Tuesday, 07 September 2021 20:10 (Lusaka, 07 September 2021), The Lafarge Lusaka Marathon (LLM) Management would like to inform the general public that the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon 2021 has been postponed to a later date, to be announced. The postponement was arrived at after careful review and guidance of health experts on the country's vaccination rate and the continued effect of the provisions of SI 21 & 22 of 2020 on Covid- 19. At Lafarge Zambia, health and safety are our core values. As such, the safety of our nation, participants, and Partners is of paramount importance to us. However, all the LLM participants are encouraged to continue training and keep fit in the new normal. We have hope and believe that this will pass and we will be able
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Half Marathon date to be advised
The Zambia Athletics (ZA) Management regret to advise its participants and the general public that, the Half Marathon dubbed “Race2Beat COVID –19, 2021 which was scheduled to take place on August 7, 2021 at Heroes Stadium will not take place as scheduled, but moved to a date to be communicated, but not later than November 6, 2021. This decision is in view of the continued numbers of the covid-19 cases and as advised by the Ministry of Health and the Athletic partners. Our athletes, officials and outsourced support providers are the most valuable assets to Zambia Athletics. As such, all race participants and officials are required to participate in proactive sports health and safety environment as part of ZA’s commitment to providing
Postponement of the Zambia Athletics (ZA) Half Marathon 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lusaka, June 15th 2021), The Zambia Athletics (ZA) Management wishes to inform the public that the Half Marathon dubbed “Race2Beat Covid – 19 2021 scheduled for June 26, 2021 has been postponed to August 7, 2021. This decision is in view of the increase in numbers of the covid-19 cases and as advised by the Ministry of Health and the Athletic partners. All registered, would be participants and paid up participants are urged to continue training while observing the health guidelines. For registration and participation, please visit our site on www.zambiaathletics.com or send us an email; marathon@zambiaathletics.com or call the Secretariat on 0966 330516/077 0376015 We deeply regret the inconvenience Yours in Athletics Development Zambia Athletics Elias N. Mpondela President
NIGERIA TO HOST THE AFRICAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP
- (Source Premium Times Abuja) The championship is billed to hold between June 23 and 27, 2021 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Nigeria is set to become the first country ever to host two consecutive editions of the African Senior Athletics Championship. This follows the confirmation of Lagos as host of the 22nd edition of the biennial continental Athletics meet. The championship is billed to hold between June 23 and 27, 2021 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. Asaba, Delta State hosted the last edition of the championship and while Algiers was originally meant to follow, the Northern African country has given up its right for Lagos. In a statement issued in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, Kalkaba Malboum, President of the Confederation of African
RELAY TEAM OFF TO POLAND, THEY ARE RIPE & READY TO TAKE ON THE GLOBE
The Zambia Athletics women National Team have left for Poland, the team qualified for the world relays in Poland after running a national record at Heroes Stadium during the All Comers Meet on 11th April 2022. The ZA president, Mr. Elias Mpondela was at the Airport to encourage the ladies ,in his send off remarks he said go and shine and make Zambia proud he wished the team the best of luck and thanked everyone who came on board to support this journey. Athletics National coach, Douglas Kalembo thanked the association for their effort during this difficult time especially with COVID 19 at play and for making sure that this journey was a success and the Team Captain Rhoda Njobvu, thanked the
Zambia Athletics – Half Marathon 2021
The World Athletics (WA) has seen and reported a rise in the use of Athletics through road races, and has advised all its affiliates of two hundred & fourteen (214) countries including Zambia Athletics (ZA) to partner with Corporates, Ministry of Health, Communities and other relevant authorities to activate Running & Walking as lifestyle. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that Covid-19 may be around for a long time to come. Staying alive to this fact, it is prudent that individuals accept, and adopt to the new socially distanced ‘normal’ way of life. Running and Walking have been identified among the most health sustaining exercises. Among all the guidelines and advice provided by relevant authorities in an effort to contain Covid-19,
ZA TAKES TALENT IDENTIFICATION TO MONZE.
By Mathews Ndandula in monze. Zambia athletics has successfully staged the talent identification tournament held at Monze police sports ground. The event which saw about ten teams participating made the local leadership happy. Monze Council chairperson Pathias Samakonga said these type of events must be windened to make the youths active and stay away from bad vices. “ in this time of covid-19 sports plays a critical role to keep our youths fit, the people around here are happy, the Royal Highness chief Monze is also here and very happy so as a guest of honor am happy to host an event like this and I would like to encourage our youths to take sports seriously,” he said. And Zambia Athletics vice president Captain
Grace Cancer Run 2020
RUN TOWARDS ABUNDANT LIFE ON OCT 10, 2020 & TAKE PART IN THE RACE TO BEAT COVID-19 ON NOVEMBER 7, 2020 LET US NOT HIDE OURSELVES BEHIND FEAR AND INSTEAD RUN FOR CANCER BEYOND COVID. BEAT CANCER…BEYOND COVID-19ON 10-10-2020 5K | 10K | 21.1K REGISTER NOW Grace Cancer Run Is back, and this time it is virtual. Although the world is undergoing a great change with the pandemic, it is necessary that the dreaded diagnosis and prevalence of cancer is not ignored at any cost. Can there be any scenario in which we neglect Cancer Awareness in this time of Covid19 or any other time? And the answer should and will always be an emphatic NO. We would rather say the price of ignoring cancer can be monumental, given
Region 5 Games moved to Dec 2021
THE African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games scheduled for Maseru, Lesotho from 4 to 13 December 2020 have been postponed by a year due to the prevailing coronavirus pandemic. The Games will now be held in December 2021 with the 2022 Games scheduled for Malawi remaining unchanged. “The spiking numbers of COVID-19 infections in almost all Region 5 Member Countries continue to be a cause of concern and source of anxiety in the sports movement,” the organisers said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision was reached during the Troika of AUSC Region 5 Ministers of sport virtual meeting held on Friday, 31 July 2020. The indaba was a follow-up assessment of the impact of the pandemic on the Region 5
Cancellation of the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon (LLM) 2020
(Lusaka, June 2nd 2020), The Lafarge Lusaka Marathon (LLM) Management has reviewed the trend and guidance of health experts and the provisions of SI 21 & 22 of 2020 on Covid- 19, which is now a world pandemic and resolved to cancel the LLM 2020 which was schedule for September, 26th 2020, and focus on preparation for 2021. At Lafarge Zambia, health and safety is our core value thus, the safety of our nation, participants and Partners is of paramount importance to us. That is why management reached at this difficult decision to cancel the 7th edition of the marathon this year. This decision was made following the guidance of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization on the status of Covid-19, which is