Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has challenged both the Mighty Warriors and the new Zifa leadership to execute their roles with distinction. Coventry, who was accompanied by her deputy Emily Jesaya, was the guest of honour at a send-off ceremony held in the capital for the Mighty Warriors who face Angola…
CHIEF SPORTS WRITER CURTIS Campher starred with bat and ball as Ireland beat Zimbabwe’s Chevrons by six wickets at Harare Sports Club yesterday to level the three-match ODI series at 1-1, setting up what should be a nailbiting decider at the same venue tomorrow. Battling half-centuries from Wessly Madhevere and Sikandar Raza were ultimately not…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER NEWLY-PROMOTED Zifa Central Region Soccer League (CRSL) side Hard Rock FC, are targeting nothing short of the region’s sole ticket to the top-flight league after beefing up their squad with some experienced players. The Midlands-based side, which owned by businessman Shepherd Chahwanda, who is also constructing a 10 000-seater stadium…
Emmanuel MarambeCHIEF SPORTS WRITER BRIAN Bennett etched his name into the history books with a magnificent 169 knock that inspired Zimbabwe’s Chevrons to a 49-run victory over Ireland in the first ODI at Harare Sports Club yesterday. Bennett, 21, became the fourthyoungest player in history to score 150-plus in a men’s ODI en route to…
Emmanuel Marambe A US$2,60 bet by a 66-year-old Harare woman Tecla Waguneka paid off handsomely after she won US$9 800 recently. Waguneka is one of an ever-increasing number of Zimbabwean punters trying their luck in sports betting as they seek to supplement their meagre incomes. Her speciality is the famed virtual game, Aviator on one…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER NORMALCY has been restored at the country’s most successful club, Dynamos with players, who had reportedly downed tools in protest over unpaid January dues, returning to training ahead of the trip to Kwekwe for a match against Central Soccer League side Hard Rock this weekend. An apparent mutiny had threatened…
Emmanuel Marambe ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons begin their quest for redemption against Ireland today when they face off in the first of three one day internationals (ODIs) at Harare Sports Club in the capital. After a disappointing defeat in the one-off Test last week, the Chevrons, who welcome back veteran skipper Craig Ervine, who missed the Test…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER MIGHTY Warriors vice captain Nobukhosi Ncube has warned her troops against complacency when they travel to face Angola for the first leg of their 2026 TotalEnergies 2026 Caf Women’s Africa Cup of Nations first round qualifier next week. After that first leg meeting which is set for February 20, the…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers manager Vitor Pereira is excited by Warriors midfielder Marshall Munetsi’s attributes as a box-to-box midfielder after watching the 28-year-old’s high-octane display in a 30-minute cameo against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup 4th round. Munetsi, a £16,6 million deadline day signing from French top flight outfit Stade de…
Cloud Fusire HARARE-BASED Castle Lager Premier Soccer League outfit Herentals College FC have set their sights on a top four finish this season after an impressive finish to last season when they clinched fifth position. Last season’s impressive performance under the tutelage of Paul Benza, who had taken over the head coach’s reins from Kumbirai…
