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17 Apr

HOCKEY ASSOCIATION HOSTS PRESIDENT’S CUP AT OYDC ZAMBIA

HOCKEY ASSOCIATION HOSTS PRESIDENT’S CUP AT OYDC ZAMBIA The OYDC Zambia on Saturday 15 April 2023 hosted several hockey clubs that took part in the President’s Cup organised by Zambia Hockey Association. The President’s Cup is the curtain raiser for the upcoming hockey league season and attracted four male and five female teams. Zambia Hockey Association president Hazel Kennedy was at hand to witness the games and expressed happiness to see the teams battle it out on the playing field. The men’s team [...]

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15 Apr

YOUNG ATHLETES HAPPY WITH THE RESUMPTION OF TEULINGS GAMES

Several athletes are excited to be back on different sports fields at the OYDC Zambia following the resumption of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge which commenced on 1 April. One of the athletes happy with the resumption of the games for 2023 is 13-year-old taekwondo player Matilda Njobvu who in 2022 disclosed that she hopes to play at the youth Olympic Games in future. Njobvu is optimistic that she will continue winning her fights this year whenever she faces her opponents [...]

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14 Apr

OYDC ZAMBIA LAUNCHES 2023 TO 2028 STRATEGIC PLAN

The OYDC Zambia Friday 14th April 2023 launched its 2023 to 2028 Strategic Plan whose main focus is investing in facilities to support high-performance sports. Launching the strategic plan, OYDC Zambia Board of Trustees Chairperson Simangolwa Shakalima expressed hope that the new strategic plan, spanning from 2023 to 2028, and aimed to invest in top-notch facilities to support high-performance sports will help many young talented athletes fulfil their sporting dreams. He disclosed that the Board of Trustees of the OYDC Zambia [...]

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02 Apr

IT’S GAME ON FOR THE 2023 TEULINGS YOUTH SPORTS CHALLENGE

IT’S GAME ON FOR THE 2023 TEULINGS YOUTH SPORTS CHALLENGE …………Sponsor Coen Teulings is set to visit OYDC Zambia in May. The wait is over for young talented athletes who were yearning for the commencement of the 2023 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. The youthful competition which is the biggest grassroots league in Zambia commenced on Saturday 1 April 2023 with four sports codes being hosted. The sports codes basketball, boxing, beach volleyball, and hockey saw over 500 athletes from communities surrounding OYDC [...]

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19 Mar

NOCZ PRESIDENT FOLOKO CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR SPORTS FROM THE CORPORATE

NOCZ PRESIDENT FOLOKO CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR SPORTS FROM THE CORPORATENational Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko has called for more support for the sport by the corporate world so that athletes can continue producing positive results at various major games. Foloko says the new dawn government through the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts has continued to support sport adding that more is needed from the corporate world. He appealed to the corporate last night during the [...]

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18 Mar

Chazanga residents applaud OYDC Zambia and WWF for giving them trees

Chazanga residents applaud OYDC Zambia and WWF for giving them trees Some residents of Chazanga Township in Lusaka have applauded the OYDC Zambia and WWF for giving them trees through a project dubbed Sport for Early Environment Education (Sport + Triple E). One of the residents Sharon Mudima says in 2022 she received a tree which she subsequently planted in her yard and is now growing into a big tree. She says planting a lot of trees in different areas should [...]

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10 Mar

ZAMBIA BASEBALL5 WIN TWO DAY COMPETITION AGAINST ZIMBABWE

ZAMBIA BASEBALL5 WIN TWO DAY COMPETITION AGAINST ZIMBABWE Zambian Baseball5 players wrapped up the morning with a record win against Zimbabwe in the U18 “Exchange friendly” games staged at OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. On Thursday Zambia won all the U13, and U15 games played. In the U18 Team A, game 1 Zambia thrashed Zimbabwe 15:8 while in the U18 Team B, game 2 Zimbabwe lost as Zambia won 14:5 to mark the close of the games. Zimbabwe Baseball5 coach Destiny Matamba [...]

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09 Mar

ZAMBIA SLAPS ZIMBABWE IN BASEBALL5

Zambian Baseball5 players have dominated the ‘’Exchange Friendly’’ games taking place at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre being played against players from Zimbabwe. The games are in three age categories U13, U15 and U18. Zambia is being represented by 60 players while neighbouring country Zimbabwe has 47 players. In today’s opening games, Zimbabwean players have been slapped badly with the baseball5 in their faces in the U13 and U15 categories while the U18 will be played on Friday 10 March [...]

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04 Mar

ZAMBIA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ELATED WITH THE TRAINING OF COACHES

Zambia Hockey Association is elated with the training of its coaches who are currently attending an FIH Olympic Solidarity programme level 2 National coaching course. “This is a great development for us as an association we can only expand the sport when we have the capacity building and more coaches who are trained and qualified for the betterment of our athletes in future. The course has attracted 19 participants from Lusaka and Copperbelt” he says. The course is taking place at [...]

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18 Feb

BNOC PRESIDENT PLANTS TWO TREES AT OYDC ZAMBIA AND NAMES THEM AFTER TWO OF BOTSWANA’S TOP ATHLETES

BNOC PRESIDENT PLANTS TWO TREES AT OYDC ZAMBIA AND NAMES THEM AFTER TWO OF BOTSWANA’S TOP ATHLETES It was a blissful morning on Saturday 18 February 2023 when Botswana National Olympic Committee president Colonel Botsang Tshenyego planted two trees at the OYDC Zambia facilities to help fight climate change and preserve the environment. The BNOC president after planting the trees named them after two successful sportspersons in his country Amantle Montsho a female athlete who specializes in the 400 metres race [...]

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