orlando Pride and Zambia goalscorer has come under scrutiny after she was withdrawn from the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

Banda dazzled on the Olympic stage this summer, and her profile has hit new heights since signing with Orlando Pride in March

J.K. Rowling delusionally described the win by the cis, Zambian athlete as the BBC attempting to “spit directly in women's faces.”

Barbra Banda has been voted BBC women’s footballer of the year but, despite being a cis woman, she is being transvestigated. The Orlando Pride and Zambia striker was one of five players shortlisted by a panel of experts for the award and it was announced on Tuesday (26 November) that she had garnered the most votes from readers of the BBC Sport website.

Barbra Banda has been voted the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year for 2024. Orlando Pride and Zambia striker Banda was one of five contenders shortlisted for the accolade for their achievements over the last 12 months, chosen by a panel of experts including coaches, players, administrators and journalists.