Hakainde Hichilema is a Zambian businessman, farmer, and politician who is the seventh and current president of Zambia since 24 August 2021. After having contested five previous elections in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016, he won the 2021 presidential election with 59.02% of the vote. He has led the United Party for National Development since 2006 following the death of the party founder Anderson Mazoka.
Nkana FC is a football club based in Kitwe, Zambia. The football team is competing in the MTN/FAZ Super Division, and is regarded as one of the country's most popular teams. Nkana FC has won 13 League titles, which made it to be Zambia's most successful league club, and second overall behind Mufulira Wanderers, with 46 trophies. They play their home games at Nkana Stadium in Wusakile, Kitwe.
Francis Kasonde is a Zambian professional footballer who plays for Mufulira Wanderers. Kasonde mainly plays as a centre-back but also can play as a defensive midfielder or as a right-back.
William Njobvu is a Zambian football midfielder who played for Zanaco. Njovu also played for Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel and Lusaka Dynamos in Zambia before signing a five-year contract with the Israeli team effective since July 2009. He scored against Spain in the 2007 FIFA Youth World Cup where Zambia received a bye to the zambianfootball.net.
Patrick Phiri is a Zambian football coach and former footballer. He featured for Zambian clubs Rokana United and Red Arrows as a striker and represented Zambia at the 1978 and 1982 African Cup of Nations tournaments. As a coach, Phiri led the Zambia U-20 national team to its first ever appearance at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria and was voted Zambian Coach of the Year at the end of the year. He was also in charge of Zambia at the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and has managed ten different club sides, with three of them more than once. He is currently in charge of Nakambala Leopards in the Zambian Premier League.
Chisamba Lungu is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nkwazi. He is also a Zambian international. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger.
Signs Wonder Chibambo is a Zambian football forward.
Given Singuluma is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Jones Mwewa was a Zambian footballer who was part of the Zambian squad that finished third in the 1996 African Cup of Nations.
Chishimba Kambwili is a former member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Roan Constituency in Luanshya District. He has also held several posts in the cabinet. He is the former leader of the National Democratic Congress.
Sandros Kumwenda is a Zambian international footballer.
Donashano Malama is a Zambian association football defender who plays for ZESCO United F.C. and the Zambia national football team.
Junior Fashion Sakala is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Zambia national team.
Buildcon FC is a Zambian football club based in Ndola that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. It is known for having an African multi-national squad.
Ireen Lungu is a Zambian footballer who plays as a midfielder for BIIK Shymkent and the Zambia women's national team.
The 2019 Zambia Super League is the 58th season of the Zambia Super League, the top-tier football league in Zambia. Due to the transitional calendar of the CAF competitions in 2018–19, the 20 teams in the league will be divided into two groups of ten teams stream A and stream B, one of teams from the north and one of teams from the south, Nkana leading one and Zesco United heading the other. The teams top two with the most points will qualify for the CAF Champions League then the other two will play the CAF Confederations Cup. The League will return to normal for the 2019–20 season. The league is set to kick off on the 27th of January, A day after the Charity Shield.
Misheck Chaila is a Zambian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nkana F.C. and the Zambia national football team.
General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President, National Assembly, mayors, council chairs and councillors. Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development was elected president, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front.
The 2021 Zambian Charity Shield was the 56th Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Super League Zesco United and ABSA Cup Lusaka Dynamos. The match was set to be played on 21 August and was later postponed to 28 August at Woodlands stadium. Nkana were the defending champions as winners of the 2020 Zambia Charity Shield, but did not qualify for this edition, as they failed to win either the Super League or the ABSA Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the match was be played behind closed doors and televised live on Supersport 229, Variety 4 and GOtv Zambia platform. Zesco won the match 4–0, Zesco's club record scorer Jesse Jackson scored brace while Edward Lungu and Mukaka Chanda scored one goal each. The funds raised during the match will be given to St Lawrence Home for Vulnerable Children.
Ngosa Sunzu is a Zambian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Czech side FK Teplice.
