By Emmanuel Marambe ZIMBABWE’S white-ball cricket captain Sean Ervine is already looking forward to the country’s return to the shorter format of the game following a disastrous end to the team’s home Test series against the West Indies. Zimbabwe succumbed to an innings defeat at the hands of the West Indies in the second and…
FOUR-TIME Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum will host Chibuku Super Cup holders Bulawayo Chiefs at Mandava Stadium in the traditional season opener, the Castle Challenge Cup on March 11, the PSL announced yesterday. The Castle Challenge Cup, which was introduced in 2017, pits the league winners against the winners of the nation’s…
By Emmanuel Marambe AMBITIOUS Castle Lager Premiership side Bulawayo Chiefs seemed headed for extinction towards the end of last season. This came after Chiefs’ camp was characterised by a number of strikes over unpaid salaries and allowances towards the end of last season. They finished seventh on the table, their best since gaining promotion in…
By Emmanuel Marambe LOCAL professional golfer Benjamin Follett-Smith has set his sights on a top 20 finish on the European Challenge Tour and securing exemption into next year’s DP World Tour. The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group,…
By Eammanuel Marambe SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has called out errant sports associations, exhorting them to follow the example set by the Judo Association of Zimbabwe (Jaz) particularly when it comes to accountability and good corporate governance. Zimbabwe’s sports sector has for years been rocked by a lack of good corporate governance with a number…
By Emmanuel Marambe ZIMBABWE’S batting once again wilted in the face of top class bowling from West Indies at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday, as the visitors won the second Test by an innings and four runs inside three days to clinch the two-match series 1-0. Victory for the West Indies meant they maintained…
…as SRC distances itself from National League formation Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITERfusirec@dailynews.co.zw SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa yesterday came out guns blazing, refuting claims that the country’s sports supreme body is behind Zifa’s controversial decision to immediately enforce the formation of National Division One league. This comes after the interim Zifa president Gift…
ZIMBABWE badminton team captain, Thabani Mathe, is confident that his charges will bring home some silverware from the 2023 Badminton All Africa Senior Championships that kick off today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Zimbabwean team, which is made up of six top local players also includes, Avishi Raina, Shalom Sibanda, Fabiana Oliviero, Ashel Dziva and…
ZIMBABWE’S batting frailties were crudely exposed by the West Indies attack on the opening day of the second and final Test at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday, as Gudakesh Motie took seven wickets to limit the hosts to just 115 all out in their first innings. On a day when the Chevrons’ chances suffered…
BY CLOUD FUSIRE THE mooted National Division One football league won’t be forced on the existing four second-tier leagues and will only be introduced after it has been ratified by the football mother body’s congress, acting Zifa president Gift Banda has said. Zifa’s new position is in line with proposals put forward by the existing…
