FC PLATINUM have been dealt another huge blow ahead of their participation in the African Champions League after Sudanese giants Al-Hilal came back to raid them for highly-rated winger Silas Songani. The platinum miners were hoping to make a huge impact in this year’s campaign having failed to go past the group stages in…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) chairperson Tavengwa Mukuhlani is confident they will be granted permission for the Chevrons to tour Pakistan during this coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Since the global outbreak of the novel virus, the government banned all sporting activities in March including incoming or outward bound tours for all national teams. However, Zimbabwe is scheduled tour…
THE government wants local football to adopt a bio-secure bubble model in order for the domestic season to be allowed to finally commence amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Sports minister Kirsty Coventry yesterday revealed they are now working on a roadmap with the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the…
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko “Loga” Logarusic says he is not surprised by Zimbabwean striker Prince Dube’s blistering start to life in the Tanzanian Premier League with Azam FC. The former Highlanders forward scored twice in the second half against Coastal Union on Friday evening at Azam Complex Stadium in Dar es Salaam to guide his club…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’s representatives in the African Champions League, FC Platinum are now increasingly getting agitated with the long delay that it has taken for local football to be given the green light to resume amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the Zvishavane-based side is supposed to begin their 2020-21…
RABAT — With the threat of coronavirus still lurking, Moroccan football has continued to engage health authorities in the North African country in an effort to see the ongoing 2019-20 to completion. Moroccan domestic football resumed two months ago after a Covid-19 enforced halt, but not without signing a memorandum of agreement between the…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw THERE is now added pressure to ensure domestic football resumes after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) yesterday confirmed new dates for the 2021 Chan tournament. This comes as local football is currently in limbo since March this year owing to the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Since then,…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE elite men triathlete Matthew Denslow has left for the United Kingdom to study International Business at the University of Bath. Denslow made his elite debut for Triathlon Zimbabwe (TZ) at last year’s Bonaqua Troutbeck Triathlon Africa Cup finishing eighth. Switzerland’s Andrea Salvisberg won gold, Dimtry Polyanskiy of Russia settled…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw AFTER many years of neglect and lack of resources, a new dawn is on the horizon for Zimbabwe women’s football after Fifa availed a Women’s Development Programme aimed at raising the standards of the game. This comes as Zifa recently received US$500 000 Covid-19 Relief Aid to help the women’s…
Godknows Matarutse Sports Writer matarutseg@dailynews.co.zwTHERE is no end in sight to the stand-off between Zifa and the Premier Soccer League(PSL) over domestic football’s resumption amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic as both sides dig in on their positions. The 2020 local football season should have commenced in March but those plans had to be aborted after…
