LONDON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth for this year and next. The IMF now expects growth of 3.5% this year, compared with the previous estimate of 3.8% which it made in October. The growth forecast for 2016 has also been cut, to 3.7%. The downgrade to…
HARARE – CAPS United are scheduled to get down to serious business when they re-group to begin preparations for the 2015 season today. The Green Machine, who are reportedly facing a mass player exodus, will re-group for their first training session with a number of new players expected to be present. Makepekepe are reeling under…
HARARE – Contract negotiations between Dynamos and strikers Roderick Mutuma and Simba Sithole have hit a brick wall. The defending champions now appear to have given up on securing the services of the two strikers for the forthcoming season. Dynamos have had their 2015 budget reduced by their principal sponsor, BancABC and need to make…
HARARE – Matabeleland Tuskers and Mashonaland Eagles consolidated their respective first and second place positions on the log table with victories in the Pro 50 Championship cricket matches on Saturday. Log leaders Tuskers are on 18 points, second-placed Eagles have 13 points while Mountaineers and Mid West Rhinos with nine and four points respectively sit…
HARARE – Scott Vincent showed why his talent has triggered a storm at United States (US)’ Virginia Tech College after blazing to a 16-shot victory in the season-opening Dugmore Trophy at Bulawayo Golf Club on Sunday. The former St John’s College pupil has been setting the stage alight with a stretch of stellar play for…
HARARE – Colchester United’s Zimbabwean striker Macauley Bonne, who enjoyed a dream international debut for Zimbabwe Under-23 last November, is finding it tough to break into the starting line-up of the English League One side. The 19-year-old forward burst onto the first team scene with three goals in his first six appearances last year, and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top male tennis player Takanyi Garanganga got his year off to a scintillating start with a resilient performance to win the USTA Pro Circuit Long Beach Futures Pro Tournament over the weekend. Garanganga defeated Number six seed Frederik Nielson in the finals of the $15 000 tournament at the El Dorado Park…
HARARE – The National Darts Association of Zimbabwe (Ndaz) will next month hold the inaugural Champions of Champions 2015 Darts tournament at Munyati Power Station in Kwekwe. The tournament which will be played in a best of 39 format is scheduled for February 28. Ndaz secretary, Stephen Mwarindira said 16 teams are expected to participate…
HARARE – Our absence from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, coupled with our reigning player of the year’s failure to secure a contract at a lowly ranked European league, has exposed Zimbabwe’s Premier Soccer League for what it truly it is – weak and amateurish. Zimbabwe is not only absent as a national team…
SYDNEY – The threats David Pocock’s family experienced in Zimbabwe, driven from their family farm as their friends died around them, led to a fear of failure and a fanatical approach to his diet and exercise. Pocock opened up about the childhood experiences that shaped the 26-year-old in an interview with Men’s Health magazine, which…
