AFTER playing to a scoreless draw in regulation time, it took the lottery of penalties for Zesco United to give up the ABSA Cup title after going down 3 – 1 to Wedson Nyirenda’s Lusaka Dynamos. And the victorious Bokani Soko owned club has given the entire K600,000 prize money back to the players to...

No amount of grandstanding or attempt to divert attention with some feeble explanation will erase the ignominy of Zambia’s failure to qualify to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. It’s no longer news to remind ourselves this is a third consecutive failed attempt at a competition we once thought was a birthright. Records show we...

NINE time Super Division champions Mufulira Wanderers' players have threatened to boycott this weekend’s National Division One match against Chambishi FC over unpaid salaries and winning bonuses. Some players told Goal Diggers in confidence that they have not been remunerated since November and it is becoming hard for them to fend for their families. The...

PRISON Leopards coach Ishmael Balanga has taunted Nkana and Napsa Stars saying they have more cause to worry about relegation than his team. Leopards were promoted from Division One last season and started the Super Division brightly under coach Mwenya Chipepo who has since moved to Ndola side Indeni. Following the departure of Chipepo, the...

SWIMMER Tilka Paljk says Zambian officials are outdoing each other for a spot to travel to Tokyo for the Olympics at the expense of athletes and coaches just for sake of getting allowances. The outspoken swimmer has launched a vile attack on Zambian officials and the Ministry of Sport ahead of the Olympics that are...

HE asked for it, and he has gotten it. Super Division side coach Dabid Chilufya has been sacked by the club after his rant on Saturday. Chilufya at the weekend did not mince his words when he launched an attack on his players after giving up a two goal lead to draw 2 – all...

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) commissioner general Kingsley Chanda has justified Revenue House’s decision to sponsor Super Division side Nkana. Yesterday, Chanda revealed at a briefing that the revenue collector has put $45,000 [K945, 000] in their new partnership with the Kitwe based team. A number of netizens have expressed mixed feelings on the move by...

BOXING legend Anthony Mwamba's sister Charity gave a moving interview detailing the last moments of the former pugilist before he died at Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. The sports fraternity in the country was yesterday greeted to shock news of Mwamba’s demise with a host of people paying their tributes. Charity said Mwamba died...

THE Zambia men's Under 17 have remained on course to retain the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) after they beat Malawi 6 – 2 yesterday to move to six points in the first round. Coach George Chilufya maintained the same team that beat Angola in the opening match and the boys repaid the...

BARELY two months after losing his Zesco United job, George Lwandamina has landed a new contract as technical director for Super Division side Prison Leopards. Having been courted by Super Division champions Nkana lately, Lwandamina's joining of Leopards would come as a surprise to many owing to the reputation of the club. Leopards confirmed Lwandamina’s...