HARARE – Zimbabwe top tennis player Takanyi Garanganga (pictured) is targeting to qualify for this weekend’s St. Joseph’s/Candler Savannah Challenger ATP Challenger Tour which carries a $50,000 purse at the Franklin Creek Tennis Centre in the United States. Garanganga received a first round bye of the qualifiers and will now face Facundo Mena of Argentina…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s poor service delivery problems came to the fore when the Uhuru Cup final between Dynamos and FC Platinum was abandoned after a power shortage at the National Sports Stadium yesterday. With DeMbare leading 1-0 courtesy of Ronald Chitiyo’s 15th minute strike, referee Pedzisai Chadya had no choice but to stop the match…
HARARE – His name is Tinotenda which translates to “grateful” and it was no surprise that his first answer during this interview was a statement of thanksgiving. “For me, I wouldn’t have done it without God’s grace, that alone is the greatest weapon that keeps me going,” he tells the Daily News on Sunday. “But…
HARARE – Three years ago in August 2012, the world watched in horror as 44 mainly underground mine workers were massacred by South African police in the Marikana area of Rustenburg as President Zuma attended a Sadc summit in Maputo to discuss Zimbabwe’s endless toxic politics. Marikana was arguably the single most lethal use of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national Under-23 football team’s passage in the Caf Under-23 Championships qualifying campaign has been made easier following the withdrawal of Senegal. Senegal withdrew from the qualifying round as they will now host the Championships in December. They take over from DR Congo who withdrew citing an unhealthy political environment owing to the…
HARARE – Rugby Africa’s development officer Eric Situma expressed mixed emotions about the state of rugby in Zimbabwe during his four-day visit to the southern African nation that concluded yesterday. Whilst disheartened by Zimbabwe rugby’s continued loss of talent to foreign countries and what he termed “inconsistent staff retention” Situma was generally impressed by the…
HARARE – We were greatly encouraged by the recent stance taken by Zimbabwean artists to campaign for the boycott of concerts featuring South African musicians in protest over xenophobic attacks raging across the Limpopo. The boycott call particularly targeted a concert featuring award-winning South African group Big Nuz which was scheduled to take place in…
HARARE – Dropping out of high school to focus on sport takes a tremendous amount of courage for any teenager in the world. But that did not deter 19-year-old Stuart Krog, who gave up his final year in high school to concentrate on golf. The former St George’s College pupil, however, is patting himself on…
HARARE – In yet another glaring example of the fatal chaos, confusion and tensions afflicting President Robert Mugabe’s beleaguered government, the 91-year-old publicly rebuked two of his hardest-working ministers yesterday, emphatically denying that the State had scrapped bonus payments to civil servants in the next two years. This came a mere week after prudent Finance…
HARARE – Bragging rights will be on the line when various school teams from across the country converge at Prince Edward School for the Zimbabwe Schools Rugby Festival. The festival will run from April 27 to May 2. Festival director Sebastain Garikai said he was anticipating some fiery rugby during the week-long event but most…
