Zambia beat Kenya 4-1 in a hockey semi-final match played on 25th July, 2018 at the Youth African Games in Algeria. The win did not only grant the team a final berth against South Africa at the African Youth Games but also qualified it to the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games to be staged in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6th to 18th October, 2018. In today’s final match between Zambia and South Africa the match ended 1-1 on full time and [...]
The U18 Zambia male hockey team which was camped at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) through the support of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has left for Algiers, Algeria ahead of the African Youth Games slated for 18th to 28th July, 2018. The team of nine players who have been in camp for three weeks is accompanied by one Coach Samuel Tagwireyi and team manager Floyd Chomba. The games will be used as qualifiers for the 2018 [...]
The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) donated crutches to Danny Simangolwa of Chililabombwe Municipal Council. The crutches were received by her worship the mayor of Chililabombwe Municipal Council Mrs. Christabel Mulala. OYDC Director Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, presented the crutches to the mayor when she visited the multisport facility during the Zambia Local Authorities Sports Association (ZALASA) recently hosted at the Olympic Youth Development Centre. The mayor applauded the centre director for the donation and urged management to continue serving facility users [...]
Judokas from communities surrounding the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) and those based at the sports facility were left amused when Jan Gosiewski, from the Great Britain, Bath University tutored them during his “judo” volunteer work at the OYDC. OYDC in its effort to contribute to developing to high performance sport has continued to maximizing on the partnership with the Wallace Group of students by engaging qualified personnel (staff and students) from the UK Universities. Gosiewski, is one of the recent [...]
The U18 male hockey team is camped at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in preparation for the qualifiers Youth Africa Games in Algeria. Team Coach Elvis Bwalya, says the camping at OYDC will make the boys prepare adequately for the games stating that he is hopeful that players will meet his expectations.
The Olympic movement in Zambia today joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 70th anniversary of “Olympic Day”. It was a thrilling moment as over 500 children representing different schools and sport organisations jubilated and participated in football, health walk/running, fun & movement games, hockey, aerobics, and taekwondo. The activities were led by National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) General Secretary Boniface Kambikambi, and retired track and field athlete Samuel Matete, who was 1996 Olympic Games 400m hurdles silver [...]
Hundreds of youths who thronged the OYDC today were jubilant as they commemorated the National Day of the African Child. The theme for the commemoration was ” Leave No Child Behind for Zambia’s Development”. The celebrations were characterised with sport, music, culture, poetry, modeling and fun & movement games. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development Joe Kapembwa, who represented the minister Moses Mawere, graced the event and expressed happiness at the number of youths who [...]
17 year old tennis player Queen Sakala, training at the OYDC on Saturday, 2 June, 2018. Queen, started playing tennis at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) and participated in the U15 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. Her passion and love for tennis is an inspirational to many athletes who access the #OYDC facilities. The centre has over 19 sports disciplines which include; Basketball, Taekwondo, Boxing, Judo, Swimming, Rugby, Handball, Hockey and Football.
U20 AFCON winners and World Cup quarter finalists Enoch Mwepu and Patson Daka Jnr currently playing for FC Liefering in Austria, visited their former club KAFUE Celtic Football CLUB which trains at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC). The duo had the chance to meet #OYDC Director Dr. Fredrick Mulenga Chitangala.
OYDC Director Dr. Fredrick Mulenga Chitangala is attending a course in Zimbabwe on Global trends in Sport management and resource mobilization organised by Sports Leaders’ Institute Zimbabwe and LiiKe of Finland. Dr. Chitangala is attending the course together with Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development (MYSCD), Podium Performance Programme (PPP) coordinator Sombwa Knox Musunsa. The Podium Performance Programme (PPP) aims at providing sustainable support and opportunities to Zambia’s high performance in athletics, boxing and judo. To successfully implement the Programme, [...]
