Browsing the "Sports" Category
March 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA and MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – A depleted nine-member Zambia handball team finally left for Kenya yesterday to compete at the 9th edition of the Africa Under-17 Championships that got underway teh same day. The...

Read More
March 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

By KALUMIANA KALUMIANA and SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – FORMER World 400 meters hurdles champion and 1996 Olympic silver medallist Samuel Matete has announced his candidature for the Zambia Amateur Athletics Association (ZAAA) presidency. And ZAAA has...

Read More
March 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

By ELIAS CHIPEPO – THE International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Africa Zone has appointed two Zambia referees to officiate at the 2014 Africa Youth Championships to be held in Botswana. FIBA has picked Mweshi Munatamba and...

Read More
March 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

Preamble: I WISH to draw the attention of the followers of this column that in accordance with the sequence of this column, Law 4: The Players’ equipment, was to be carried in two parts. Parts...

Read More
March 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

HARDWORK and commitment are key ingredients and critical tools that athletes use to achieve greatness in various sporting disciplines, but for the visually impaired, it takes one to possess those vital tools coupled with confidence...

Read More
March 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI CLIMATE change will cost Zambia US$53 million in the next five years if measures are not put in place to minimise the impact, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said. Meanwhile, Government...

Read More
March 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

By KALUMIANA KALUMIANA THE MTN-FAZ Premier League kicks off today with champions Nkana away to promoted side Green Eagles in Choma as Zesco United host Indeni in a Ndola derby. It will be a weekend...

Read More
March 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

IN trying to analyse today’s World Boxing Council (WBC) double-header card in which Zambia’s sensational “Stinging Queen” Catherine Phiri pits her silky skills against German Pia Mazelanik for the silver bantamweight belt, while Charles Manyuchi tries to remove the...

Read More
March 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

From FELIX MALUNGA -in San Jose, Costa Rica A HIGH-POWERED Government delegation led by Vice-President Guy Scott’s wife, Charlotte and Sports Minister, Chishimba Kambwili arrived here to ensure the Zambian team gets maximum support ahead...

Read More
March 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

  By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA and SANDRA MWILA – CATHERINE Phiri’s boxing career this evening comes under more scrutiny when she fights Pia Mazelanik of Germany for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Women’s bantamweight Silver title...

Read More