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OYDC TEQBALL CLUB CLOBBER OPPONENTS AHEAD OF NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

The OYDC Teqball club shocked opponents Olympafrica with a splash win in the eight games the two teams had in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. The games staged on 12 August 2023 were also used by players to prepare for the upcoming teqball national tournament to be held from 9 to 10 September 2023 at OYDC Zambia and organised by Teqball Zambia. OYDC Teqball Club coach Richard Mulenga says ‘’we are working hard to ensure we remain on top. [...]

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ZAMBIA HOCKEY TEAMS LEAVE FOR HARARE

Zambia hockey teams whose home ground is the OYDC Zambia Thursday morning left for Harare Zimbabwe for an international friendly competition. The competition will run from 11 to 13 August 2023 and both nations will use the friendly games to prepare for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifiers games to be hosted by South Africa later in the year. The games for Zambia Vs Zimbabwe for both men’s and women’s will be played at 13:30 CAT and 15:10 CAT respectively. Floyd Chomba [...]

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SIA CHIPATA NETBALL DOMINATES TEULINGS LEAGUE

The Teulings Youth Sports Challenge keeps getting tense at the OYDC Zambia as teams in the league continue to showcase amazing sporting skills to secure top slots. Sport in Action Chipata netball team is the latest to lead the log standing in week 5 games played at the centre by securing 12 points and surpassing Olympafrica which has 9 points and is known to be the strongest team in the league having been on the top slot for soo many [...]

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OYDC Teqball Club thrashes opponents

OYDC Teqball Club Saturday 8 July 2023 shocked opponents during the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge by winning all games played. The three players who represented Zambia at the 2023 African Beach Games in Tunisia Natasha Nanyangwe, Mutale Chishimba and Patrick Sikazwe were among those who ensured that OYDC Teqball Club reigns supreme at the end of the day. The player Chishimba Mutale said, “We are not the best, but you can see how we have been winning this Teulings league in [...]

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HOCKEY TEAMS INTENSIFY TRAINING FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS GAMES

HOCKEY TEAMS INTENSIFY TRAINING FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS GAMES Lusaka, Zambia 3 July 2023: The men’s and women’s hockey national teams have intensified training ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Games to be hosted in South Africa. Qualifiers games will be held in Johannesburg from 29 October to 5 November 2023 and Zambia is expected to take on countries like Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and the hosts South Africa. The top teams in each gender category will earn a [...]

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OYDC TEQBALL PLAYER DESCRIBES TUNISIA OUTING ‘’TOUGH’’

Teqball player from OYDC Teqball club Natasha Nanyangwe has described the recent participation at the 2023 African Beach Games in Tunisia as tough. Nanyangwe who is among other two teqball players from the OYDC Teqball Club who were called to the national team to represent Zambia at the prestigious 2nd edition of the beach games says she and others tried their level best to secure a medal but could not. She says despite Zambia being the first time to participate [...]

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TEULINGS GAMES TAKE CENTRE STAGE

TEULINGS GAMES TAKE CENTRE STAGEThe weekend was busy at the OYDC Zambia as over 520 athletes thronged the sports facility to compete in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge.Athletes were competing in boxing, hockey, teqball, rugby and handball.OYDC Zambia programmes officer Likemore Mahunje has disclosed that the centre will next month host the mid-year Teulings Youth Sports Challenge.He says the zeal being exhibited by most athletes from several sports disciplines as part of the Teulings League games is not only [...]

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“WE ARE PROUD OF YOU,” BASEBALL5 TEAM TOLD

OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala has told the U18 baseball5 team that management is proud of the team for minting a bronze medal after a recent competition in Ghana. The team minted bronze to emerge third at the Youth Baseball5 African Championship held from May 16 to 21 2023 in Cape Coast. South Africa, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Benin, Tanzania, and Ghana are some of the nations which took part. The team based at OYDC Zambia has since presented [...]

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TAEKWONDO COACH AIMS FOR TOP SLOT

TAEKWONDO COACH AIMS FOR TOP SLOT OYDC Zambia taekwondo coach Patson Ngoma says his athletes are working hard to make sure that they remain the toughest to beat in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. Ngoma says despite his U14 players having a few challenges to fight opponents he will ensure that they learn new techniques to intimidate and subsequently win all fights against their opponents. He says the OYDC Zambia taekwondo club is currently dominating the U12 boys, U12 girls, and U17 [...]

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WEIGHTLIFTER PRESENTS SILVER MEDALS TO OYDC ZAMBIA CEO

Isaac Sinka a weightlifting athlete based at the OYDC Zambia has presented three silver medals he recently won in Tunisia during the African Senior Championship.Sinka won his first silver medal in snatch, second one in clean and jerk and third one in overall performance. The three silver medals he won made him become the first Zambian weightlifter to win three silver medals at such a high-level competition in the 55 bodyweight category at the first attempt.The championship had attracted [...]

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