Bwalya who holds a comfortable record of a 7-0 (5 KOs) as a professional, and represented the country at various competitions including the famous Summer Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 Southern and East Africa Amateur Boxing to name only a few wants to share his career experience by giving back to his country.

Speaking in an exclusive interview, Bwalya whose skillful fighting and dedication to boxing earned him a four-year professional career in Las Vegas, America where he had 12 fights recording all wins with 11 knock outs, says he is taking up boxing promotion and mentorship to help change the sport in the country.
“ I currently have seven boxers I am mentoring and we are ready to set up the Team Sting Promotions boxing stable. As you know, I returned to Zambia from professional boxing career in America in 2013. From that time till last year, I have been away from active boxing due to injury but I am now back to share my experience,” says Bwalya who is also a boxing trainer and instructor at Lifestyle and Fitness Gym at East Park Mall.

“I am of course, not just targeting professional boxers but my legacy and experience is being passed on to the general public who have invested in health and fitness. I am promoting the sport as an instructor at Lifestyle and Fitness Gym. This is one of greatest moments I am having especially training individuals who love the sport,” he says.
Bwalya insists that his decision to open up a boxing promotions is meant to change some of the negatives about the sport and improve the general lifestyle of boxers.

“ I am going in promotion to help improve on things like purse money for boxers. Most promoters don’t put in much and I want to change this scenario. I have seen that generally boxers have a poor lifestyle but my contribution will be to change these things because I know what boxers go through. It is important to me because I am a boxer,” Bwalya insists.

He says he will mainly bank on his many connections he established while in the States to push the sport forward.

“ As you know I have a lot of connections in international boxing and I would like Zambian boxers to benefit from this. My stay in Las Vegas helped me interact with the likes Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Tyson and other top boxers. My managers were highly professional and I have learnt a lot to share with my country here,” Bwalya boasts, adding that in all this undertaking, he is grateful to his sponsors and partners like Lifestyle and Fitness Gym who he says have the wonderful training facilities.

“ I also wish to thank the chief executive officer for Focus Real Estates Mr Mubanga Mulilo for partnering with me to see the Sting Promotions come in existence. We are glad for the support and are calling on all those who believe in Team Sting to come on board. We are excited that there are a lot of amateur boxers that want to get inspired from my work,” concludes Bwalya.

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Guily Manziba scored a brace while Captain Fantastic Ziyo Tembo scored the other goal . They host Cano Sports this weekend for the return leg.

Read this article from the original source: Victorious ZANACO Return From CAF Duty.

During the Euro 2020 qualifying clash, home fans directed shameful ‘ Nazi salutes and racist chants at Three Lions players in Sofia. The match was halted on two separate occasions by UEFA officials due to abuse aimed at England players despite their 6-0 victory in Bulgaria.

After the game, Bulgaria manager Balakov claimed he did not hear any racist chanting from his nation’s supporters and instead slammed England fans for interrupting the Bulgaria national anthem.

Balakov told ITV: ‘I personally did not hear the chanting you are most probably referring to. I saw that the referee stopped the game.’

Following the disgraceful behavior from the home fans, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov said the government will freeze all relations with the Bulgarian FA – including denying them any funding until Mihaylov steps down.

On Tuesday morning (Oct. 15), Bulgarian Minister for Sport Krasen Kralev released a statement to Bulgarian news site sportal.bg, saying: ‘A little while ago, the Prime Minister called me urgently. You know that in the last four years, the government has done a lot for the development of Bulgarian football.

‘But after the recent events, having in mind the whole state of football, after yesterday’s incidents, the Prime Minister has ordered me from today to suspend any relations with the football union, including financial ones, until the resignation of Borislav Mihaylov

Read this article from the original source: Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Demands The Country’s FA President Resigns After Racist Chants At Black England Footballers.

Read this article from the original source: 3 Madalas Released from U-17 Squad.

Nkana drop out of the top four and goes fifth in gaol difference .

