MUTARE – Police in Mutare on Friday arrested Makoni South Member of Parliament, Pishai Muchauraya (MDC) while he was attending a parliamentary portfolio committee on Media Information and Communication Technology programme at a local hotel. According to his lawyer Passmore Nyakureba, Muchauraya is being accused of having threatened with death one Amos Kutiya, an election…
MONTREAL – Sebastian Vettel said he is not worried about the conditions or the weather forecasts for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix after claiming his third consecutive pole position for the race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The defending triple world champion and current series leader said he felt confident about his Red Bull car and…
JOHANNESBURG – Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection. A presidential spokesperson said he is in a “serious but stable condition”, although he was able to breathe on his own — a “positive sign”. Mandela, 94, has been ill for some days but deteriorated overnight and was…
HARARE – The late national hero, Samuel Parirenyatwa’s son Chipo is being denied the right to a Zimbabwean passport due to his mother’s foreign origins. Chipo Parirenyatwa, second born son of the late national hero and Zimbabwe’s first medical doctor, yesterday told the Daily News that the Registrar General’s office denied him the right to…
HARARE – Egypt coach Bob Bradley lauded the Zimbabwe football team’s performance and feels they are in the right direction in their re-building exercise and could become a force to reckon with in the near future. Bradley was speaking soon after his team’s 4-2 win against the Warriors in a 2014 World Cup qualifier Sunday…
BIRMINGHAM – Ian Bell starred as England drew first blood in a marathon sequence of matches against Australia with a 48-run victory over the title-holders in their Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. Bell made 91 on his Warwickshire home ground, to the delight of a capacity 25,000 crowd, as England posted 269 for…
HARARE – Egypt goalkeeper Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed has been ruled out of Sunday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe at the National Sports Stadium after sustaining a rib injury. “Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed sustained a rib injury during the national team’s training in Zimbabwe on Friday,” read a statement on the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) website. The 36-year-old…
PARIS – Rafael Nadal has played down his role as favourite for an historic eighth Roland Garros title and expects David Ferrer to make the most of his maiden Grand Slam final appearance Sunday. Defending champion Nadal will become the first man to win the same major eight times if he beats compatriot Ferrer who…
HARARE – Mohamed Salah produced an outstanding performance scoring a hat-trick as Egypt condemned Zimbabwe to 4-2 home defeat at the National Sports Stadium Sunday during a 2014 World Cup qualifier. The FC Basel winger, who helped his club win the Swiss league title recently, capitalised on some sloppy defending by the Warriors to send…
HARARE – Bulawayo rugby outfit Matabeleland Warriors were involved in a road accident that left two of their technical staff injured Saturday morning. The Warriors’ team bus veered off the road in the wee hours of Saturday morning just after Munyati River leaving coach Ruben Kumpasa and his assistant Vusa Ndebele injured. Kumpasa suffered a…
