ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has banned national team players Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta from cricket for four months for recreational drug use. The two received the sanction after admitting — when they appeared for a disciplinary hearing last Wednesday — to charges of breaching the ZC Employment Code of Conduct that arose when they tested…
By Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER HIGHLANDERS have confirmed the departure of the attacking duo of Stanley Ngala and Washington Navaya. Ngala joined Bosso from FC Platinum in 2022 on a three-year contract while Navaya switched to the Bulawayo giants from Kwekwe-based Division One side ZPC Munyati. But the two failed to hit top form after…
YOUTHFUL England-born forward Tawanda Chirewa, who is of Zimbabwean heritage, has been backed to become an established professional by Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O’Neil, who handed the youngster his English Premier League (EPL) debut in the nil-all draw with Brighton on Monday night. The 20-year-old joined Wolves prior to the start of the current season…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITER CAPS United have confirmed the signing of the unheralded duo of Wayne Makuva, 27, and Munyaradzi Chirwa, 23, ahead of the upcoming season. Another two youthful players, Rings Football Academy graduate Simba Gunda and goalkeeper Tafadzwa Jabangwe who was at Cranborne Bullets, are also trying their luck at the club and…
Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE’S Lady Chevrons yesterday fell to an 81 run-defeat by Ireland in the third and final ODI at Harare Sports Club, ensuring the northern hemisphere visitors won the ODI series two-nil. Ireland had also emerged 10-wicket victors in the first ODI last Friday before the rain-interrupted second ODI ended in a…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER CHEVRONS duo, Richard Ngarava and Sikandar Raza have been recognised for their sterling performance in an otherwise underperforming team after yesterday being named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 Team of Year for 2023. The inclusion of the local pair in the 11-man Team of the Year that also…
Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER FORMER Young Warriors player Sebastien Summerfield has pledged to champion local grassroots football development in a bid to ensure that Zimbabwe can become a major exporter of football talent in Africa and beyond. Summerfield, who has been playing in Europe for a couple of seasons now, has since formed the Sebastien…
ZIMBABWE’S national women’s cricket team, the Lady Chevrons yesterday put up a spirited fight to draw their second ODI against Ireland at Harare Sports Club, leaving the three-match series delicately poised at one-nil in favour of the latter. The Lady Chevrons now need to win the third and final ODI tomorrow to avoid a series…
FORMER Warriors forward Khama Billiat is currently trying his luck with DStv Premiership side SuperSport United after he was spotted during a Matsantsantsa training session yesterday. Billiat, who enjoys cult hero status in South Africa largely due to his exploits with Mamelodi Sundowns where he was part of the famed “CBD” trio alongside Leonardo Castro…
By Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER JUST when it appeared the Chevrons had finally turned a corner in their international cricket journey, the local boys conspired to turn a decent start into a catastrophic collapse as they fell to a nine-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in the third and final T20 in Colombo yesterday. The way…
