HARARE – Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) has cancelled this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe Open after failing to secure sponsorship for the country’s premier tennis championship. “Definitely the tournament will not take place, our sponsors came a little bit too late,” TZ vice-president Regis Bhunu told the Daily News yesterday. “The tournament is usually held between…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s bodybuilding federation says South African Shameen Adams will keep his unofficial African title won in Harare last month despite being banned for life by the South African International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) for using banned performance-enhancing drugs. The former Mr Universe won the Harare title on November 17, but National Federation…
HARARE – The Orange African Nations Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) and South African Travel Centre (SATC) have teamed up to make it easier and more enjoyable for football fans to attend the forthcoming 29th Afcon finals. The much anticipated biennial jamboree is taking place in South Africa between January 19 and February 10. The…
HARARE – Parliament wants Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) disbanded following the national team’s failure to qualify for next year’s African Nations Cup finals in South Africa and precarious position in the quest for the 2014 World Cup. Moving the motion in Parliament on Thursday, MDC legislator for Masvingo, Jeffryson Chitando, told Parliament that the nation…
HARARE – Zimbabwe yesterday named eight uncapped players and three Europe-based professionals in the Sables squad for the upcoming Emirates Airline Cup of Nations in Dubai. The UK-based trio of flank Shingi Mpofu, uncapped tight-head prop Nick Winwood and utility back Tommy Nelson are the only overseas-based players in the 25-man squad announced yesterday. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe wheelchair tennis ace Nyasha Mharukurwa is bubbling with confidence ahead of the Airports Company South Africa Eastern Cape Open tennis tournament, which starts tomorrow in Port Elizabeth. “I have not been training for the past two months because of my studies, however, I’m going to fight for a top four finish,” Mharakurwa…
BERLIN – Zimbabwe international Knowledge Musona has lost his place at German club FC Augsburg after now going one and a half seasons without a Bundesliga goal. The 22-year-old former Kaizer Chiefs ace, who moved from AmaKhosi to Germany last year, has played nine games on loan from Hoffenheim at second from bottom Augsburg this…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe football coach Sunday Chidzambwa and three other individuals slapped with life bans after being found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting lodged their appeal with the Zifa Appeals Committee by paying the $6 000 appeals fee just before end of deadline on Friday. Former Warriors captain Method Mwanjali and Bidvest Wits…
HARARE – Highlanders’ influencial midfielder Masimba Mambare has showered Bosso coach Kelvin Kaindu with praise for turning him into a “new player” in a season the Zambian came agonisingly close to guide the Bulawayo giants to their first Premiership title in six years. Mambare had a brilliant season with Bosso in the just-ended season, helping…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Sevens rugby team has a strong chance of making an impression at the South African leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in Port Elizabeth next weekend after being handed a fair draw yesterday. The Cheetahs were expected to leave the country yesterday for the leg, now called the Cell C…
