NEW YORK – Vaccinated monkeys have developed “long-term” immunity to the Ebola virus, raising a prospect of successful human trials, say scientists. The experiments by the US National Institutes of Health showed immunity could last at least 10 months. Human trials of the vaccine started this week in the US and will extend to the…
HARARE – CAPS United’s beleaguered president Twine Phiri has come under several pressure from the club’s former players and some of the team’s prominent fans, who called for immediate action to save the troubled team. The ex-Green Machine players who spoke to the Daily News yesterday questioned Phiri’s vision at the club, with Makepekepe having…
BAGDAD – Iraqi government forces say they have cleared Islamic State (IS) militants from a wide area around the strategic Haditha dam, helped by US air strikes. The jihadists have repeatedly tried to capture the dam on the River Euphrates, in the western province of Anbar. The US air strikes were the first to have…
HARARE – Highlanders fans have not reacted well to the club’s continued dominance by Dynamos following yet another crashing defeat to their fiercest rivals, who clinched the inaugural TM Pick’ Pay Challenge Cup on Saturday with a rampant 4-1 win in Harare. The win by Calisto Pasuwa’s men meant DeMbare have not lost to Highlanders…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s quest to qualify for the 2015 Davis Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group II begins when the Euro/Africa Zone Group III roars into life today at Smash Tennis Academy in Cairo, Egypt. Zimbabwe non-playing captain Martin Dzuwa is expected to lead the team that includes Takanyi Garanganga, who is the third highest ranked African…
HARARE – Before the triangular series got underway, there were mixed feelings about this tournament, mostly from the international fraternity. What was the meaning of Australia and South Africa wasting their time and energy playing in a country which is constantly under the microscope for various reasons? Why on earth would they want to play…
HARARE – Any hope of redemption from an eight-year wait to beat Dynamos came to naught here yesterday as Highlanders fell to a morale-dampening 4-1 defeat that saw the Harare giants lift the TM Pick n Pay Challenge Cup. DeMbare walked away $60 000 richer with a compelling victory over their arch rivals. A first…
ZVISHAVANE – Zambian forward Obrey Chirwa scored a hat-trick at Mandava Stadium yesterday as FC Platinum thrashed CAPS United 6-0 in the ZNA Charity Shield final. CAPS ended with eight men after David Chipala, George Nyirenda and Hardlife Zvirekwi were all sent off. Chipala was shown a straight red card by referee Rugare Kusosa for…
HARARE – Organisers of Jamaica deejay Kalado’s Make Me Feel Zimbabwe Tour say everything is now in place for this weekend’s show. Kalado is expected to jet into the country this Thursday, two days before his show at Belgravia Sports Club in the capital. “We have a few days left till the show and all preparations…
CHICAGO – President Robert Mugabe should be deposed in a Chicago criminal case when he travels to the US this month for a United Nations meeting, lawyers for a South Side businessman say. Gregory Turner, 72, wants a federal judge to force the controversial African leader to give videotaped evidence in his defence. Turner —…
