By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – ZAMBIA’s star runner, Gerald Phiri yesterday missed out on a bronze medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championship by a millisecond after finishing fifth with a time of 6.52 seconds in...

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – WORLDWIDE Scholarships Zambia has been given the right to organise a team to represent the country at Spain’s biggest youth football competition called the Mediterranean International Cup (MIC) football festival. The (MIC) football...

By SANDRA MWILA – GOVERNMENT has urged sports associations to work closely with the Sports Council of Zambia (SCZ) in partnership with the Sports Education and Accreditation System (SEAS) in a bid to develop sports...

By KALUMIANA KALUMIANA – NKANA Squash Club is set for US$50,000 (about K295,000) rehabilitation that is expected to commence this month. Club chairperson Sven Philblad said in an interview in Kitwe that the renovation works...

By SANDRA MWILA – SOUTH AFRICA became the first nation to arrive in the country for the Africa Hockey Championships that start on March 10 at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka. The...

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – THE Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA) elective annual general meeting (AGM) has been deferred to March 30. ZBA northern region vice-president Andrew Nyirenda said the meeting that was scheduled for March 15...

By GRACE CHAILE – THE Handball Association of Zambia (HAZ) has dropped four players from its initial 20-member team currently in camp preparing for the African Nations Championships because of inadequate funds. HAZ president Victor...

By GRACE CHAILE – THE Scrabble Association of Zambia (SAZ) has picked a 10-member squad to compete at the two-day Collins Cup tournament to be held South Africa this weekend. SAZ general secretary Patrick Mpundu...

By GRACE CHAILE – THE Teulings Basketball league kicked off yesterday at Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka with 34 teams participating. Co-ordinator John Zimba said the 34 were a mixture of schools and community-based...

By SANDRA MWILA – ZAMBIA Amateur Swimming Union (ZASU) is optimistic the local swimmers will reap medals at the 12th African Swimming Confederation (CANA) Zone Three and Four Championships slated for Uganda next month. ZASU...