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Copper Queens ready to challenge for WAFCON title – Barbra
COPPER Queens skipper Barbra Banda says the team wants to lay its hands on the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title after cementing its qualification with a 12-0 aggregate win over Angola on Tuesday. The Copper Queens booked their spot at the Morocco 2024 WAFCON with a resounding 6-0 victory at the Levy…...
MMA scouts for K35,000 to stage tourney
THE Mixed Martial Arts Association (MMA) is scouting for a K35,000 to stage an amateur international tournament on December 16 at the Scream Club in Lusaka. The tournament will see Zambian warriors clash with fighters from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and DR Congo. A total of 14 fights have been lined up with Zambia’s Killian Kungu…...
It’s my job to score goals – Sakala
CHIPOLOPOLO striker Fashion Sakala says it’s his duty to score goals and help his club meet its seasonal objectives. The in-form Sakala scored a brace and provided an assist on Tuesday evening to help Al Fayha to a 4-1 away victory over Uzbekistan side Pakhtakor in the group stage of the Asian Champions League. It…...
HH salutes Copper Queens
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it’s great that both the men’s and women’s national teams have qualified for the continent’s biggest competitions. The Copper Queens booked a ticket to the 2024 Morocco WAFCON tournament in style after thumping Angola 6-0 at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Tuesday evening. A brace from Rachael Kundananji and goals each…...
Zambia wins netball Africa Cup
THE Zambia Netball National Team has been crowned Africa Cup of Nations champion after beating Namibia 57-55 in a nail-biting final played in Gaborone, Botswana last evening. The Lazarous Tembo-coached side defied the odds, rallying from behind twice to clinch its first-ever Africa Cup title since the inception of the championship. The two sides went…...
Lungu’s envy for HH and his willingness to support a cockroach
RENOWNED PF member Mumbi Phiri says former president Edgar Lungu is ready to support even a cockroach or a mouse in 2026 as long as it is not President Hakainde Hichilema. Madam Phiri says her party will do anything to ensure that the UPND is kicked out of power. She says she and the former…...
48.7% of Zambia’s youths are poor – youth report
THE state of the youth report has revealed that 48.7 percent of Zambia’s youths are poor. And the report has revealed that just like in the general population, HIV among youths affects more females than it does males. The report indicates that the HIV prevalence is notably higher among young women with two or more…...
Compensation is not for everyone who has been acquitted – UPND
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says it’s not every person who has been acquitted who should be compensated, arguing that it depends on the circumstances of the case. On Friday, Lusaka Lawyer Makebi Zulu said former president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Chris Zumani Zimba and other gassing suspects were the ones who were properly…...
Miles has no mandate to expel us, we don’t recognise him or his SG – PF MPs
MILES Sampa’s secretary general Morgan Ng’ona has expelled nine members of parliament, including Emmanuel Mwamba for alleged gross indiscipline and insubordination. But Lunte PF member of parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya and his Pambashe counterpart Ronald Chitotela, who are among those expelled, say they don’t recognise Ng’ona or his president. And Mwamba, who is Information and Publicity…...
