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27 Jul

U20 athletes prepare for Colombia Championship

FOUR athletes are lodged at OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre in preparation for the U20 World Athletics Championship to be held in Cali, Colombia. Zambia Athletics Assistant National team Coach Kezzias Nyendwa has disclosed that the three boys and one girl are in good shape and responding well to training. Nyendwa says the Championship will be held from 1st to 6th August 2022 adding that all athletes are also part of the team that will represent Zambia at the Region [...]

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24 Jul

“Work hard” Commonwealth Games-bound rugby player Chisanga Nkhoma urges Teulings athletes

“Work hard” Commonwealth Games-bound rugby player Chisanga Nkhoma urges Teulings athletes Chisanga Nkoma a rugby player who started his sports career at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre in 2013 has urged budding athletes to put more effort if they aim to play for bigger clubs or the national team. Nkhoma who is part of the team of rugby 7s to represent Zambia at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth games said the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge at the OYDC has continued [...]

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19 Jul

NOCZ PRESIDENT FOLOKO & OYDC ZAMBIA CEO DR CHITANGALA PAY A COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIA’S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO KENYA

NOCZ PRESIDENT FOLOKO & OYDC ZAMBIA CEO DR CHITANGALA PAY A COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIA’S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO KENYA National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko has told Zambia’s High Commissioner to Nairobi, Kenya H.E Joyce Kasosa that the Olympic movement in Zambia is ready to work with the new dawn government to promote the sport on an international level. FOLOKO who was accompanied by OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala on Tuesday morning disclosed that the [...]

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18 Jul

12-YEAR-OLD TAEKWONDO ATHLETE EYES YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

Olympafrica’s rising taekwondo player Matilda Njobvu says her goal is to compete at the Youth Olympic Games and the world championship in future. The twelve-year-old girl who competes in the 34kg weight category in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge at OYDC has in the last few weekends been recording outstanding defeats after competing with her opponents. On Saturday 16 July 2022, she fought Esther Nambela of team OYDC and won the fight making spectators cheer at her for the super kicks [...]

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16 Jul

SPORTS MINISTER NKANDU ASSURES COMMONWEALTH GAMES-BOUND ATHLETES

SPORTS MINISTER NKANDU ASSURES COMMONWEALTH GAMES-BOUND ATHLETES Minister of Youth, Sport and Arts Hon. Elvis Nkandu has reiterated that the new dawn government will continue to motivate talented athletes who make the nation proud at various competitions. Addressing Zambian athletes heading to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games last evening at the OYDC Zambia the minister challenged athletes to mint medals stating the nation will be watching. In his message, the minister promised athletes that government will relook at the allowances they will [...]

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06 Jul

ATHLETES PREPARE FOR TEULINGS MID YEAR TOURNAMENT

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre has organised the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge mid year tournament to be held on the 9 July 2022. OYDC Zambia programmes manager Mwange Kampamba has disclosed that all the eleven sports disciplines will battle it out on that day adding that teams are ready for the event. She further disclosed that points to be accumulated by teams will be added to those which will be used for the grand finale at the end of [...]

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27 Jun

OYDC READY TO HOST JUDOKAS FROM THREE NATIONS AHEAD OF COMPETITION

FOUR countries are set to have their Judokas take part in the upcoming training camp and competition to be held at OYDC Zambia. The countries Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia the hosts will have athletes getting into camp between 27 to 30 June 2022. The competition after the training camp will be conducted from 1 to 2 July at the Dojo Hall within the OYDC facilities. The Southern Africa Judo Confederation in partnership with Zambia Judo Association have organised the [...]

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25 Jun

“Make use of Teulings hockey players” ZHA General Secretary Bwalya urges coaches

Zambia Hockey Association General Secretary Elvis Bwalya has urged coaches tasked to select players for national teams ahead of the Central Southern ‘All Africa’ Games to consider utilizing athletes who play in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. National team hockey players for both men and women will be starting preparations for the games which will be hosted by Zimbabwe between 30th August and 4th September 2022. Training will be done from OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. Bwalya after watching the [...]

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18 Jun

Zambia Rugby Union applauds OYDC

Zambia Rugby Union applauds OYDC The Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) is hopeful that with the way the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge is being run at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre more athletes will be nurtured to compete at future Commonwealth Games. Union spokesperson Tom Chaloba who was witnessing some games held on 18 June disclosed that OYDC is helping the union to identify and add more numbers to rugby teams in the country who later are selected to be [...]

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12 Jun

Triple B handball coach eyes Teulings championship

Triple B handball coach eyes Teulings championship Triple B handball team coach Etiphen Banda has disclosed that her team has not lost any game in this season’s Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. She says players always have to focus on the ball whenever they are in action adding that if well nurtured with the same winning spirit they stand a good chance of reigning supreme during the grand finale.Banda urges parents to make their children join handball saying it is a good [...]

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