ABSA Bank CEO Mizinga Melu says her institution has set aside K100, 000 for the development of a sports facility in Ibex Hill, a move aimed at supporting grassroots soccer advancement. Melu told Goal Diggers that the bank has a strategy aimed at supporting grassroots soccer away from the usual sponsorship of the ABSA Cup....

Mufulira Wanderers Chief Executive Officer Chimwemwe Manda says their inability to produce high calibre players has negatively impacted the club. With the league expected to resume in three weeks’ time, Wanderers will once again face the nightmare of a possible relegation from Zambia’s top flight. Manda, however, is of the view that one of the...

Patson Daka bagged a hat-trick as Red Bull Salzburg thrashed Hartberg 6-0 in Sunday’s Bundesliga game. The Chipolopolo hitman opened the scoring four minutes into the game after an assist from Switzerland international of Nigerian descent Noah Okafor. Enock Mwepu doubled the score three minutes later before Daka made it three for Salzburg in a...

THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has stated that the 2020 elections can be conducted since the ex parte order which stayed the polls was suspended in a ruling made on April 20, 2020. And FAZ says demands made by soccer administrators Damiano Mutale and Patson Lusaka to be awarded K5 million costs in interlocutory...

Six Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) elected provincial chairpersons have petitioned the association’s secretary general Adrian Kashala and rejected calls by Sports Minister Emmanuel Mulenga to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to resolves the disputes currently obtaining. The six provincial chairpersons who were elected in March for the 2020-2024 tenure held a meeting with Kashala...

The Judo Association of Zambia in partnership with Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sports Federation (NIF) has embarked on the distribution of facemasks in Judo camps across Zambia. Following directives by President Edgar Lungu that wearing of facemasks in public should be mandatory, the two associations have embarked on making them available. Judo president Alfred...

Football House disputes may be on the way to resolution now that Sports Minister Emmanuel Mulenga has proposed an emergency meeting where the Football Association of Zambia, stakeholders and the aggrieved parties can air their grievances. According to the minister, all parties have agreed to hold an emergency meeting which will be final, to avoid...

Chililabombwe based national division two side Konkola Blades Chairman Bernard Mwanza has died. Club acting general manager Corporate Affairs Shapi Shachinda announced in a statement that Mwanza died early yesterday after a short illness. “Konkola Copper Mines plc (KCM) regrets to announce the death of Konkola Blades Football Club Chairman Bernard Mwanza on Thursday, 16th...

Numerous Zambians are not taking the fight against Covid-19 seriously, Oriental Querries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) Manager Christopher Malunga has observed. According to Malunga, there are a lot of Zambians on the streets trading daily who are not observing the universal guidelines including social distancing, washing hands regularly and wearing a mask. He said the inability...

A consortium of sports administrators, fans and analysts have donated items worth about K1,000 towards the fight against the deadly Covid-19 which has so far ravaged communities around the world. A social media campaign dubbed ‘do your part’ prompted numerous sports fanatics in Lusaka and on the Copperbelt to contribute towards the fight against the...