Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:51:43 +0000 By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA ZAMBIA has withdrawn from competing in the Zone V Africa boxing tournament billed for this month end in Angola due to financial constraints, says Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) general secretary Bright Chomba. Chomba in an interview yesterday said the federation had failed to raise US$7,550 (about K75, 500) required to send a team to the tournament. He said they only received the invitation in March, therefore had little time to source funds. “The tournament will start on April 26 and the boxers were supposed to leave by Tuesday. But due to lack of resources, we have withdrawn from the competition. Our competing countries received the invitation by early February,” he said. He described the situation as unfortunate in that boxers will be disadvantaged during the Africa Championships because none will be on bay. “If we had participated, our boxers could have started the African Championship […]
