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11 Jun

Zambia beats Zimbabwe 30-16 as handball tournament kicks off

Zambia is currently hosting the IHF Trophy Zone VI Games which started today and will come to a close on the 16th June, 2019. The games involve the U20 and U17 Handball Female teams and have been selected from ten African countries.Some of the countries that are participating include; Madagascar, Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe Botswana, and Zambia. Meanwhile, Team Zambia U17 recorded their first win by beating Zimbabwe 30-16. The other teams that played include U20 Madagascar vs Zimbabwe [...]

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10 Jun

Teulings Beach Volleyball attracts more youths

Teulings Beach Volleyball Coordinator Isaac Tembo, has disclosed that the sport at OYDC is receiving positive response from the time it was introduced. Tembo, notes with happiness that a number of players who started from the Teulings league games have now graduated to join the national team and have participated in a number of local and international competition. He added that on Saturday the Teulings Beach Volleyball games saw six teams participating in the games.

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06 Jun

Government challenges coaches to qualify athletes to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development Director of Sport Bessie Chelemu, has challenged over 20 coaches’ currently taking part in the 2019 International Judo Federation Coaching Academy to use the knowledge they will acquire to impart on athletes who will qualify to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Speaking during the official opening of the IJF Coaching Academy yesterday currently taking place at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) Chelemu, noted with happiness that the International Judo Federation has continued to pick Zambia as host nation of such [...]

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03 Jun

Olympafrica netball team impress OYDC programmes officer

Olympafrica Netball Team over the weekend dominated the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge with the spirit of winning all the games played. OYDC Programmes Officer Mellisa Manjonga, expressed delight that athletes have continued to show the zeal for the sport of netball adding that this is keeping them busy from unlike indulging in illicit activities on communities. Over 20 netball players came to the OYDC to take part in the games which were preceded by a session of OVEP.She named Chipata, [...]

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01 Jun

NAPSA Breeze and Matero Legends Basketball Teams reign supreme

NAPSA Breeze and Matero Legends emerged winners of the “Hoop it Up” 1st Annual 3v3 Basketball tournament in the senior women and mens categories respectively. The tournament took place at OYDC and attracted teams like UNZA, Kalema’s Girls, NAPSA Hurricane and many others. In the womens round robin, NAPSA Breeze, won all the games emerging the champions of the tournament while Matero Legends were crowned champions in the men’s round robin. NAPSA hurricanes and Kalema’s Girls were runners up of the tournament. The [...]

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19 May

Taekwondo athletes showcase “super kicks”

ZedLion Taekwondo players yesterday put up a great performance at OYDC during the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. The athletes train and conduct other activities at OYDC in preparation of local and other competitions. The fights were in the U10 to U17 categories respectively. Teulings Taekwondo coordinator Sydney Njala, applauded OYDC management for having continued to manage well organized league games at the Centre. Njala, added that the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge, which comprises of five sports disciplines; Swimming, Netball, Beach Volleyball, [...]

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15 May

OYDC and Kafue Celtics sign MoU

OYDC and Kafue Celtics Football Club have signed a three year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the team have access to the multsports facility. The MoU runs from 2019 to 2021. During the signing ceremony held at the OYDC, Centre Director Dr Fredrick Chitangala, called on other sports clubs and corporate entities to emulate Kafue Celtics also known as TheCrocs and consider to partner with the centre. And Kafue Celtics founder Lee Kawanu, disclosed that the MoU will help [...]

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08 May

OYDC hosts president Edgar Lungu

The OYDC this morning hosted president H.E President Edgar C. Lungu, who came to launch the 2019 Health Week organised by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development. The president was received by cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, state house officials and other senior government officials. Upon arriving at the OYDC, the president was presented with a judo muscot from the International Judo Federation (IJF) and it was handed to him by National Olympic Committee of Zambia [...]

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06 May

ANOCA Secretary General visits OYDC

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Secretary General Eng. Ahmed Abou Elgasim Hashim, is in the country and today toured the OYDC facilities. Eng. Hashim, was welcomed at the OYDC by NOCZ President Alfred Foloko, OYDC Director Dr. Fred Chitangala and OYDC Deputy DirectorSombwa Knox Musunsa.

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04 May

Young swimmers gets the ball rolling

Young swimmers on Saturday were at the OYDC to participate in the 2019 Teulings Swim Challenge which attracted over 60 swimmers from three clubs namely Lusaka Sharks, Kalene and Chudleigh. Some of the swimmers who were outstanding and outclassed their opponents include; Victoria Chola of Lusaka Sharks, who came out first in heat1 100m Girls Breaststroke with a time of 1:59.52 defeating her club mates she was placed with. In another girls event heat 1 50m backstroke, Victoria Chola, who got the time of [...]

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