HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top tennis player Takanyi Garanganga’s poor form continues after a first round exit at the US National Indoor Tennis Championships over the weekend. Garanganga lost 6-2 6-3 to America’s Denis Kudla in the first round stage. The Mbare-born player is failing to rediscover his winning formula from last year, having also failed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket coach Walter Chawaguta says Monday’s victory over Australia in a warm-up encounter was a confident booster ahead of the ICC Under-19 World Cup that gets underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday. The Zimbabwean teenagers stunned the Aussies by three wickets with nine balls to spare in Abu…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association (ZPCA) secretary-general Eliah Zvimba has castigated the local cricket governing body for “applying selective approach” in dealing with the striking players. The national team resumed training last week with central contracted players reportedly getting transport allowances while those from franchise contracted players were left to fend for themselves. Players,…
HARARE – Skier Luke Steyn has hailed the support he has received from Zimbabweans from all walks of life after he became the first local athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics. The 20-year-old skier, who will compete in the slalom and giant slalom events at the ongoing Winter Olympics in Sochi, has become an…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe captain and AmaZulu goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini is on the mend after suffering a concussion in a changing room incident last month. Although he still remains sidelines and unavailable for selection AmaZulu team manager, Japhet Zwane, revealed that the Zimbabwean has started training now. “He (Kapini) has started training but he isn’t…
HARARE – Zimbabwean track and field star Ngonidzashe Makusha on Friday qualified for the World Indoor Games in Sopot, Poland, after coming first at XL Galan in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a leap of 8.18. Makusha was one of five jumpers who surpassed the eight-metre barrier in the long jump. Zimbabwe’s 2011 world bronze…
HARARE – The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday passed a wide-ranging and controversial shake-up of its structure despite dissenting voices protesting that the revamp gives too much power to the “Big Three” of India, England and Australia. Zimbabwe, despite widespread local objection, backed the proposal, despite it potentially threatening the country’s Test position in…
HARARE – A cross section of Zimbabwean public figures has reacted with awe at being represented at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in the history of the country. History-making Luke Steyn, a 20-year-old alpine skier, will be flying the flag of landlocked Zimbabwe, a country which according to records, last experienced snow,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricketers have gone on strike again after the failure by Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to pay outstanding salaries and allowances. The domestic Twenty20 competition which was scheduled to start this morning with a match between Mashonaland Eagles and Midwest Rhinos was called off without a ball bowled. ZC had promised to pay the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket team posted a moral boosting three-wicket victory over Australia in a Youth World Cup warm-up match Monday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1 in Abu Dhabi. Both teams were using the match to fine tune for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup which is set to…
