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04 May

ZAMBIA BAGS EIGHT MEDALS AT THE JUST-ENDED CAA U18/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Zambia has recorded eight medals at the just-ended Confederation of African Athletics CAA U18/U20 Championships which was held at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Team Zambia in the U20 minted four (4) silver and three (3) bronze while in the U18 one (1) bronze was recorded which brings the total number of medals to eight. The compilation of this is based on the “Meet Statistics” seen. South Africa carried the day with more medals followed by Nigeria then Kenya. The closing ceremony [...]

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28 Apr

THREE BOXERS TO REPRESENT ZAMBIA AT IBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

THREE BOXERS TO REPRESENT ZAMBIA AT IBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Three Zambian boxers Patrick Chinyemba, Stephen Zimba and Andrew Chilata are scheduled to take part in the 2023 IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Uzbekistan. The trio who participated at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games where Patrick Chinyemba minted bronze and Stephen Zimba minted silver while Andrew Chilata went to bag gold at the African Elite Boxing Championship in Mozambique will leave Zambia for Uzbekistan Friday Night. The Championships will run from 30 [...]

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28 Apr

2023 Schools and Youth Closed Chess Championships kicks off at OYDC Zambia

OYDC Zambia is currently hosting young talented youths who are participating in the 2023 Zambia Chess Youth Schools Tournament to run from 28 April to 1 May 2023. The Championship has been organised by Zambia Chess Federation with support from the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) which has provided a competition venue through the OYDC Zambia. Over 100 chess players in different age groups are competing with top players standing a chance to be selected to join the junior national [...]

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22 Apr

2022 TEULINGS NETBALL CHAMPIONS OLYMPAFRICA KICK OFF THE SEASON ON A POOR NOTE

2022 TEULINGS NETBALL CHAMPIONS OLYMPAFRICA KICK OFF THE SEASON ON A POOR NOTE 2022 Teulings netball champions Olympafrica kicked off the 2023 league on a poor note by losing league points for failing to play their opponents’ team OYDC Zambia. The U17 games played at the OYDC Zambia saw players from Olympafrica refuse to face energetic girls from OYDC Zambia and prompted the refereeing team to award OYDC Zambia a 10-0 walkover. Teulings netball coach for OYDC Zambia Felistus Chilinda wondered why [...]

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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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