HARARE – Cellular service provider NetOne has announced a new format for this year’s NetOne Charity Shield tournament. Speaking at a ceremony to hand over proceeds from last year’s Charity Shield match between Dynamos and Motor Action, the company’s managing director, Reward Kangai said all teams stand a chance to play in this year’s tournament….
HARARE – Black Mambas have vowed to shed their relegation candidate tag in the forthcoming 2013 Castle Premiership season. Warumwa Warumwa has survived the chop on the last day of the season in the last two seasons since their promotion from the Northern Region Division One League in 2010. Last season, the police outfit spent…
HARARE – Bellingerent Zimbabwean batsman Charles “Chopper” Coventry has, at the last minute, become the fourth local to clinch a Bangladesh Premier League deal after signing for Duronto Rajshahi. The 29-year-old Matabeleland Tuskers star’s Bangladesh deal comes as consolation after being omitted from Zimbabwe’s training squad for next month’s tour of the West Indies. Other…
HARARE – A true Zimbabwean sports lover would tell you that there is nothing nicer than watching the country’s two oldest rivals and biggest enemies clash in a final of any sporting event. Whether it is Dynamos taking on Highlanders, Old Miltonians against Old Hararians, or in this case, Matabeleland Tuskers against the Mashonaland Eagles….
HARARE – Chess in Zimbabwe is dominated by male players. However, Zimbabwe national women chess champion Tatenda Zengeni is set to break newground Zengeni started playing chess when she was 10 years, four years later she was crowned Zimbabwe’s schools chess champion. The 20-year-old Chinhoyi University student, who is popularly known as Polgar Tasty, won…
HARARE – The Sports Recreation Commission (SRC) has called on national sports associations with grievances over a stormy selection directive to approach its offices instead of “fighting their cases in the media.” This comes after SRC issued a directive last week which states that only people who have represented the country at international level in…
HARARE – The Nigerian and Georgian rugby unions have shown interest in sending their Sevens teams to be part of the action-packed Spar International Sevens tournament set for March in Harare. The tournament includes Africa’s second-best Sevens team Kenya as well as full international sides from Hong Kong, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. These teams are…
HARARE – Although Zimbabwe has never been a highly-ranked cricketing nation, it is astonishing to note how many players from this country have represented world XI teams. The leader of the pack was Dave Houghton of course, who played for several world invitational teams throughout his career. In fact, his average for world XI teams…
HARARE – Zimbabwe motorsport federation will host a fundraising games day to assist Peter Whyte, who had a life-threatening accident back in December during a race meeting at Bulawayo Motoring Club. The fundraising event will be held at the association’s club house in Eastlea on February 9. The 19-year-old Whyte had the accident whilst riding…
HARARE – Newly-promoted Castle Premiership side Tripple B will hold trials tomorrow as the club seeks to reinforce their squad for the upcoming 2013 season. Tripple B coach Friday “Amayenge” Phiri, who also guided Monomotapa into the Premiership in 2004, said the Beitbridge outfit is looking to acquire at least eight new players with top-flight…
