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February 22, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE outpouring of sentiments on your favourite column, the SPECTRUM over the past four months from the wider sporting and indeed non-sporting communities has been wonderful to see. In my opinion it constitutes long-overdue recognition...

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February 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

INFORMATION coming through that the players in Zambia Under-17 women’s team are yet to be paid their bonuses for their maiden qualification to the Costa Rica FIFA World Cup finals should be treated cautiously as...

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February 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

OOTBALL is seen as a unifying factor in Zambia and to some extent almost treated like a religion.
From time immemorial, Zambians speak the same language whenever the national team is engaged in an international match....

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February 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

Preamble: IN Law 12 Fouls and Misconduct Part 1 edition of this column which was carried a few weeks ago, I outlined 10 fouls which attract a Direct Free-Kick. I also stated that a Penalty-Kick...

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February 1, 2014 - 0 Comments

TODAY’S episode is a continuation of last week’s Part one edition of Law 13 which deals with the Free-Kicks. The previous article covered mainly the general provisions of the Free-Kicks Law. Today, I am covering...

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January 17, 2014 - 0 Comments

SPORTS Minister Chishimba Kambwili often calls a spade a spade and, this past week, he was widely quoted by the mainstream media as saying he does not expect Zambia to reap medals at this year’s...

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January 11, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE decision by Chipolopolo star players, Stoppila Sunzu and Nathan Sinkala to finally trek to Europe for their football career progression is a welcome move. Sunzu, who had a short stint at French Ligue 2...

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January 4, 2014 - 0 Comments

FESTIVE greetings to all the sports enthusiasts across the country. I was shocked to learn that almost 50 years since Zambia became independent, we still do not have qualified coaches to drill the senior national...

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December 29, 2013 - 0 Comments

LACK of understanding the FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players is suicidal to a footballer’s career progression.
Many a times, we have heard of Zambian players moving from one club to another without...

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December 27, 2013 - 0 Comments

By Davis Mulenga – Spin-OFF investments running in billions of Kwacha are among the many things going right at Kalumbila, 150 kilometres west of Solwezi where First Quantum Minerals (FQM) is constructing Africa’s largest and...

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