HARARE – The Poland-bound Zimbabwe team for Children from Care Homes World Cup was Wednesday night still running around to find sponsorship for their kit and five air tickets. The 12-member delegation is set to leave Thursday evening for the two-day World Cup that kicks off this weekend at the Pepsi Arena Stadium in Warsaw….
HARARE – Dynamos fans will get their first chance to buy the club’s Adidas replica jersey this weekend when the Harare giants clash with Monomotapa in a friendly at Rufaro Stadium on Saturday. DeMbare, together with Bulawayo giants Highlanders, last month clinched a kit endorsement deal with the Germany sportswear brand. Adidas will supply kit,…
BULAWAYO – Standing at a towering 6ft 6in, Derrick Townshend, who died aged 69 in Bulawayo on Saturday, was a giant of cricket in the Matabeleland region in both size and contribution to the game. After his playing career, Townshend held several administrative jobs with the then Zimbabwe Cricket Union and now Zimbabwe Cricket….
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze’s application to have his defamation case referred to the Supreme Court was Thursday granted by a Harare magistrate. Mashingaidze was brought before the courts by his predecessor Henrietta Rushwaya, who is accusing him of defaming her for utterances publicised in the media insinuating she had…
HARARE – National airline Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) has reduced fares for local and regional flights by as much as 60 percent. Shingai Taruvinga, Airzim spokesperson said under the promotion, which is running until July 31, 2013, will see a return ticket for Harare-Bulawayo reduced from $300 to $105 while a return ticket for Harare Victoria…
ZVISHAVANE – FC Platinum were thrown into deeper turmoil Wednesday after coach Tenant Chilumba quit the club mid-season and returned to his native Zambia. The former Hwange coach is now set to be unveiled as coach of Zambian top-flight side Power Dynamos after the club interviewed him last week for the vacant post. His departure…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF, which has been spoiling for elections ahead of the full implementation of agreed reforms, will today hold a crunch Politburo meeting where rules governing its stalled primary elections are likely to take centre stage. This comes as Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the octogenarian leader must call…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s industry is now worse off than it was upon introduction of the multi-currency system in 2009, the Industry and Trade ministry says. Abigail Shoniwa, the ministry’s permanent secretary, yesterday said most local firms remained in severe distress with some having actually closed down despite adoption of the foreign currency regime — dominated…
HARARE – New Zimbabwe cricket coach Andy ‘Bhundu’ Waller says the team must play sufficiently well against India to regain the confidence of sponsors who have deserted the game. The former Zimbabwe international, a veteran of three World Cups for Zimbabwe, will take charge of the team for the first time during next month’s home…
HARARE – Aspiring urban groover Malvin “Flava” Mutsiwo, who is enthused by rapper Stunner, had his dream squashed when he was told to reach 5 000 Facebook likes to qualify for a collaboration with his dream music rapper (Stunner). The 21-year-old Mutsiwo told the Daily News that he has 11 tracks under his belt and…
