BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE TOP flight action returns after a two-week break with the league’s early pacesetters facing tricky away ties, while reigning champions Ngezi Platinum Stars will be seeking to continue their resurgence when they host perennial title contenders Chicken Inn. Alongside Manica Diamonds and four-time champions FC Platinum, Ngezi Platinum Stars were the league’s…
ZIMBABWE will be among the 48 countries that are set to feature in the 2025 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying draw that is scheduled for July 4 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This will be the first time that Zimbabwe will be involved in the Afcon qualifiers since the 2021 tournament.The Warriors missed…
NATIONAL Premier League (NPL) champions Takashinga Patriots 1 will begin the defence of their title when they face Westside at Mutare Sports Club tomorrow, as the fourth edition of Zimbabwe’s major club competition gets underway. Harare Metropolitan side Rangers are among the first-time participants in the tournament together with Strikers from Mashonaland East, Rimuka from…
Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER INTERIM Warriors coach Jairos Tapera, who oversaw the team’s two defeats by Lesotho and South Africa in the 2026 Fifa World Cup Qualifiers, remains hopeful that Zimbabwe can still salvage their campaign despite a disastrous week. Zimbabwe are bottom of Group C of the Caf section of the 2026 Fifa World…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITERHARARE-BASED school, Dominican Convent High will represent the country at the 2024 World School Chess Championships that will be held at the Regional Sports Village of Callao in Lima, Peru. The school earned the sole ticket to represent the country at the global schools chess jamboree after they emerged the winners of…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) is set to develop a multi-purpose cricket facility in Mutare’s high-density suburb of Dangamvura. This comes after the national cricket body successfully applied for a piece of land in the Manicaland capital.ZC and the City of Mutare recently signed a lease agreement for the allocated plot measuring 19 hectares.The development will include…
By Cloud Fusirein BLOEMFONTEIN, SA TWO defensive errors cost the Warriors dearly as the Jairos Tapera-coached side fell to a demoralising 3-1 defeat at the hands of neighbours South Africa in a Caf Group C 2026 Fifa World Cup Qualifier here yesterday. Aware of the need to emerge from the match against their southern neighbours…
SPORT continues to be one of the biggest tools being used in the ongoing battle against drug and substance abuse with the fight this time taken to Domboshava where a number of teams were involved in a youth-centred snooker tournament. Five teams, namely Hilltop Pool Club, VC Stars, Touchline Lions Pool Club, Mana Pool Club,…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER THE much-anticipated Carling Black Label (CBL) National Pool Tournament is back targeting 26 centres around Zimbabwe, with the finals set for Harare next month. The tournament has been running for over 10 years in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Pool Association (Zipa). Thousands of aspirants are expected to take part in the…
By Cloud Fusire in Bloemfontein, SA WARRIORS’ defender Godknows Murwira believes they will be extra motivated not just for points, but to reclaim the ‘battle of Limpopo’ bragging rights when they face neighbours South Africa in a 2026 Fifa World Cup Qualifier at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein this evening. The match is scheduled to…
