Zambia’s 2015 footballer of the year Winston Kalengo has allayed fears about Chipolopolo’s chances at next month’s 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) in Rwanda. 2015 was a forgettable year for both the senior and junior national teams who all flopped in their respective Caf final tournaments they qualified for after recording preliminary stage exits. The latest came in December when ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation. They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made to Platini in 2011. The Fifa ethics committee found Blatter and Platini had demonstrated an “abusive execution” of their positions. “I will fight for ...

2012 Africa Cup Winning Captain Christopher Katongo and midfileder Isaac Chansa have been drafted into the CHAN squad that regroups today in Lusaka. FAZ Communication Manager Nkweto Tembwe says both Chansa and Katongo have already been spoken to and have since agreed to be part of the CHAN squad. Tembwe says the duo is humbled by the call up and ...

The Media Liaison Committee (MLC) says 2015 has described 2015 as the worst year with regards to harassment of Journalists and abuse of media institutions. Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka this morning, Committee Chairperson Enoch Ngoma says the committee has noted a growing trend of physical and verbal harassment of Journalists in the course of their duty by ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission in Kitwe has arrested a Prosecutor at the Zambia Police for corrupt practices involving K 3, 000. Peter Masandiko, 43, of Flat 1 Wusakile Police Camp Kitwe, a Police Prosecutor at the Kitwe Subordinate Court was arrested on Friday, 18th December, 2015, and charged with one count of Corrupt Practices by Public Servant contrary to Section 19 ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu is still waiting to be presented with the Constitution of Zambia Bill number 16 and the Constitution Amendment Bill number 17 of 2015 passed by Parliament. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has confirmed the development to QFM News via telephone. Mr. Chanda says the President is eager to assent ...

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will learn if they are banned from football when Fifa’s ethics judge delivers verdicts against the pair on Monday. Fifa’s ethics investigators want both president Blatter and his Uefa counterpart Platini to have life bans. But speaking to Swiss newspaper Blick on Sunday, Blatter said the corruption charge against him had been dropped. A spokesman ...

It’s the first part of the Magazine’s quiz of the year. Test your recollection of 2015 over the next four days with four sets of 12 questions – themed on the lines of “who?”, “what?”, “why?” and “where?” – and a four-part puzzler. Today it’s “who”: Who did Kanye West almost interrupt at February’s Grammy awards when crashing the stage ...

Spain faces political uncertainty after two new movements won nearly a third of the seats in the country’s election. Anti-austerity party Podemos and liberal Ciudadanos made big gains as the conservative Popular Party (PP) lost its majority. “Spain is not going to be the same anymore and we are very happy,” said Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. The PP and the ...

PF Central Committee chairperson for information Frank Bwalya has reaffirmed his confidence in his party’s ability and chances to win the 2016 elections. Father Bwalya says the ruling PF has established strong structures who have gone flat out on the ground to mobilize ahead of next year’s general elections. He says party members should thus embrace other members coming from ...