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AARON NHAU Sports Writer nhaua@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw WARRIORS manager Wellington Mpandare has rubbished social media reports that star midfielder Denver Mukamba was being overlooked after clashing with head coach Zdravko Logarusic over team selection and tactics. Social media hawks claim that Mukamba did not feature in the two opening matches at the ongoing African Nations Championship (Chan)…

Austin Karonga SENIOR SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw   RODWELL Chinyengetere has completed his permanent return to FC Platinum after signing a year-long contract, the Daily News has learnt. Chinyengetere returned to FC Platinum on a loan deal from SA side Baroka FC where his game time was limited. The forward defied a career- threatening injury to emerge as…

  TOUCHED by the plight of Zimbabweans due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Zimbabwe-born British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora delivered a message of solidarity encouraging people to stay indoors and avoid getting infected and infecting others. Chisora has held multiple heavyweight titles including the British and Commonwealth between 2010- 2011 and the European title from 2013-2014….

  AFTER all football remains the world’s most beautiful sport as FC Platinum attacking midfielder Perfect Chikwende completed his move to Tanzanian giants Simba Sports Club barely a fortnight after the Zimbabwe champions’ debacle in Dar es Salaam. FC Platinum lost 0-4 to the Tanzanian champions on January 6 at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium…

Austin Karonga SENIOR SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw   ZIMBABWE Warriors seek to break the jinx of not winning an opening match at the Chan finals when they march into the lions’ den with a date against hosts Cameroon in the African Nations Championship tournament opener this evening. Yaoundé Omnisport Stadium hosts the tie that will see…

karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Warriors’ opponents in tomorrow’s opening encounter of the African Nations Championship (Chan), Cameroon, are reportedly in disarray not because of the current Covid-19 pandemic but poor preparations caused by infighting within their football federation. The local-based Warriors who arrived in Cameroon yesterday kick off the Chan tournament against the Indomitable Lions, who are…

Aaron Nhawu SPORTS WRITER nhawua@dailynews.co.zw HOCKEY Association Zimbabwe (Haz) has announced a reduced squad for the U21 ladies team that is set to participate in the Junior Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for Accra, Ghana in March. The tournament will be used as a platform to qualify for the Junior World Cup which will be…

Austin Karonga SENIOR SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Warriors were all smiles as they dribbled past Covid-19 after the delegation for the African Nations Championship (Chan) returned negative results ahead of their departure for Cameroon yesterday. The Warriors are in Group A together with hosts Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Mali and kick-start their campaign with a…

Aaron Nhawu SPORTS WRITER nhawua@dailynews.co.zw THE National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (Naaz) has written to the government through the Sports and Recreation Commission seeking exemption from the blanket ban on sport as they seek to kick-start their preparations for the Olympics. With the nation reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, the government earlier this month decided…

Aaron Nhawu  SPORTS WRITER nhawua@dailynews.co.zw HOPES of local football’s early return amidst the Covid-19 pandemic are fading with each passing day, leaving most clubs coaches frustrated.  This comes as the government last week introduced a 30-day hard lockdown with a high possibility of it being extended unless Zimbabwe flattens the curve. By the time the…