HARARE – Only nine months ago, Thomas Chideu (pictured) was writing his O’ Level exams at Prince Edward School. Fast forward to present day and the 19-year-old is now living the dream of most young boys his age in Zimbabwe. This afternoon, he is likely to be in the Zimbabwe Under-23 side starting XI to…
HARARE – The ongoing series between Zimbabwe and India concludes with the final Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club today, and most will say that the series has gone as expected. India took a clean sweep in the ODI series, and if Zimbabwe play the way they did on Friday, the Royal Stag trophy will…
HARARE – Outgoing Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) national convenor of selectors, Givemore Makoni has laughed off claims that he was demoted in the ongoing association’s restructuring exercise. Makoni, a former Manicaland Mountaineers administrator and chief selector for the national team selection panel was reassigned to a new position where he was appointed director development and club…
STELLENBOSCH – The Junior Sables’ hopes of ending a five-year wait to beat old rivals Namibia were brought to a crashing halt during the final day of the Coca-Cola Craven Week rugby tournament yesterday. This was a match which the Old Mutual-sponsored Zimbabwe Under-18 rugby squad’s lack of preparations was clearly exposed. The Junior Sables,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead to win the Davis Cup Euro-Africa Zone II play-off against Moldova following the victory by Courtney Lock and Mark Fyn in the yesterday’s doubles match. Courtney Lock and Fyn beat the Moldova pair of Egor Matvieci and Andrei Soltoianu 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Zimbabwe had gone…
HARARE – Already under immense pressure from his ruling Zanu PF’s deadly factional and succession wars, President Robert Mugabe now stands accused of violating the country’s Constitution by appointing a gender and regionally “unrepresentative” Cabinet team. Constitutional law expert Lovemore Madhuku told the Daily News yesterday that there was no doubt that the nonagenarian was…
HARARE – Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku yesterday advised expelled Zanu PF legislator Kudakwashe Bhasikiti to form his own party, as the court could not mend a “broken marriage”. As soon as Chidyausiku said this, the former Mwenezi East Member of Parliament had no option but to withdraw his constitutional challenge of President Robert Mugabe’s proclamation…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday shot down attempts by accused persons in the case involving the purchase of a Land Rover Discovery meant for popular preacher, Walter Magaya’s wife, to summon the Prophet Healing and Deliverance (PHD) founder to court saying the application was misplaced. Regional magistrate Nowell Mupeiwa said only the courts have…
HARARE – South Africa Under-23 coach Owen da Gama says they respect the Young Warriors but they have come here to get a result in tomorrow’s Africa Under-23 Championship qualifier. The Young Warriors host South Africa in the first leg at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow hoping to get a comfortable lead to defend in the second…
HARRE – It was the same old script as Zimbabwe once again put in a disjointed performance losing the first Twenty20 match against India by 54 runs yesterday. After succumbing to a 3-0 series defeat in the One Day International series which ended on Tuesday, it was always going to be very difficult to expect…
