Emmanuel MarambeCHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE Zimbabwe Chess Federation is bracing for a busy year following the release of a packed calendar of events that includes a host of local tournaments and several international excursions. As per the tradition over the last few years, it is the Minerva International Open Chess Championship and CBZ National Chess…
ZIMBABWE’S top golfer Scott Vincent made a strong impression at the Smart Infinity Philippine Open in Manila 2where he finished eighth. Playing on the Asian Tour after a stint on the lucrative Liv Golf circuit, Vincent, who was also the only Zimbabwean competing in the event, carded rounds of 69, 70, 66 and 69 to…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBEChief Sport Writer A NEW era beckons for local football following the election of Nqobile Magwizi as the substantive Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president at the local football mother body’s elections in the capital yesterday. Magwizi, who was up against Phillemon Machana, Twine Phiri, Makwinji Soma-Phiri and Marshall Gore, polled 61 votes out…
TODAY, 78 councillors will vote for a new Zifa leadership that will take charge of the local football mother body for the next four years. Under the terms of the new Zifa constitution, the new executive committee will comprise 11 members, including a president, two deputies, and eight committee members. Of the 11 slots on…
ZIFA presidential candidate in today’s elections Nqobile Magwizi says the football association should be transformed into an institution that commands respect locally, regionally and internationally. Speaking to Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on widely followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on independent national commercial television station, 3Ktv, on Thursday, Magwizi was optimistic he will win…
By Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE much-awaited Zifa elections are on in the capital today with 78 councillors set to cast their votes in a poll that will shape Zimbabwe’s football future. A record number of participants are in the running for the nine posts that are up for grabs in what is a…
IN an intriguing turn of events, Walter Magaya, who is one of the four individuals who were disqualified from the Zifa presidential race, has endorsed Nqobile Magwizi for the post. This comes after Magaya also lost his High Court bid to be reinstated as one of the candidates on Thursday. Now, just like his counterpart…
By Emmanuel Marambe THE Bard Santner Race to SA Golf Challenge, a monthly event that is staged at Royal Harare Golf Club,…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi yesterday dismissed an urgent chamber application by Walter Magaya, who was challenging his disqualification as a candidate for the Zifa presidency. Chitapi ruled that Magaya’s application lacked merit adding that he was not honest with the court as he withheld some of the…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER THE premiership curtain raiser, the Castle Challenge Cup which will feature league champions Simba Bhora against Chibuku Super Cup winners Dynamos will be played on February 22 at the ceremonial home of football Rufaro Stadium. In a statement yesterday, PSL communications manager Kudzai Bare confirmed the development stating that the…
