HARARE – Cuthbert Dube was re-elected as the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Saturday during a poll held at the Zifa Village. Dube convincingly beat the challenge of ex-Zifa chairman Trevor David Caresle-Juul by winning the run-off 44 to 14. In the initial poll, Dube had garnered 34 votes followed by Carelse-Juul with 14 while…
HARARE – No matter who wins the race to be the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president today, the election will always be shrouded in controversy. The incumbent, Cuthbert Dube, will be hoping to win a second term in office as he battles against his board member Nigel Munyati. Harare City chairperson Leslie Gwindi is also…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Sevens rugby team got its Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens campaign off to perfect start after wins over Barbados and Chile in So Kon Po yesterday. Man-of-the-moment Stephan Hunduza epitomised Zimbabwe’s hunger for a spot as a core member on the 2014/15 HSBC World Sevens World Series by totalling five…
BULAWAYO – It is rare for footballers that are short in stature to excel in defence, but such exceptional players have popped up from time to time in local top-flight soccer. A few that come to mind include former Hwange left-back Benson Soko, former Air Zimbabwe Jets, Circle United and Dynamos defender Lovemore Mapuya and…
JOHANNESBURG – Being an Arsenal supporter must be heart wrenching. For almost a decade now, one might argue, Arsenal supporters have become accustomed to failure and must by now have developed a thick skin. Only a few weeks back, I wrote on this platform singing the praises of Arsene Wenger when his Gunners were seated…
HARARE – My last article on football was way back in 2008, when I sensed that something sinister and deadly was unravelling in a sport the great Pele calls “the Beautiful Game”. I wrote an opinion piece for a local weekly, expressing alarm at the way the Warriors were being made to play dubious friendly…
PRETORIA – The trial of Oscar Pistorius, accused of killing his former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, was postponed until April 7 because one of two assessors was hospitalized. The assessors will help the judge decide the verdict. South Africa does not have jury trials. Pistorius killed Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year. Of that, there is…
KUALA LUMPUR – Forget all those satellite photos showing promising patches of debris. The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has moved again. In a stunning turn, Australian authorities announced Friday that they were abandoning the remote region of Indian Ocean where search crews had spent more than a week looking for the plane….
HARARE – Glitz and glamour were in short supply at the Zim Dancehall Awards ceremony on Wednesday night but that could not take the shine off Wallace ‘Winky D’ Chirumiko’s haul of four awards. With his status as Zimbabwean dancehall’s leading light increasingly under scrutiny lately due to the emergence of a new exciting crop…
HARARE – Shambare Promotions will host a birthday bash tonight for Mbare-based dancehall promoter David Kandawasvika at Stoddart Hall. The high profile gig for Kandawasvika, who is popularly known as the Gaza Commander, will feature Soul Jah Love, Kinnah, Seh Calaz, Gupsy Warrior, Bounty Lisa, MicInity and Nadine Fire. There will also be guest performances…
