HARARE – Cross-border transporters have hiked their fares saying this was in response to the huge number of roadblocks where they pay off police officers for easy passage. Despite the hike, most of the buses are already fully booked. Greyhound, one of the leading cross border transporters, hiked its fares from R580 to R780. And…
LONDON – Celebrations are taking place around the world to mark the start of 2014. People in Auckland, New Zealand, were among the first to celebrate. In Australia, hundreds of thousands gathered for a spectacular firework display around Sydney’s Harbour Bridge. Similar shows took place in cities across the world, with thousands lining London’s River…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe football team yesterday got a morale booster ahead of next month’s African Nations Championship (Chan) after an apologetic Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Andrew Langa, revealed his ministry has secured $88 000 for the team. Player discontentment has rocked the Warriors’ camp ahead of the trip, with reports rife that…
HARARE – Thomas Chideu – a Zimbabwean teenage sensation recently on a three-month exchange programme in England – has attracted interest from struggling Barclays Premiership club Sunderland after banging 34 goals in 14 matches for Oswestry School. The 17-year-old wizard from Highfield, Harare, was offered a place at the Shropshire school at the beginning of…
HARARE – Bodybuilding grew in leaps and bounds in 2013, heralding arguably its best achievements in the history of the sport but lack of funding remains elusive. Former Zimbabwe Musclemania Victor Hungwe made history by becoming the first Zimbabwean to win a world contest. The “Beast” came first in the Under-90kg category at the World…
BULAWAYO – Former Zimbabwe Under -15 football captain Ackim Mpofu, who is making waves in the United States of America, is itching to represent his motherland in international football again. Mpofu was recently chosen as the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Most Valuable Player with 13 goals and seven assists and earned All-America…
HARARE – Former Manicaland first-class cricketer Keegan Taylor died in Harare on Friday following a short illness, aged 29. Taylor spent over a week at the Trauma Centre in Harare before succumbing to heart failure on Friday. Born and bred in Mutare, Taylor was now working and living in Tanzania at the time of his…
