Monthly Archives - December 2017

18 Dec

Masikana, the swimmer

His name is Tonderai Masikana, a swimmer for the Lusaka Sharks swimming club which trains from the Olympic Youth Development Centre. The young swimmer has continued to live his dream through sport. At the age of six, Masikana had started swimming and recording his personal best time during swimming competition. He started swimming in 2013 after being oriented in the Zamtel “Learn to Swim” programme at the OYDC. His love for swimming comes at a right time when Zambia wants to produce athletes [...]

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09 Dec

Zambia Judo Association President Alfred Foloko, elected as new NOCZ president

Zambia Judo president Alfred Foloko, has been elected as the new National Olympic Committee of Zambia NOCZ president. The elective meeting took place in Ndola on Saturday afternoon. Hazel Kennedy has been elected as vice president while Boniface Kambikambi is the new secretary general. Handball Association of Zambia president Victor Banda is now the new treasurer. Guy Phiri, Lea Namukonda and Kakoma Nakaonga have been elected as NOCZ Executive members.

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02 Dec

First lady Esther Lungu officiates at 2017 Special Olympics “Unified Sports Day”

Hundreds of youths on Saturday morning took part in the Special Olympics Zambia “Unified Sports Day” activities which took place at the Olympic Youth Development Centre. The first lady of the republic of Zambia Esther Lungu, who was recently appointed as the Special Olympics “50th Anniversary Ambassador” for Africa region was the guest of honour and participated in various activities. The first lady was happy to see a huge number of children with and without “intellectual disabilities” coming to the #OYDC to be part of [...]

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