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29 Mar

Government urges Commonwealth Games bound athletes to mint medals

Minister in the Office of the Vice President Sylvia Chalikosa, has urged the 38 athletes to mint medals at the 2018 Gold Coast Games in Australia and bring honor to the nation. Speaking at a sendoff ceremony to the “Commonwealth Games” bound athletes at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) on Thursday 29th March, the minister said “she is aware that most of the athletes have prepared adequately for the games” adding that “majority of the athletes have participated in [...]

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26 Mar

IJF hands over “Judo Hall” to Zambia Judo Association

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development Joe Kapembwa, says government attaches great importance to the development of sport in the country. Speaking during the official handover ceremony of the newly constructed judo hall (Dojo) on 26th March, 2018 to the Zambia Judo Association (ZJA) by the International Judo Federation (IJF) at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) Kapembwa, said government is happy that the International Judo Federation selected Zambia as “International Olympic Training Center” for [...]

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18 Mar

Muziyo, knocks out Malawian boxer

Zambian boxer Benny Muziyo on Saturday 17th March, 2018 flogged Malawian boxer Elias Kassim through a technical knockout in 10 seconds during the international friendly boxing tournament organised by the Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) and staged at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC). The Malawian boxer could not stand the fistful jabs from Muziyo before getting “knocked out” in a blink of an eye leaving hundreds of spectators jubilating. Speaking shortly after being declared winner Muziyo, said the training he has [...]

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15 Mar

Boxing coach Mudenda happy with pugilists

Boxing National team coach Wisdom Mudenda, has expressed confidence that his boxers will outclass Malawian boxers ahead of the “Zambia Malawi” boxing tournament to be staged at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) on 17 March, 2018. Mudenda, says the boxers have been responding well to training sessions stating that he expects his athletes to knock out the Malawian boxers. He added that he has no doubt all the boxers will perform according to his expectation in the 10 categories. The boxers [...]

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01 Mar

Podium Performance Programme meeting attracts over 10 sports administrators

Over 10 sports administrators are attending the first Podium Performance Programme (PPP) planning meeting for the year 2018, which is taking place at the Olympic Youth Development Centre. The meeting whose theme is “Towards Tokyo 2020-Sustainable support to high performance athletes to achieve Podium Performance” has been organised by the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development. The three day meeting is scheduled to end on Saturday, 3rd March. Some of the present administrators at the meeting are representing the Zambia Judo [...]

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23 Feb

OYDC hosts 2018 swimming gala

The Olympics Youth Development Centre (OYDC) is set to host the 2018 National Age Groups swimming gala from 16th to 18th March. The gala is being organised by the Zambia Swimming Union (ZASU) and will see a number of participants, showcase their breath taking skills in different swimming events. Lusaka Sharks swimming club head coach Charles Banda, says all his swimmers are ready for the gala which will be used to identify and integrate more girls to his club for the [...]

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19 Jan

Hockey girls geared for training

The U18 Girls Hockey team resumed training at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in preparation for the Youth Olympics qualifiers. The team will be training on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 09;00 to 11;00.

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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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14 Oct

Chinese Ambassador Tourney Set for 21st October

The fifth edition of the Chinese Ambassadors Table Tennis Championship is set to take place on the 21st October, 2017. The tournament to be hosted by Zambia at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) will see participation from five African countries of which Botswana, Malawi and Zimbabwe have confirmed their participation. Zambia Table Tennis Acting General Secretary Boyd Kabinda, has expressed gratitude to the Chinese ambassador for his continued support to the sport as the tournament has seen an increase in [...]

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