BULAWAYO – An exciting Bulawayo derby is on the cards when Castle Premiership log leaders Highlanders take on city rivals Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Wednesday. The game is set to be a no holds barred affair as both sets of coaches are eying glory at the end this year’s campaign. Speaking after his charges edged…
BINDURA – Martin Dinha, the Mashonaland Central governor, has escaped an assassination attempt as Zanu PF infighting takes a nasty turn ahead of key polls this year. The stricken advocate told the Daily News yesterday that he was lucky to be alive and heaped praises on members of the public, who had launched a “batai…
HARARE – When Munyaradzi “Hakeem” Mandaza entered the country’s bodybuilding for beginners contest, the Mr Novice, the young man from Chitungwiza never imagined that a year later, he would be in the running for Big Brother’s $300 000 windfall. The 22-year-old hunk won the Mr Novice Fitness Physique in March and walked away with no…
HARARE – Three years into the reign of the current Zifa administration, Zimbabwean football is at its lowest ebb since the Cuthbert Dube-led board swept into office in March 2010 amid high expectations they would be able to take the game to the next level. After the most discouraging World Cup qualification campaign we have…
HARARE – A Harare traffic cop accused of accepting a bribe has dragged police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri to the High Court to stop the police chief from sacking him from the force. Brighton Chikutwe, a sergeant in the police force currently stationed at Mbare Police Station, has filed an urgent chamber application citing Chihuri, a…
HARARE – Inconsistency seems to be the new cancer that has hit ailing Zimbabwean schoolboy rugby giants Prince Edward. The glamour boys of schools rugby in this country have a proud history for the better part of 100 years, having churned out such legendary players as Ian Robertson, Tonderai Chavhanga, Piet Benade to name but…
PLYMOUTH – Pilgrims boss John Sheridan is still awaiting a response from Onismor Bhasera over the club’s offer of a new deal to the Zimbabwe international. Bhasera, Argyle’s player of the year, was initially given until Monday last to confirm whether he would be returning to Home Park for the 2013-14 League Two campaign. But…
LONDON – Ethiopia, Togo and Equatorial Guinea are facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly fielding ineligible players in the World Cup qualifiers, Fifa said on Sunday. Fifa said in a statement that Ethiopia, who hours earlier on Sunday beat South Africa 2-1 to finish top of Group A, had allegedly fielded an ineligible player in the…
MUTARE – Suspended Zanu PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro has been acquitted on allegations of stealing President Robert Mugabe’s 10 cattle. Mutare provincial magistrate Lucy Anne Mungwari acquitted Madiro after noting that there was insufficient evidence placed before the court to pass a guilty verdict. “The evidence at hand failed to substantiate the charge…
