HARARE – The greatest shame Zimbabwe’s sport has suffered from is lack of commitment from government. To be blunt, they just don’t care. They would rather pour thousands of dollars into a once-off football match than put up a budget to sustain the needs of a national team. They would rather promise the Zimbabwe national…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Test captain Brendan Taylor yesterday revealed why he had chosen to walk away from Zimbabwe Cricket after signing for English County side Nottinghamshire. The 29-year-old wicketkeeper batsman signed a three-year Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire and will not be allowed to play for his country during the duration of the contract. Taylor…
HARARE – Harare City coach Taurai Mangwiro says his side is ready to mount a serious challenge for the 2015 Castle Premiership title when the league kicks off on Friday. The Sunshine Boys, who are in their fourth year in the top flight league, welcome newly-promoted side Tsholotsho FC at Rufaro Stadium for their first…
HARARE – Laurelle Brown has given Triathlon Zimbabwe a glimmer of hope as the country battles to find a national elite athlete to replace retired Chris Felgate. Felgate, a veteran of two Olympics, retired three years ago with a second place finish in the Troutbeck Africa Cup championships after competing for close to two decades…
HARARE – In a rare piece of good news for President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF party, Parliament has expelled 21 MDC legislators accused of ditching their party and forming the United Movement for Democratic Change (UMDC). The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and Senate President Edna Madzongwe made the announcement yesterday following a recent…
LONDON – Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim said Arsenal “lacked respect” after Arsene Wenger’s decision not to shake hands with him or congratulate his side after their 3-1 first-leg victory. The principality side were on the brink of elimination from the Champions League after Arsenal overwhelmed them in their last-16, second-leg tie at the Stade Louis…
HARARE – Thousands of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students yesterday demonstrated at the Harare campus in solidarity with striking lecturers and deteriorating standards at the institution of higher learning. University authorities immediately shut down the institution, notifying students to vacate the campus. “The University of Zimbabwe is on recess from 17 March, 2015 to Tuesday…
LONDON – Atletico Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 on penalties to progress to the Champions League last eight after winning their last-16 second-leg tie 1-0. The Spanish champions had trailed 1-0 from the first encounter, only for Mario Suarez’s 27th-minute strike to take the game into extra time at the Vicente Calderon. However, it was…
HARARE – Francis Mufambi, who has resigned from the Welshman Ncube-led MDC, has likened the opposition party president to the late Uganda authoritarian leader Idi Amin. Mufambi, who was the party’s national youth secretary for international relations, told the Daily News that he was resigning from the party because it had deviated from its initial…
HARARE – Night club owners say escalating rentals and the depressed economy are forcing investors in this line of business to close shop on a regular basis. Over the last couple of years, several trendy night clubs and pubs have closed shop. The list of closed clubs include Kebab Centre and #5 on Drew Chisipite,…
