Bruce Mwape: Fifa looking into official sexual misconduct complaint against Zambia head coach

Bruce Mwape has been successful complaint of Zambia since 2018

Fifa is investigating an authoritative ailment that Zambia caput manager Bruce Mwape sexually assaulted a subordinate astatine the Women's World Cup.

"A ailment has been received," a Fifa spokesperson said.

But the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) said "it has not received immoderate specified complaint" and it is simply a "surprise".

The alleged incidental is said to person taken spot during a grooming league 2 days earlier their last radical lucifer against Costa Rica, which Zambia won 3-1 for their archetypal triumph astatine a World Cup.

Fifa's spokesperson added: "Fifa takes immoderate allegation of misconduct highly earnestly and has a wide process successful spot for anyone successful shot who wants to study an incident."

Zambia person returned home, having been eliminated aft finishing 3rd successful Group C.

"All the grooming sessions for the Copper Queens [Zambia] were filmed by the FAZ media squad and offers nary specified footage," the FAZ said.

"Additionally, a Fifa movie unit attached to the Zambian squad astatine the World Cup was contiguous astatine each grooming sessions.

"We, however, privation to reassure the nationalist that FAZ maintains the highest standards of integrity and transparency and ever demands unwavering ethical behaviour of the players and officials connected and disconnected the tract of play.

"We truthful would not hesitate to instrumentality disciplinary measures and enactment connected immoderate misconduct erstwhile we are successful receipt of an authoritative ailment oregon erstwhile presented with grounds pertaining to an alleged incident."

A New Zealand constabulary spokesperson said: "We were made alert of an alleged incidental and aft making archetypal enquiries, nary further enactment was required to beryllium taken."

Sexual maltreatment allegations against Mwape, who took complaint successful 2018, besides emerged past twelvemonth connected societal media. The FAZ said astatine the clip that it had received nary authoritative complaint, but had opened an investigation, adding that "we see these allegations precise serious".

Mwape was repeatedly asked astir those allegations astatine the World Cup but helium denied immoderate wrongdoing and insisted they were "fake".