News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1303 Tuesday September 20, 2022
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Arrows to focus on league title after CAF Champions League heartbreak
RED Arrows Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bruce Milunga says the team will shift focus to defending the MTN-FAZ Super League title after being booted out of the CAF Champions League at the weekend. Arrows were at the weekend eliminated from the CAF Champions League on a 2-1 score aggregate against Angolan side Clube Deportivo Primeiro…...
Buffaloes extend lead atop Netball league
GREEN Buffaloes have opened a six-point lead at the summit of the Midlands Netball Association (MINA) league table after beating Napsa in the Week 14 rescheduled games played in Kabwe. The matches played at the Kabwe Tennis Club saw Buffaloes increase their points tally to 45 ahead of hosts Prison Leopards. Buffaloes showed their zeal…...
23 UCZ WCF members perish in road accident
POLICE have disclosed that 23 members of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Women’s Christian Fellowship (WCF) of Nsama Consistory in Northern Province died after the driver failed to negotiate a curve due to excessive speed. Meanwhile, President Hakainde Hichilema has conveyed a message of condolences and prayers to the church and the affected families…....
C/Belt police nab Catholic Priest’s girlfriend in connection with his murder
POLICE in Ndola have apprehended Catholic priest Deodatus Kunda Mbebe’s girlfriend of about 20 years in connection with his murder. In a statement, Monday, Copperbelt Police Commanding officer Sharon Zulu confirmed that Mbebe was murdered on September 17 at about 21:30 hours in Ndola’s Pamodzi Township and his body was picked up about 50 metres…...
League roundup: Chambishi edge Nkana to taste first league victory
STRUGGLING Chambishi FC snatched their first win of the 2022 MTN/FAZ Super League season after beating rivals Nkana FC 2-1 in a Week-5 fixture at Chilata Stadium in Kitwe. A goal from Congolese international Andy Boyeli and one from Chabala Kasanda gifted Chambishi their first win of the season after struggling with four consecutive defeats…...
Arrows bow out of the CAF Champions league
RED Arrows coach Chisi Mbewe has described bowing out of the CAF Champions league as painful and disappointing following their 1- all draw away to Angolan giants De Agosto. The Zambian MTN Super League defending champions bowed out via a 2-1 aggregate score line having lost 1-0 at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka in…...
Matete counsels Samukonga
FORMER 400m hurdle world Champion Samuel Matete says praises showered on Commonwealth and Africa’s 400m champion Muzala Samukonga should not distract him from achieving his long-term goals. And Matete said he expected Samukonga to enter the Diamond League immediately after he returned from the Commonwealth to keep his fitness levels intact. Speaking in an interview,…...
Zambia wins 7 medals at African Boxing Championship
TEAM Zambia bagged a total of seven medals to finish third behind Algeria and host nation Mozambique at the just-ended African Boxing Championship. Of the seven medals won, four are gold and three bronze to the delight of coach Wisdom Mudenda who had 12 boxers competing. Commonwealth bronze medallist Patrick Chinyemba led three other boxers…...
After I left, there’s no one with strategy in UPND Alliance – KBF
ZAMBIA Must Prosper interim leader Kelvin Bwalya Fube says one of the biggest challenges in the country today is that it’s lacking credible, good quality, honest and selfless leadership. And Bwalya says UPND is angry and disappointed that he left the alliance because it has no one with a strategy. Speaking when he featured on…...
