The 2016 COPA Coca-Cola schools football tournament kicked off at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka this week. The competition, which drew over 450 schools from around the country, saw ten secondary school teams qualify for the finals this week, with each province represented. There are two groups in the competition with five

ATLAS Mara Limited has announced the merger of BancABC Zambia and Finance Bank, a transaction that could result in the creation of one of the country’s biggest banks, reports The Post Newspaper.   In 2014, Atlas Mara acquired a significant majority stake in ABC Holdings, the parent company of a sub-Saharan Africa banks operating under the BancABC brand

By NDINAWE SIMPELWE - FORMER Zambia assistant coach Patrice Beaumelle has ruled himself out from taking up the Chipolopolo coaching job. The Football Association of Zambia has received 17 applications for the job but the association was also considering Beaumelle, who was Herve Renard’s assistant when Zambia won the Africa Cup in 2012. But in

IT has been about a year now if not more, since the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) started singing about hiring an expatriate coach to drill the Chipolopolo. Of course there have been several factors that have hindered the progress of this engagement process with the biggest challenge being undoubtedly money issues. Government has promised

By GWEN CHIPASULA at OYDC - Chizongwe 1 Kaoma 0 CHAMPIONS Chizongwe stormed the semi-finals of the 2016 COPA Coca-Cola Schools football tournament after topping Group A with nine points and were joined in the last four by second placed Ituna. Mwavi topped Group B on goal difference to set up a semi-final clash against

By ADRIAN MWANZA - SPRINTER Gerald Phiri says he has returned to full training and is geared for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Phiri, who is based in the United States of America, picked up a hip injury during the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) senior athletics championship in South Africa last month. He said

THE revelation by the Ministry of Tourism and Arts that the country has recorded a decline in wildlife-related offences is a positive sign that the biodiversity is being protected from extinction. Against this background, we commend the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) for a good job although more needs to be done to