The Zambia Women National Team regrouped for preparations for the 2017 Cosafa Championship to be hosted by Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Coach Albert Kachinga has summoned 37 players with 22 taking part in the morning training session at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka. Kachinga told Fazfootball.com that the girls would work to emulate their male counterparts in different age ...

Football Association of Zambia PRESS STATEMENT (For Immediate Release) Football House, Lusaka 14th August, 2017 Wedson Nyirenda names final team for South Africa encounter. Coach Wedson Nyirenda has named his final 23-member squad that will face South Africa in the second leg of the African Nations Championship (CHAN)to be played this Saturday at Levy Mwanawasa stadium in Ndola. FULL LIST ...

Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for five matches for pushing the referee after he was shown a red card against Barcelona in Real Madrid’s 3-1 Spanish Super Cup first leg victory on Sunday, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Monday. Ronaldo was sent off in bizarre fashion, collecting a yellow card for taking his shirt off during a goal celebration ...

Incarcerated UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his co-accused have pleaded not guilty to plotting to overthrow President Edgar Lungu. This was when Mr Hichilema and five of his co-accused appeared for plea before Lusaka High Court Judge Charles Chanda in the case they have been charged with treason. In the first count, Mr Hichilema and Pretorius Haloba are on 5th ...

Ministry of Health Acting Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama has called on various stakeholders in the health sector to take a prevention approach aimed to discourage experimenting amongst youths. Dr Malama has told Q news in an interview that the experimental stage which most young people in the country are at can be very catastrophic if not handled well. Dr ...

The National Union for Small Scale Farmers of Zambia has called on President Edgar Lungu not to keep quiet but come to the aid of the farmers after the Food Reserve Agency has maintained its K60 price for maize. Union Director General Dr. Frank Kayula says the President in the previous maize marketing season once saved the farmers and offered ...

Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has appealed to politicians to refrain from uttering statements that may jeopardize the pending dialogue between President Edgar Lungu and UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe has explained to QTV News via telephone that it must be understood that this process has taken the nation over a year ...

Earlier this summer, Luis Fonsi’s Despacito became the most-streamed song of all time – an incredible feat for a record that’s predominantly in Spanish. But it increasingly looks like it won’t be a one-off. Another Latin American song, Mi Gente, has replaced Despacito at the top of Spotify’s Global Top 50. Here in the UK, it’s just broken into the ...

Pop star Taylor Swift has won a key victory in her court battle with ex-radio DJ David Mueller, who she claims groped her at a 2013 concert. Mr Mueller, 55, originally sued the pop star for $3m (£2.3m), saying she cost him his job. His claim was dismissed on Friday in a Denver court. US District Judge William Martinez ruled ...

The White House has defended President Donald Trump’s reaction to deadly violence over a white supremacist rally in Virginia, amid criticism he did not explicitly condemn far-right groups. But a spokesman said his condemnation included white supremacists. A woman was killed on Saturday when a car rammed into a crowd protesting against the rally in Charlottesville. Separately, a rally organiser ...