By Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER NEWLY-ELECTED IOC president Kirsty Coventry was feted at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday as she returned home following her momentous victory in Greece. Government ministers, deputy ministers, heads of sports bodies, athletes as well as sports fans were on hand to welcome Coventry who has further buttressed her…
By Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE Mr Pace Post Insurance marathon will now serve as a World Championships and Olympics qualifier after getting the seal of approval from World Athletics. Now in its fourth year, the Mr Pace Post Insurance race, which will this time be held at the National Sports Stadium B Arena…
By Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE stage has been set for a bigger and more exciting 2025 Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) season with the second tier’s leadership revealing that they had secured sponsorship for their monthly awards, while a deal for a knockout tournament was nearing finalisation. The impending season, which is scheduled…
THE Warriors are bracing for a last-ditch attempt to save their flailing 2026 Fifa World Cup Qualification campaign after they arrived in Nigeria ahead of the crucial match against the Super Eagles on Tuesday. Michael Nees’ men lost further ground in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers after playing out to a two-all draw…
Emmanuel Marambe, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER NEW International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry is set to step down from her position as Zimbabwe’s Sports minister ahead of her move to Switzerland. This comes after Coventry made history by becoming the first woman and African to head the IOC whose headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. She…
Lewis Hamilton hit out at “yapping” critics after taking his first win for Ferrari in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER WARRIORS head coach Michael Nees is refusing to throw in the towel as far as the team’s 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying bid is concerned, insisting that the team will keep plugging away despite Thursday’s draw against Benin. The Warriors remained bottom of Group C of the World Cup Qualifiers…
Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76. Known as Big George in the ring, the American built one of the…
SENEGAL’S Syra Sylla is one of six women globally to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee for her outstanding dedication to…
Cloud Fusire in DURBAN Zimbabwe………………..(1) 2 Benin………………………. (2) 2 WARRIORS chances of making it to the 2026 World Cup were further dented following a two-all draw with Benin in a lively encounter here yesterday. A glaring blunder by veteran goalkeeper Washington Arubi gifted Benin forward Steve Mounie the opener on 12 minutes, with another defensive…