KYSA remain in relegation zone while the rest of the teams apart from ZESCO United and Green Eagles won’t participate in the league games this coming weekend.

The two including ZANACO are representing Zambia in the CAF competition.

Read this article from the original source: ZANACO Recovers & Breaks Into Top Four.

The 2019-20 MTN/FAZ Super League Week 3 swings into action with SIX highly entertaining derbies on display this weekend.

So here we go…

Saturday,21st September,2019

LUSAKA
Nkwazi FC vs. Zanaco FC
Nkoloma Stadium – 13h00
Live on Supersport

The Policemen host the Bankers in the first of the two Lusaka derbies to be played at Nkoloma Stadium.

Zanaco are hoping to build on their 2-0 win over Green Eagles last week to brush aside a stubborn Nkwazi side as they push for a eighth league crown but have been hit some injury concerns that has striker Chitiya Mususu who has been confirmed unavailable for the fixture after limping out of their 2-1 Confederation Cup win over RB Bolton City YC in Mauritius while Roger Kola who also suffered injury in the continental match has passed a late fitness test and has been named in the matchday squad.

Zanaco will also be missing coach Numba Mumamba who is away with the Zambia CHAN team in eSwatini while Nkwazi will equally be without star striker Emmanuel Chabula who is also on national duty.

LUSAKA
Red Arrows vs. Power Dynamos
Nkoloma Stadium – 15h00
Live On Supersport

The Airmen have enjoyed a flying start to their league campaign with two successive wins but this Saturday will face toughest challenge yet in the form of Kitwe giants Power Dynamos who have only lost once in their last four visits to the Nkoloma Stadium.

NDOLA
Buildcon FC vs. Forest Rangers
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium – 13h00

Team Kopala and Fole Malembe open matchday three in an early lunchtime kick off in a Ndola derby.

It is the fifth meeting between the two sides with Rangers being the most successful having won three of the four fixtures against Buildcon who have have only recorded one win which was a 1-0 win in the 2018 season.
Both sides will want to collect maximum points to climb up from their current positions on the table that has Buildcon sitting in 8th position with 3 points while Rangers are down in 14th position with only a pointed collected so far.

NDOLA
ZESCO United vs. Lumwana Radiants
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium – 15h00

Defending champions Zega Mambo shoot to the top of the log in midweek after sailing to a 3-0 victory over Nakambala Leopards in a rescheduled Week 2 that saw Kenyan striker Jesse Jackson Were steal the show as he bagged hat-trick and will be expected to continue their flying start to their title defence when they host pointless Lumwana Radiants who have lost both of their opening league fixtures.

CHOMA
Green Eagles vs. Nakambala Leopards
Independence Stadium – 15h00

Eagles are a depleted side heading into the Southern Province derby with coach Aggrey Chiyangi and key players in goalkeeper Sebastian Mwange, playmaker Amity Shamende and striker Tapson Kaseba away on national duty.

Leopards will be look to take advantage of the unavailability of the Kawale Boys’ key players and coach to collect their first points of the season after having record losses only thus far.

Meanwhile Saturday’s hosts,Eagles,who are also yet to win a match,will be under pressure from their home fans who will flock the the Independence Stadium hoping for victory.

KABWE
Kabwe Youth Soccer Academy vs. Kabwe Warriors

The Central Province capital of Kabwe comes to a standstill this weekend as it witnesses it’s two biggest club sides face off in a local derby at the President’s Stadium.

Warriors almost went invicible last season and seem to have set that tone again this season as they are yet to lose in their two league fixtures.

They last week powered to a 1-0 home win over Nkwazi and will be confident as well as favourites to win on Saturday against KYSA who managed to collect their first point last week at Forest Rangers,will not let their neighbours snatch it without a challenge.

SOLWEZI
Kansanshi Dynamos vs. Green Buffaloes

The league debutants caused the biggest upset in Week One as they beat Power Dynamos 1-0 at home before falling to NAPSA Stars the following via a similar scoreline.

