MICHAEL Kaoma has continued with his prolific form, scoring six points in seven rounds to emerge victorious at the 2023 Luanshya Open Tournament. Besides qualifying for the national chess team for the 2023 season, the Luanshya event became Kaoma's third major tournament to win this year, after bagging the 2023 Kansanshi Mine North-Western Province Open...

UNDER-23 coach Osward Mutapa says his team will need to be conscious to get a victory against Egypt in the AFCON qualifiers in Cairo. The U23 squad is set to leave the country this evening for an international friendly against Niger on Friday before facing Egypt in the final round of the AFCON qualifiers. Speaking...

ZAMBIA'S Women Fide Master (WFM) Constance Mbatha put up exciting performances, scoring an impressive seven points in eight rounds to bag the 2023 Zambia Open Ladies Chess tournament held at Fairview Hotel in Lusaka. The former national women's champion pocketed a K10,000 top prize. Having collected a point on no-show Innocentia Kabwesha in round one,...

ZAMBIA Boxing Federation (ZBF) has called off the women’s national boxing team’s trip to India for the IBA World Elite Women’s Boxing Championships after failing to raise a budget of K248,000. Four Zambian female boxers were scheduled to leave for India yesterday for the 13th edition of the Women's World Boxing Championships set to run...

MUZA FC proprietor Keith Mweemba says his team is ready to represent the country in CAF inter-club football. Speaking in an interview, Monday, Mweemba said MUZA would need financial support and partners if they qualified for continental football. The Mazabuka-based side has a possibility of finishing in the top two of the MTN-FAZ Super League...

GOVERNMENT says over K100 million will be spent on rehabilitation works at National Heroes Stadium, OYDC-Zambia and staging of the U18 and U20 African Athletes Championships set for next month. And Minister of Sports Elvis Nkandu assured citizens that rehabilitation works will be concluded within the stipulated timeframe despite the delays experienced. Zambia will use...

Arrows 26 A - 14 Arrows B RED Arrows Rugby Club at the weekend successfully defended the 2023 Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Nchanga 10's title after thrashing Arrows B in the finals played at the Nchanga grounds. Coach Mwamba Chishimba said the Nchanga title has given the team confidence ahead of the National Rugby League...

AVRAM Grant must not be under the illusion of a comfort zone heading into his debut matches as Zambia coach in this month’s back-to-back 2023 AFCON qualifier against Lesotho. Grant has been calm and out of the spotlight, scouting in the build-up to the must-win matches that could make or break Chipolopolo's fate in the...

SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has appealed to soccer fans countrywide to fill up the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium and subdue Lesotho in the AFCON qualifiers next week. And Nkandu challenged players to put smiles back on Zambians by sacrificing their all for maximum points in the back-to-back games against Lesotho. Speaking in an interview, Sunday, Nkandu...

DAVID FC MUZA slayed 'Goliath' Red Arrows at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka yesterday in a convincing performance to reach their debut Absa Cup semi-finals. MUZA's victory could not just be put in a biblical context but also in a circular perspective by calling it a giant-killing act after knocking out the current MTN/FAZ Super League...