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05 Mar

2022 OYDC Sporting Season Launched

Young talented athletes were on 5th March in a state of jubilation as the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre launched the 2022 sporting season. Over 280 athletes from basketball, hockey and beach volleyball turned up to witness the launch which was graced by National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko. During the launch OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala disclosed that management is amused with the discipline and dedication athletes have when it comes to training [...]

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04 Mar

OYDC to host Antony Mwamba memorial tournament

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre will on Saturday 5th March host the Antony Mwamba memorial boxing tournament. The tournament has been organized by Exodus Boxing Promotions and Midlands Boxing Association. Exodus Boxing Promotions Director Christian Kalima says all is set and weighing of boxers will begin at 9:00hrs. Kalima has since called on all clubs and boxers to turn up in numbers and be part of the tournament.

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02 Mar

OYDC SET TO LAUNCH 2022 SPORTING SEASON

OYDC SET TO LAUNCH 2022 SPORTING SEASON OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre will be launching the 2022 Sporting season on 5th March 2022. The launch will see the commencement of the Teulings/OYDC Youth Sports Challenge which has eleven sports codes. The launch is expected to start at 09:00hrs CAT and will see about 280 athletes competing in basketball, hockey and beach volleyball. OYDC Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala says all is set for the launch and preparations have been done adding [...]

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23 Feb

“We have noted our mistakes,” says U20 Handball Technical Director Chilekwa Bwalya

By Noah Silomba Zambia U20 handball team Technical Director Chilekwa Bwalya has described the team’s 32-26 loss to Burkina Faso yesterday at the ongoing Africa Junior Women team Championship in Conakry, Guinea as painful. Bwalya says despite his team having control of the ball in the first half it was sad to see them lose the game. He says the technical bench has taken note of the mistakes exhibited in yesterday’s game as they prepare to face Algeria on Thursday 24 February [...]

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12 Feb

OYDC FACILITIES IMPRESS MALAWI NOC PRESIDENT HON MHANGO

OYDC FACILITIES IMPRESS MALAWI NOC PRESIDENT HON MHANGO Malawi Olympic Committee president Hon Jappie Mhango has expressed happiness that Zambia has wonderful sporting facilities which should be supported and utilized by all sports associations in the country. Touring OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre facilities on 12 February in the company of National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko, Hon Mhango said African Countries should consider utilizing OYDC facilities to prepare athletes for regional and other major games. He said [...]

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04 Feb

NO ATHLETE IS ALLOWED TO TRAIN FROM THE OYDC TRACK & FIELD

4th February 2022 MEDIA RELEASE NO ATHLETE IS ALLOWED TO TRAIN FROM THE OYDC TRACK & FIELD OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre wishes to make it known to the public and its associates that the “track & field” facility which reached its lifespan in 2015 has been “out of order” since then and anyone who sneaks in to use it would be doing this at their own risk. All “athletics” training and competition activities are currently conducted at the National Heroes Stadium [...]

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16 Jan

Handball Association of Zambia unveils jersey for women’s team as they prepare for Guinea Games

By Noah Silomba Handball Association of Zambia (HAZ) has unveiled a new jersey for the women’s national team scheduled to travel to Conakry, Guinea for the Africa Junior Women Team Championship, slated between 17-27 February 2022. The Championship will be used as qualifiers for the World Cup to be staged in Serbia in 2023. Zambia’s women’s team has so far been drawn in Group A and will face Egypt, Angola and Bukinafso. Unveiling the jersey on 16 January 2022 at OYDC Zambia – [...]

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14 Dec

OYDC LAUDS ITS DOPING CONTROL OFFICER

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre is proud of one of its staffers Likemore Mahunje who serves as programmes officer for the role he has diligently played at the just ended Africa Union Sports Council Region 5 Games in Lesotho. Mahunje was one of few Africans selected to serve as Doping Control officers during the Region 5 Games in Lesotho with the aim of promoting clean sport among athletes. His calibre of work is worth appreciating and being emulated. He holds [...]

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04 Dec

OYDC & Teulings capable of producing world class Olympians – NSCZ

National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ) Chairman Patrick Mutimushi says OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre through the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge is cable of producing world-class athletes who can reign supreme at major events like the Olympic Games. In a speech read on his behalf by NSCZ Board Member Nakaonga Kakoma during the 11 edition of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge grand finale Mutimushi noted with happiness that OYDC has in the last eleven years conducted a well organized [...]

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01 Dec

OYDC impose restrictions on “Teulings Grand Finale” as Covid-19 4th wave looms

1st December 2021Media Release OYDC impose restrictions on “Teulings Grand Finale” as Covid-19 4th wave looms OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre has announced heightened measures to help reduce any possible spread of the Covid-19 during the 11th Edition of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge “grand finale” set for December 4. The grand finale which marks the closure of the youthful sporting season for athletes below the age of seventeen at the Centre will see team representatives only from the eleven sports [...]

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