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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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10 Mar

ZAMBIA BASEBALL5 WIN TWO DAY COMPETITION AGAINST ZIMBABWE

ZAMBIA BASEBALL5 WIN TWO DAY COMPETITION AGAINST ZIMBABWE Zambian Baseball5 players wrapped up the morning with a record win against Zimbabwe in the U18 “Exchange friendly” games staged at OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. On Thursday Zambia won all the U13, and U15 games played. In the U18 Team A, game 1 Zambia thrashed Zimbabwe 15:8 while in the U18 Team B, game 2 Zimbabwe lost as Zambia won 14:5 to mark the close of the games. Zimbabwe Baseball5 coach Destiny Matamba [...]

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09 Mar

ZAMBIA SLAPS ZIMBABWE IN BASEBALL5

Zambian Baseball5 players have dominated the ‘’Exchange Friendly’’ games taking place at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre being played against players from Zimbabwe. The games are in three age categories U13, U15 and U18. Zambia is being represented by 60 players while neighbouring country Zimbabwe has 47 players. In today’s opening games, Zimbabwean players have been slapped badly with the baseball5 in their faces in the U13 and U15 categories while the U18 will be played on Friday 10 March [...]

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04 Mar

ZAMBIA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ELATED WITH THE TRAINING OF COACHES

Zambia Hockey Association is elated with the training of its coaches who are currently attending an FIH Olympic Solidarity programme level 2 National coaching course. “This is a great development for us as an association we can only expand the sport when we have the capacity building and more coaches who are trained and qualified for the betterment of our athletes in future. The course has attracted 19 participants from Lusaka and Copperbelt” he says. The course is taking place at [...]

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18 Feb

BNOC PRESIDENT PLANTS TWO TREES AT OYDC ZAMBIA AND NAMES THEM AFTER TWO OF BOTSWANA’S TOP ATHLETES

BNOC PRESIDENT PLANTS TWO TREES AT OYDC ZAMBIA AND NAMES THEM AFTER TWO OF BOTSWANA’S TOP ATHLETES It was a blissful morning on Saturday 18 February 2023 when Botswana National Olympic Committee president Colonel Botsang Tshenyego planted two trees at the OYDC Zambia facilities to help fight climate change and preserve the environment. The BNOC president after planting the trees named them after two successful sportspersons in his country Amantle Montsho a female athlete who specializes in the 400 metres race [...]

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18 Feb

OYDC ZAMBIA SHOULD BE USED TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETES FOR FUTURE GAMES SAYS BOTSWANA NOC PRESIDENT

OYDC ZAMBIA SHOULD BE USED TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETES FOR FUTURE GAMES SAYS BOTSWANA NOC PRESIDENT Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) president Colonel Botsang Tshenyego has observed that OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre is one of the biggest sports facilities in the region which should be leveraged to promote regional integration through sport. Touring facilities at the Centre Friday, 17 February 2022 Colonel Tshenyego disclosed that OYDC Zambia has good potential that should be harnessed as a region to [...]

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15 Feb

ANOCA delegation inspects OYDC Zambia facilities

A delegation from the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) visited OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre earlier today as part of their efforts to monitor and evaluate sports facilities in African countries. ANOCA Development Commission member and African Athletics Development Center Director, Hamdi Abdel Rahim, and ANOCA Technical Director Ezera Tshabangu, visited the Centre to evaluate the state of sports facilities for training centers in the country. Zambia was the second country visited by the ANOCA delegation after [...]

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27 Jan

TEN BOXERS IN CAMP AT OYDC ZAMBIA AHEAD OF COMPETITION IN MOROCCO

TEN National team boxers entered camp at OYDC Zambia on 26 January 2023 to prepare for the 6th Edition of the Mohammed VI International Trophy to be hosted by Morocco from 3 to 12 February. The competition dubbed “Golden Belt Series” will attract countries from across the globe and Zambia will be represented by six (6) male and four (4) female boxers. The boxers are Nene Maonga, Patrick Chiyemba, Mwengo Mwale, Andrew Chilata, Emmanuel Katema, Stephen Zimba, Margret Tembo, Hildah Ngandwe, [...]

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