LONDON – Ireland clinched a dramatic last-ball victory over Zimbabwe in their World Twenty20 opener in Bangladesh. Zimbabwe were going at almost 10 runs an over before being pegged back and they posted 163-5 from their 20 overs. Paul Stirling’s quick-fire 60 put Ireland in control and they required four runs from the final over…
LONDON – Dereck Chisora is to face Tyson Fury in a world title eliminator on 26 July. Promoter Frank Warren revealed on Twitter that the heavyweight rivals will face each other at the Phones 4U Arena in Manchester. Fury won on points the last time they met, in 2011, but there has been plenty of bad…
HARARE – Rooftop Promotions is in the process of adapting Stephen Chifunyise’s highly-acclaimed play Wedding Night into a feature film. The film, set to be released by mid-year, provides an insight into the institution of marriage in Zimbabwe. It will be directed by Joe Njagu who assumed the same role in films such as Lobola…
HARARE – Dynamos recorded another psychological victory over their arch rivals Highlanders to lift the Bob 90 Cup in a match of fluctuating tempers on Sunday at Rufaro Stadium. A fortuitous goal from Masimba Mambare and Ronald Chitiyo’s second half drive inspired confidence into Dynamos’ ambitions of sweeping all before them this season. Under fire coach…
HARARE – African Boxing Union champion Charles Manyuchi won the World Boxing Championship (WBC) welterweight title after handing Ghanaian boxer Patrick Allotey the first defeat of his career and it came via an eighth round technical knockout (TKO) on Saturday evening in Lusaka, Zambia. Allotey was punished in the fourth round with points deduction for…
HARARE – Experinced spoken word artists Batsirai Chigama, Tinashe Tafirenyika and Vokal Da Poet are among 10 poets who have been shortlisted by Shoko Festival to compete for the right to be published on the Poetry International (Holland) website. The other selected poets are Zaza Muchemwa, Aerosol, Dikson, Conarth Macheka, Philip Ngomashi, Gwinyai Runyowa, and…
HARARE – Foreign banks are yet to comply with Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy due to authorities’ delay in approving their compliance plans, the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (Baz) says. This is despite government’s pressure for the institutions to conform to the law compelling foreigners to cede majority shareholding to black locals — with former empowerment minister…
HARARE – An illustrious cast of rugby icons is set to descend on Marondera’s Watershed College next month for the Dairibord Academy Week. The coaching clinic runs from April 14 to 19 and will be facilitated by former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, former All Black captain John Mitchell and former Sables flyhalf Kennedy Tsimba….
HARARE – Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) says Zimbabwe can earn over $400 million from its Marange diamonds annually, resulting in an increase of $60 million in royalties per year. This comes as the country’s diamonds are selling at heavily-discounted prices of about $50 per carat compared to market highs of around $450. The country…
HARARE – Miriam Sibanda is the new Zimbabwe National Women’s Soccer League (ZNWSL) chairperson after edging Mavis Gumbo in a tightly contested election held at Zifa Village in Harare yesterday. Sibanda, who is the boss at Northern Region Division One side Twalumba FC, garnered 22 votes while Gumbo came in second with 20. The newly-elected…
