HARARE – Zimbabwe will seek financial support from Libya in the country’s quest to replace the war-torn North African country as 2017 Africa Cup of Nations host, cabinet ministers said yesterday. Libya withdrew from hosting the 2017 tournament due to delays in its plans to build new stadia, which were complicated by ongoing fighting in…
HARARE – The ever-growing Prince Edward Basketball Tournament roars into life this afternoon at the Harare school with 42 teams confirming participation. Sledge Chinyoka, master in charge of basketball at PE, said everything was in place for the biggest schoolboy basketball tournament in the country. “We have previously hosted this event and we know how…
HARARE – Zimbabwe dropped two places on the latest Fifa rankings released by the world football governing body yesterday. The Warriors, who have not kicked a ball for the past three months, fell number 90 to 92 the world rankings in the world and are now ranked 24th in Africa. Algeria remained on pole position…
HARARE – The rivalry between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh has fast developed into some kind of small Ashes between Test cricket’s lowest ranked teams, reckons Zimbabwe five-day format captain Brendan Taylor. Wicketkeeper-batsman Taylor, 28, likened the bottom-of-the-table contest with the Asian side to the traditional Test series between England and Australia – dubbed the Ashes in…
HARARE – Sungura star Alick Macheso will perform in South Africa on Friday and Saturday. He will perform two concerts in Cape Town and Johannesburg
GENEVA – As hospitals in nations hardest hit by Ebola struggle to keep up, desperate patients are turning to the black market to buy blood from survivors of the virus, the World Health Organization warned. The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has killed at least 2,400 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the…
LAGOS – Torture has become such an integral part of policing in Nigeria that many stations have an informal torture officer, Amnesty International says. Both the military and police use a wide range of torture methods including beatings, nail and teeth extractions and other sexual violence, it says. One woman accused of theft said she…
HARARE – Danish top-flight club SønderjyskE has showered Zimbabwean forward Silas Songani with praise following the former Harare City talisman’s dazzling start to his Europe career, which has been decorated with a goal reminiscent of Gareth Bale’s Copa Del Rey beauty against Barcelona. Team coaches have described Songani as a “fantastic” player while his manager…
HARARE – Zimbabwe A lost by six wickets on the final day of the first unofficial Test against Bangladesh A in Cox’s Bazar yesterday. The hosts needed just 23.2 overs to wrap up a match they dominated with the ball from day one, having resumed from the third day needing just 61 runs with nine…
HARARE – Zimbabwean winger Shayne Makombe got his Sharks Club XV debut off to a good start on Monday evening after weighing in with a try to help the side to a thumping 82-12 victory over Griquas NWK Rural. The victory was a perfect start for Sharks Club XV in the South African Rugby Union…
