Category: Sports

By BBC Sports Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol after most of their team died in a plane crash en route to the final. Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed in last Monday’s crash on the way to Colombia for the first leg. Colombian opponents Atletico Nacional, who asked for Chapecoense to be awarded the trophy, have been given a Fair Play award to acknowledge their “spirit of peace, understanding and fair play”. Chapecoense will be given the $2m (£1.57m) in prize money while Atletico Nacional will receive...

By Ashton Kelly Bunda. SINO Zambia Table Tennis Club Chairman Darwin Wang says table tennis one of the unique games as it provides a spring board and an opportunity for increased participation in sport, reports Ashton Kelly Bunda. Wang said that the want the initiative to be benefit the local community and boost table tennis by attracting more quality players, Speaking during the official launch of the Sino Zambia Table Tennis Club at Olympic Youth Development Center (OYDC) on Friday 11th –November 2016, Wang emphasized that the objective of the club is to foster the cordial bilateral relationship between China...

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By John Dino Banda and Derrick Sinjela Zambia Sports fans Association (ZASPOFA) President Peter Makembo has praised President Edgar Chagwa Lungu for the overwhelming support rendered to his sporting group, through chartering a plane to Cameroon. Pastor Makembo showered gratitude on President Lungu, stating that the presidential gesture contributed to Chipolopolo lads securing a good result against the indomitable lions in Yaoundé.` Despite a poor start, Pastor Makembo expressed optimism that Zambia will qualify to the 2018 International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) Russia World Cup finals being hosted by President Vladmir Putin. Meanwhile, Pastor Makembo praised Chipolopolo Coach Wedson...