HARARE – Out-of-form Zimbabwe batsman Vusi Sibanda has been handed a lifeline after being named captain of the A side leaving for Bangladesh today for two unofficial Tests and three one-day games. Sibanda, who struggled for runs recently against South Africa and Australia, will lead the 20-man squad on the three-week tour of the subcontinent,…
HARARE – What a difference twelve months make. This time last year, Tafadzwa Rusike, fresh from being offloaded by Ajax Cape Town in South Africa, looked a troubled soul and seemingly heading into obscurity, like many Zimbabwean footballers in his situation before him. Upon returning home from South Africa mid-last year, Dynamos showed interesting in…
HARARE – It was sweet revenge for Vincent Kandiyero, who came second in the Gaborone Classics while his nemesis Isaac “Sugar” Chimuchenga settled for fourth place. Kandiyero was dethroned from the Ironman crown in Kadoma in June by Chimuchenga, a decision the former holder described as controversial even though he accepted the verdict. The build-up…
LONDON – Sepp Blatter will stand for re-election as Fifa president next year, he confirmed yesterday. The 78-year-old Swiss, who was first elected in 1998, confirmed his candidature for a fifth term as president in a recorded interview transmitted to delegates at the Soccerex Global Convention. “You see a mission is never finished. And my…
NEW YORK – Serena Williams believes clinching an 18th Grand Slam title is more significant than the sixth US Open she won on Sunday and vowed to keep adding to her majors collection. The world number one swept past close friend Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 in the final to go level with Chris Evert as…
HARARE – Tuku’s wife, Daisy, reveals sensational secrets about her fights with the superstar, particularly the incident when she wanted to shoot Zimbabwe’s international music icon, after he denied paternity of an alleged secret son named Selby Tapiwa Mtukudzi. Daisy says women throw themselves at her man and harass her because they want to get…
HARARE – The stupendously entertaining, elaborate, all-day, “Big African Air Show” woke up sleepy Harare, wowing impressionable aircraft enthusiasts at Charles Prince Airport, just outside Harare, yesterday. By far, applying any measure, it must be the most astounding air show Zimbabwe has seen. In any case, the last bona fide air show in Zimbabwe was…
HARARE – Sheer hard work, determination and creativity keeps Harare businesswoman Barbara Chikosi popularly known as Mama Red Rose going. Revellers in entertainment circles know Mama Red Rose as a shrewd live music promoter. But she told the Daily News that the business of promoting music is a second priority to her. She has brought…
HARARE – The new regime of special coins indexed at par with the United States coins that will be installed by December will be bankrolled by a $50 million bond facility, the Central Bank governor has said. The special coins are meant to ease change shortages. The coins, which are being imported, will be introduced…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s financial services sector has been hard hit by white collar crime, with several bank tellers accused of stealing thousands of dollars. Several bank tellers have been dragged before the courts for various financial crimes including fraud and embezzlement. Cases of tellers stealing cash out of their drawers have been on the rise…
