HARARE – As we look back with fond memories at the glittering profession of Graeme Smith, who has recently called stumps on a record-breaking career, I am sure cricket lovers in Zimbabwe will join me in paying fitting tribute to this true legend of the game. Smith, Test cricket’s most successful captain, leaves South Africa…
HARARE – Just when everything seemed back on track for the Glamour Boys, coach Calisto Pusuwa was yesterday left sweating for the services of key players – Partson Jaure, Sydney Linyama and Washington Pakamisa – who are down with different ailments. Dynamos players yesterday ended their two-day boycott of training as they settled down to…
BLANTYIRE – Kingstone Nkatha is confident the Warriors can build on their near faultless 4-1 mauling of disoriented Malawi going into the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The in-form Kaizer Chiefs striker created three goals and hit the final nail on the Flames coffin with a goal in front of half fullKamuzu Stadium during…
HARARE – Oriental Quarries Promotions Boxing Coach Mike Zulu says Charles Manyuchi is itching to claim the vacant WBC international welterweight title adding that Ghanaian Patrick Allotey in for defeat when the two trade leather next Saturday. The Zimbabwean boxer, who holds the African Boxing Union (ABU) welterweight belt, fights Allotey for the vacant World…
HARARE – Zimbabwean track and field star Ngonidzashe Makusha said he is ready for the IAAF World Indoor Championship which is set to start today and will end on Sunday in Sopot, Poland. Makusha and Gabriel Mvumvure are the only two Zimbabwe representatives at the event. “Everything is ok here; we are ready for the…
MOSCOW – MPs in Crimea have asked Moscow to allow the southern Ukrainian region to become part of the Russian Federation. Parliament said if its request was granted, Crimean citizens could give their view in a referendum on 16 March. A government minister in Kiev said it would be unconstitutional for Crimea to join Russia….
PRETORIA – A neighbour of Oscar Pistorius has told his murder trial he found the South African Paralympic star praying over the body of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as she lay dying. In the trial’s first account of the moments after the shooting, Johan Stipp said he tried to revive Ms Steenkamp. During Dr Stipp’s…
TRIPOLI – The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli. Pictures posted on the internet showed him having his head and beard shaved. Saadi Gaddafi, the former head of Libya’s football federation, fled after his father was killed in the…
HARARE – A record 21 countries from around the globe have confirmed their participation in this year’s Harare International Carnival slated for May 16 to 25. Harare International Carnival is the brainchild of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA ). ZTA communications manager, Sugar Chagonda said they had christened the Carnival, Harare International Carnival because it…
HARARE – Kadoma-born dancehall artiste Christopher ‘Chrissy B’ Isaac has dedicated his second album titled Another Level to be released during the Easter holidays to the late mbira queen Chiwoniso Maraire who was his mentor. The 28-year-old artiste says the death of the mbira star last year was a huge setback for his fledgling career….
