HARARE – Junior doctors started their stay-away at all central hospitals in Zimbabwe yesterday, but with minimal impact on most state facilities around the country. About a dozen striking doctors were seen whiling away time drinking beer, with some reading newspapers and chatting outside their institutional residences when the Daily News crew visited Parirenyatwa Group…
HARARE – Sharon Macheso and her estranged husband Kudakwashe Munetsi had been experiencing marital problems since their August wedding, a close relative to the bride revealed yesterday. Sharon’s aunt Rosemary Mutore, 55, was giving her witness account in Munetsi’s domestic violence trial. Munetsi is being charged with assaulting his wife after his bride’s dad reportedly…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has slammed the behavior of his players and fans before and after the league defeat to Triangle on Sunday. Makepekepe players refused to proceed with their journey to Chiredzi for Sunday’s match at Gibbo Stadium over unpaid bonuses and salaries. The Green Machine were supposed to leave the…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders’ executives were last night scheduled to meet to discuss the conduct of striker Charles Sibanda during Sunday’s defeat to Chicken Inn at Hartsfield Rugby Ground. Sibanda, who is the Castle Premiership’s leading scorer with 12 goals, was substituted by coach Mark Mathe after failing obey his instructions. On three occasions during the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe crushed to an aberrant three-wicket defeat inside three days of the first Test match against Bangladesh at Mirpur yesterday with Captain Brendan Taylor admitting the team was mentally weak with the bat. “Credit to Bangladesh, we were mentally weak with the bat, we can’t win Tests like that,” said Taylor after the…
HARARE – An emotional Whawha coach Luke Petros yesterday saluted his charges for winning the Central Region Division One championship to gain promotion into the Castle Premiership next season. The Zimbabwe Prison Services side operated within a very minimal budget compared to the rest of their opponents in the division but they still managed to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tennis ace Cara Black has hinted at hanging up her racket and calling it quits to a game that has seen her rise to become one of the most respected women’s doubles players. Black and her Indian partner Sarnia Mirza were crowned the WTA doubles champions on Sunday to end the season…
BULAWAYO – Shabanie Mine coach John Phiri has praised the match-winning performance by midfielder Xolani Ncube in the win over Bantu Rovers at the weekend. The midfielder was at the heart of all the Chinda Boys’ attacks as they ran out 1-4 winners at Hartsfield Rugby Ground to ease their relegation worries. Ncube scored twice…
LONDON – The Fifa president Sepp Blatter has expressed his “deepest sorrow and anguish” at the death of South Africa goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa. In a letter to Danny Jordaan, president of the South African Football Association, Blatter conveyed the condolences of the global football family following the tragic shooting of the Bafana Bafana and Orlando…
LONDON – South Africa’s football captain Senzo Meyiwa has died after being shot dead during a burglary, police say. He was reportedly attacked after men entered his girlfriend’s house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg. His agent described him as a humble man from a tough background who had become a “hero in everyone’s eyes”. The…
