HARARE – Financially-troubled Zimbabwe Cricket is set to trim its personnel at the end of the month as a cost-cutting measure, the Daily News has learnt. ZC managing director Wilfred Mukondiwa last week reportedly addressed Harare workers at a meeting that was also attended by Vimbai Mapukute, the Mashonaland Eagles chief executive, and a ZC…
GWERU – The Zifa Central Region Division One has booted out Hardbody and Chomumvuri Pirates from their 2014 program after they both failed to pay affiliation fees. The league finished last season with fewer clubs as most folded during the year owing to financial challenges. By the end of last week, only 13 teams had…
HARARE – Zimbabwean rugby player Shayne Makombe won the FNB Varsity Shield ‘Back That Rocked’ award on Monday after a stellar debut season with University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) Impi side. Although Makombe and Impi’s season ended in heartbreak after the 35-26 Varsity Shield final defeat to FNB Central University of Technology (CUT) Ixias in…
HARARE – Pastry confectioners Bakers Inn has launched a school sports initiative that will see primary and secondary schools being assisted with sporting kits. Ketan Patel, the Bakers Inn brand and marketing executive, told the Daily News that the program will mostly benefit schools in high density suburbs as they have less chances of developing…
LONDON – Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled to a 1-1 draw in their Champions Leaquarterfinal, first leg on Tuesday as the visitors finished with 10 men after goalscorer Bastian Schweinsteiger was sent off. Schweinsteiger, who fired home the equaliser for the European champions in the 66th minute, was dismissed in the 90th for collecting…
LONDON – An exquisite goal from Neymar rescued a 1-1 draw for Barcelona after substitute Diego had given Liga rivals Atletico Madrid the lead in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday. A stunning 35-metre strike from Diego put Atletico in the driving seat after 56 minutes at the Nou Camp but…
LONDON – As Real Madrid struggle to maintain their La Liga title bid, a greater emphasis has been placed on winning a 10th European crown and this week they face a Borussia Dortmund side who famously blocked their path last season. As each year passes, the desire for Real to claim a 10th European Cup,…
LONDON – Chelsea’s quarter-final of the Champions League will see them confront a Paris Saint-Germain side who believe they have the quality to claim a first European Cup this season, with the runaway French league leaders undaunted by the prospect of taking on José Mourinho’s side tonight. PSG are transformed these days, bankrolled by Qatari…
HARARE – Businessman Philip Chiyangwa’s listed Zeco Holdings Limited (Zeco) is stuttering with the engineering group trading in the red since dollarisation in 2009. The group’s losses widened to $4,7 million in the year to December 2013 from $2,5 million incurred in prior year. During the period under review, revenue declined by 60 percent to…
HARARE – Government’s has appealed to the private sector to help it in the implementation of its ambitious economic blueprint Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZimAsset). In the next four years, government targets to create 2,2 million jobs, unlock $1,8 trillion in idle mineral reserves and grow the economy by an average seven percent…
