HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Wilson Manase has defended the team’s tour to volatile Pakistan despite the directive by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) not to go ahead with the trip. The team returned home on Monday evening after deciding to conclude the series which was rocked by a terrorist attack outside the…
HARARE – With four runners in Saturday’s OK Grand Challenge Grande2 race at Borrowdale Race Park, Gokhan Terzi is hoping for a good outing for his stable. Super Trouper, Merhaba, Rock The Country and Got A Hold On Me will be representing Terzi’s yard in the big race with a purse of $40 000 and…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has denied paying a $10m bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup, in the wake of a US inquiry into corruption at world football body Fifa. Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said the money in question was above board and intended to support football in the African diaspora in the Caribbean. The…
LAGOS – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is making his first foreign trip – to Niger – since taking office last week. He is expected to discuss the regional offensive against Boko Haram militants with Nigeria’s northern neighbour. Niger, Chad and Cameroon have been helping Nigeria recapture territory from the insurgents, who Mr Buhari has described…
NEW YORK – Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say. The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced that he was stepping down from his role. US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven…
HARARE – Fears of a revolt against the government, amid a worsening economic crisis in the country and deepening infighting within President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF, are apparently behind the government’s belated order that illegal street vendors vacate cities and towns or risk arrest. The decision has torched a storm with the main opposition,…
HARARE – Police yesterday arrested firebrand Hurungwe West independent candidate Temba Mliswa near Magunje and allegedly charged him with assault and tearing down campaign posters of another candidate. Musindo Hungwe, Mliswa’s lawyer, told the Daily News yesterday that his client was arrested in the afternoon. “Yes, I have just received the information that my client…
HARARE – The Book Café, arguably Harare’s most popular arts venue, has closed its doors indefinitely. The closure was announced in a press release sent yesterday by Tomas Brickhill, the Book Café managing director. “I have decided to take a step back in order to re-strategise and restructure the business,” Brickhill’s statement said. “It was…
HARARE – Supporters are a fickle lot indeed and the behaviour of Dynamos fans in recent weeks gives substance to this notion. DeMbare coach David Mandigora has received a lot of stick and abuse in recent weeks for his team’s performances. With all the indignation the Dynamos fans have towards their coach one would think…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe national cricket team jetted into a storm last night from Pakistan where the A-team escaped a terrorist attack at Gaddaffi Stadium that killed two people, with the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) threatening to take the game’s leadership to task. A police sub-inspector and a Pakistani citizen were killed when a…
