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Mwape names provisional squad for South Korea friendly
ZAMBIA women’s national team coach Bruce Mwape has named a 32-member provisional squad of locally based players ahead of the back-to-back international friendlies against South Korea next month. Mwape has maintained a plethora of his local-based Copper Queens stars while he has handed a maiden call-up to United States-born and bred attacker Inonge Kaloustian of…...
Tembo names provisional squad for PacificAus games
NETBALL national team coach Lazarus Tembo has named a provisional 16-member squad ahead of the PacificAus Sports netball series set for Gold Coast in Queensland State, Australia next month. Tembo has named a team that mostly comprises of players that competed at the Africa Netball World Cup qualifiers in South Africa last year but has…...
Let’s support Grant, Chambeshi tells local coaches
FORMER Chipolopolo coaches Wedson Nyirenda and Beston Chambeshi have praised Zambia for being on the cusp of AFCON qualification. And Chambeshi has urged local coaches to support national team gaffer Avram Grant. A point against Ivory Coast next June will confirm Chipolopolo’s qualification for the AFCON tournament, before the team’s last qualifier against Comoros in…...
Social media is challenging democracies – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says social media is challenging democracies with regards to issues of surrounding facts. And President Hichilema says there are still detrimental actions which may be a threat to the tenets of democracy across the world, despite a number of countries having made progress in their democratic dispensation over the years. Speaking during…...
Close your ears to critics, Katongo tips Fashion
FORMER Chipolopolo captain Christopher Katongo has urged striker Fashion Sakala to close his ears to fans and have a big heart to take criticism. The Rangers forward released a statement after Zambia’s games against Lesotho, lamenting the treatment he gets from fans whenever he puts on the Kopa jersey. In a Facebook post, Wednesday, Katongo…...
Management, board chair fights caused dissolution of former NRFA board – Masumbu
FORMER National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) Board member Gibson Masumbu says fights between management and former NRFA chairperson Joe Mutwale led to the dissolution of the former board. On Tuesday, Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane named a new Board for the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) to be headed by Avet Mulonga…...
Federations must not take ministry instructions for granted – Nkandu
SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has lamented that some sports associations have failed to submit their budgets and activity calendars for the year. And Nkandu says the Ministry of Sports is happy that some federations have paid their affiliation fees with the Sports Council of Zambia (SCZ). Speaking in an interview, Tuesday, Nkandu said his ministry…...
Police impound truck laden with 201 bags of mealie meal destined for Congo DR
A ZAMBIA Police Anti-Smuggling Team in Ndola has impounded a light truck Benz registration number AAM 7636 laden with 201 by 25kg bags of mealie meal that were being smuggled into Congo DR. And the Zambia Consumers Association (ZACA) has called for urgent assessment aimed at ascertaining why the provision of cheaper maize to millers…...
More reasons why we shouldn’t sell the new presidential jet
AFTER reading our editorial opinion for yesterday, a member of the public reached out to us to share what he thinks is the actual reason why the UPND government wants to sell the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet. We considered the reasoning to be a joke, but one which is worth sharing with the rest of…...
