GWERU – Midlands Cricket Association (MCA) has launched an Academy aimed at developing the game from the grassroots. MCA is working in conjunction with Kindle Cricket Academy with the venture set to breathe life into the sport in the midlands capital of Gweru. Kindle Cricket Academy has since begun holiday sessions for school going children,…
HARARE – Zimbabwean bodybuilders missed the crown but grabbed five of the top six slots at the Gaborone Classics event held over the weekend in Botswana Vincent “Vince Cutter” Kandiero, the reigning Ironman, claimed second- place as he was piped to the crown by Botswana’s Gontse Sechele. Although Sechele took the title home many of…
HARARE – Tsholotsho remained in pole position on the Zifa Southern Region Division One log standings despite suffering their first defeat of the season away to ZPC Hwange over the weekend. Tsholotsho are now tied on 30 points with Technosphere but maintainbpole position due to a superior goal difference. Tsholotsho started their campaign this season…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-17 basketball teams provided a glimpse of the future after garnering gold at the just ended Cossasa Games co-hosted by Namibia and Botswana. Zimbabwe’s boys’ and girls’ teams had arrived at the two-day competition as favourites having achieved the same feat last year. And they did not disappoint going on to account…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to host two International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures tournaments next month. The two tournaments are scheduled for October 13 to 25, with the first tournament sponsored by Twenty Third Century while the second will be sponsored by Net One. The ITF Futures circuit is the lowest rung of professional tennis…
LONDON – Premier League clubs have smashed the record for spending on transfers in the summer window after splashing out £835m on new players. Manchester United led the way, with a record for an English club of £150m spent, as the Premier League clubs displayed the spending power of their huge domestic TV deal. The…
HARARE – Since the turn of the millennium when the Zanu PF-led government embarked on a chaotic and controversial land reform programme to address the land imbalance, the country has continued to suffer from with hunger. It’s a public secret that the land reform programme led to the collapse of Zimbabwe’s commercial agriculture, turning what…
HARARE – National carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) is seeking $368 million to sustain the viability of operations. Eric Harid, the acting AirZim board chairman yesterday told Parliament that the company was planning to raise short and long-term capital as well as servicing debt as part of efforts to implement a turn-around strategy. “The capital requirements…
HARARE – Barclays Bank Zimbabwe (BBZ) is expected to double its profit to $3,8 million in the full year to December 2014 due to high quality earnings and declining interest expenses, an investment report has shown. BBZ, a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Barclays Plc, recorded $1,7 million after tax profit in the six months to…
HARARE – Standard Chartered Plc (Stanchart)’s Zimbabwean unit recorded an $8 million profit after tax in the half year to June 2014, up 12,5 percent from $7,1 million recorded in prior comparable period. The local financial institution, wholly-owned by British-based Stanchart, registered a 16 percent growth in profit before tax to $11,7 million during the…
