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Nash Mkokwayarirain BULAWAYO THE long-awaited Highlanders elections have come and gone, with three new members joining the five-member executive committee. However, there was more than double the turnout of voters than those that attended the Annual General Meeting (AGM) the previous week where important issues such as the club’s financials were discussed. Johnfat Sibanda took…

SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has reaffirmed her commitment to uplifting women under her influence to ensure that they are afforded equal opportunities as their male counterparts. This was said during virtual commemorations of Women’s History Month which were hosted by Nestle Zimbabwe yesterday where Coventry was the main speaker. Coventry said her ministry was pushing…

FORMER Chicken Inn midfielder Clement Matawu received a special retirement award from the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (Fuz) during the association’s General Assembly in Harare on Saturday. Matawu, one of the old guards and longest serving members of the premier league since the turn of the millennium, hung his boots in December.  Now serving in…

WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona yearns to see some of his charges that were part of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign when the team winds off their campaign against Zambia at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow. Zimbabwe qualified for Afcon after beating Botswana 1-0 on Thursday night. The victory in Francistown coupled with Zambia’s…

DEBUTANT Perfect Chikwende scored Warriors’ solitary goal as they edged the Zebras of Botswana one-nil in Francistown last night. The Simba SC forward, who was making only his first appearance for the Warriors pounced after the Zebras’ goalkeeper Kabelo Dambe had parried captain Knowledge Musona’s long-range free kick back into play. Chikwende reacted quicker to…

THE Zimbabwe senior men’s football team go into this evening’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier in Francistown as favourites as the home team comprising mainly locally-based players has missed game time for a very long period. A few days backs the Warriors found themselves in a similar situation after their legion of foreign-based…

Aaron Nhawu SPORTS WRITER nhawua@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL football analysts say the Zimbabwe senior men’s football team is strong enough to beat Botswana and Zambia and qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Cameroon next year. Despite the unavailability of key European-based players in the two last qualifying matches scheduled for later this month,…

Austin Karonga  MAMELODI Sundowns Football Club owner and business mogul, Patrice Motsepe, was on Friday elected Confederation of African Football president during the 43rd Caf congress in Rabat, Morocco.  He was uncontested following the withdrawal of fellow hopefuls Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Ivory Coast’s Jacques Anouma, who opted to back the South African billionaire. Motsepe’s…

Aaron Nhawu SPORTS WRITER nhawua@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hosted the Dynamos board and executive as he sought to get some of the challenges being faced by the club during this Covid-19 pandemic. The DeMbare delegation was led by board chairperson Bernard Marriott Lusengo, club patron Webster Shamu, club secretary Webster Marechera, chief executive Jonathan…

THE domestic Premier Soccer League return is now almost certain if last week’s developments on the country’s Covid-19 situation are anything to go by. During the ended week government relaxed the lockdown allowing for the return to business for the majority of sectors including the informal. Sport as industry was not left out as the…