Archive for November, 2008

A new look under-20 national soccer team is set to leave for COSAFA Youth Championship in South Africa tomorrow as the team comprises of several new faces.  ... Full story

By Ba Ole Zambia losing 3-0 to Morocco may have come as a shock to some but expected to others. Those who expected it would say the Zambian game is not as good as it was say in 1993 when we narrowly lost to Morocco 1-0 in a game which made Gabonese referee Diramba famous and robbed Zambia of a deserved maiden appearance at the world cup in USA in 1994. Whereas it is quite universally agreed that the Zambian game is on a downward spiral, reasons for this will differ from one observer to another.           One reason is that young Zambians are not taking to the game with love like before when people played the game at every street corner and indeed backyard. In the olden days, we heard of the "Kalukungu Stadiums" as kids played football in dusty patches. The ball of choice was a ball made of plastics from the rubbish bin and held together using strings or commonly refered to us "kampombwa". We shall get back to the issue of the "Kampombwa" later. Full story

  It was another heart break for Zambia Army sponsored side Riflemen fc on Sunday when they were piped for promotion to the Zambian top flight-KCM/FAZ Premier League- by two Southern Province based clubs; Nakambala Leopards and more surprisingly Choma Eagles. Riflemen has been the most consistency team in Division 1 South for the last two seasons but lucky hasn’t been on their side. Last ... Full story