HARARE – Zimbabwe continued to make South Africa work for it as the tourists closed the second day of the only Test trailing by 55 runs on 201-4 with six wickets remaining. South Africa’s innings revolved around Faf du Plessis’ patient half century of 69 from 192 balls. Together Quinton de Kock (27 not out),…
BULAWAYO – Chicken Inn Inn coach Joe Antipas spoke of his relief yesterday after his team returned to winning ways in the Castle Premiership with a 1-0 win over Hwange. Ishmael Lawe headed home six minutes from time to ease pressure on Antipas, who had come under increasing scrutiny at the Bulawayo club. Ironically, the…
HARARE – Wingate Golf Club attached golfer Farai Chitengwa kept a cool head to clinch his maiden Zambezi Tour win by one shot on Saturday at Chapman Golf Club. The Tanzania Golf Union director had gone into the final round atop of the leaderboard having shot a well worked 70 but needed a composed 18th…
LONDON – Rory McIlroy put himself among golf’s greatest legends on Sunday by winning his fourth major title in dramatic fashion, capturing the PGA Championship in a shotmakers’ showdown at rain-softened Valhalla. Three weeks after winning the British Open, the 25-year-old from Northern Ireland rallied on the back nine to take his second major victory…
LONDON – Arsenal, who went nine years without a trophy before winning the FA Cup in May, collected their second piece of silverware in three months when they crushed champions Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday. Arsenal thoroughly deserved their emphatic win in the traditional curtain-raiser to the new English…
HARARE – Opposition Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni says President Robert Mugabe and his cronies are holding the nation hostage, feathering their nest amid a deepening economic decline that has condemned Zimbabweans to extreme poverty. A year after the 2013 harmonised elections which were controversially won by Zanu PF, economic experts say Zimbabweans are worse…
HARARE – Vivek Solanki’s Trauma Centre saga has taken a new twist after the medical institution approached the courts, claiming that it was robbed of over $180 000 together with company files by a rival team of shareholders. Solanki filed the application on Thursday seeking to bar South Africa-based African Medical Investments Plc (AMI), a…
HARARE – Zora music star Leonard “Karikoga” Zhakata believes an artiste is like a church institution that accommodates all members of society. “You are like a hospital,” Zhakata says. “A hospital should take care of all persons regardless of political background, colour or creed. And that is what an artiste stands for. “I stand for…
HARARE – In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News on Sunday in Harare last week, Walter Mzembi, the Masvingo South MP and Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister (WM) spoke to our senior writer Tendai Kamhungira (TK) about his vision for hosting the 2034 Fifa World Cup, the perception that he is protecting white interests…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe prepares to host the 34th Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government in Victoria Falls in a week’s time, it has emerged that the regional power, South Africa, is once again “very anxious” about developments in the country, particularly Harare’s fast deteriorating economic climate. A highly-placed source in Pretoria told…
