The sudden death of Ivory Coast midfielder Cheik Tiote on Monday increased the number of high-profile African players who have collapsed and died while playing football, almost all of them suffering a form of cardiac arrest. There has been no official confirmation of the cause of the former Newcastle United player’s fatal collapse while training with his Beijing Enterprises club ...

Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same on Tuesday. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism in the Gulf region. Qatari nationals in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been given two weeks to leave. Qatar denies backing ...

President Edgar Lungu has commended the Zambia Under-20 Soccer team for putting up a gallant fight at the ongoing Under-20 FIFA World Cup in South Korea which saw them reach the quarter finals. The President says although the Junior Chipolopolo lost today’s quarter final encounter against Italy, played at Suwon World Cup stadium, they are still heroes because of their ...

The Citizens Environment and Social Concern (CESCo) has called on stakeholders not to point fingers at each other but hold hands together and mitigate the negative Environmental effects such as climate change, deforestation and pollution. CESCo Executive Director Conwell Hakapya has told QFM News in commemorating World Environment Day which falls on June 5th every year, that Government, Civil societies, ...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has called on all public institutions mandated to protect public interest such as on the use of public funds to step up and act on the findings from the recently launched 2016 Financial Intelligence Trends Report. CTPD Acting Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo in a statement notes the continued leakage of resources through ...

Ten-man Italy beat Zambia 3-2 after extra-time in a thrilling encounter to advance to the semi-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017. Patson Daka scored his second goal of the tournament inside the first four minutes to give the Junior Chipolopolo an early lead. Emmanuel Banda found Daka with a carefully-weighted and perfectly-timed through pass, and the ...

A Lusaka based Police officer died on the spot while six other people including the driver sustained injuries in an accident which happened yesterday along Mongu- Lusaka road. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has told QTV News in a statement that the accident happened at about 15:45 hours on at Nalwei area. Ms Katongo says the deceased has been identified as ...

Government says it has started dismantling the two billion, sixty seven million Kwacha debt owed to, transporters, seed suppliers and the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ), from the 2016-2017 farming season. Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has told a media briefing that ministry of finance has made strides in dismantling the debt for effective preparations, of the next farming seasons. Ms. ...

Bill Cosby doesn’t plan to testify when he goes on trial Monday on sexual assault charges, but the rambling, remarkable testimony he gave a decade ago in the accuser’s lawsuit could still prove pivotal. The deposition from a decade-old sexual battery lawsuit, unsealed by a judge in 2015 at the request of The Associated Press, showed the once-beloved comedian’s dark ...

The benefit concert held in the wake of the Manchester attack turned into a night of unity, healing and joy for 50,000 music fans. The all-star show was held to remember the victims of the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May. Despite the circumstances, a celebratory atmosphere prevailed as Grande herself returned to the stage. She ...