They will now be targeting another upset when they host Army sponsored Green Buffaloes recovered from their opening 2-0 loss to Nkana in Week One with a 1-0 home win over Mufulira Wanderers at home and will now target to come out of North-Western province with a win.

Sunday,22nd September,2019

KITWE
Nkana vs. Mufulira Wanderers
Nkana Stadium – 15h00
Live on Supersport

There is a staggering 21 league titles between these two old rivals that share the same sponsor in Mopani Copper Mines and they are two of the most supported clubs in the country.

However,the two legendary club sides have different agendas this season with hosts Kalampa chasing after a 13th title that has started on a light note with two back to back wins over Green Buffaloes (2-0) at home and Buildcon (1-0) away while Maite who are playing to avoid relegation,after losing both of their leagues fixtures.

LUSAKA
Lusaka Dynamos vs. NAPSA Stars
Nkoloma Stadium – 15h00

The second Lusaka derby in Matchday three involves Elite Lusaka Dynamos who are coming from from a disappointing 2-0 away loss to Power Dynamos last week in Kitwe while NAPSA have began their campaign on high,picking up maximum points in both of their opening fixtures that includes 2-0 and 1-0 wins over Mufulira Wanderers and newly promoted Kansanshi Dynamos respectively.

The Pensioners will hope to continue with their fine run of form that has them sitting in 2nd position with 6 points and a better goal difference over Nkana and Red Arrows while Elite who have been unconvincing thus far,might also aim to push to up on the log.

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The Zambian Super League defending champions are in Tanzania for the CAF Champions League first leg encounter against Yanga.

“The team has done well so far, we have worked on our paces. The team is ready,” Lwandamina said.

Speaking to the press upon arrival on Thursday morning, the former Yanga coach said he will not depend on the past experiences he had at the Tanzanian club stressing that much has changed in the past 18 months since he left the club for a return to the Ndola based Super League giants.

“It is a new team and a new coaching bench. The philosophy am sure might have changed, we will just face them on the day of the game,” Lwandamina told reporters.

Lwandamina has carried an eighteen member injury-free squad for the first leg which includes former Yanga midfielder Thabani Kamusoko. The Zesco United coach also revealed that he has not watched any of the Yanga matches so far and stressed that he will depend on his club’s strengths to overcome the Tanzania giants.

Lwandamina who is former Yanga coach says he does not believe in the past as his former club has changed a lot including the technical bench and the philosophy stressing that he will rely on his team’s strength to overcome the Tanzanian side.

“I don’t believe in that, I can be deceived, I can watch and there have been coaches who have been watching games and they have lost,” said Lwandamina, “I believe in our strength, that’s all. We will go with our strength on the pitch,” he concluded.

Zesco United will play Yanga in the first leg of the CAF Champions League First Round match in Dar Es Salaam on Saturday which is scheduled to be played at the National Stadium.

The Zambian champions eliminated Green Mamba 3-0 on aggregate in the preliminary round, while the Citizens Team Yanga rolled over Botswana’s Township Rollers via a 2-1 aggregate score. The second leg will be played on 27th September 2019 at Ndola’s Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.

(ZamFoot Crew)

Read this article from the original source: Chicken Lwandamina Declares Zesco Ready for Yanga Clash.

The 67-year-old Italian was listed among 87 applicants for the role and is one of 17 coaches to be interviewed by the Guinea Football Federation.

Feguifoot report the 67-year-old is scheduled to be interviewed in Conakry on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

Read this article from the original source: Former Chelsea And Leicester Manager Claudio Ranieri Shortlisted To Become New Guinea Coach.

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The Football Association of Zambia wishes to advise members of the public that it has taken note of Government’s directive and will comply.

This is in relation to the appointment of the Zambia national team head coach, where Government has directed that they will not support the recruitment of the recommended candidates.

Read this article from the original source: FAZ Complies To Government Directive.