Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S Vincent Fambira won gold in the Kobudo Short Weapons 16+ category during the inaugural two-day World Online Kata Championships which ended on Sunday. A total of 40 countries and 634 participants took part in the event, which saw Zimbabwe finish with six medals overall. Fambira was tied in first…
MANYAME Heliz Cricket Club has gained promotion into the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association (HMCA) Vigne Cup First League after finishing the 2019/20 season Second League in pole position. The Air Force of Zimbabwe side ended the season on 26 points with seven wins from nine matches when HMCA decided to cancel the remainder of…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL clubs have acknowledged that it will be difficult to implement all the recommendations that have been prescribed by the Zifa and PSL Medical Committee to ensure football resumes amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The 2020 domestic season should have commenced in March but was postponed after the government banned…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw LADY Chevrons all-rounder Anesu Mushangwe underlined her dominance in the Australian Statewide Women’s Second Grade after taking home all the five accolades during last Friday’s banquet in Glenelg. Mushangwe, who is on the books of Glenelg Cricket Club, was crowned the best bowler at the club, the best bowler in…
GOVERNMENT has not approved football’s return despite Zifa president Felton Kamambo’s claims that teams are set to begin training next week amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. During his tour of Midlands last week, Kamambo claimed they are working on a plan for top-flight clubs to start training on September 14. Once teams start to…
Novak Djokovic has apologised for hitting a line judge with a ball at the US Open, saying he is “extremely sorry for creating her such stress”. The world number one was disqualified from his fourth-round match against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. The Serb, 33, who had just had his serve broken, took a ball out of his…
Barcelona forward Ansu Fati broke a 95-year national record to become Spain’s youngest goalscorer at the age of 17 years and 311 days against Ukraine. Fati – also the youngest goalscorer in Champions League history and Barcelona’s youngest scorer in La Liga – curled home a fine 20-yard shot off the post on his first start….
Pierre Gasly produced a redemption story for the ages and joined one of Formula 1’s most select groups with a stunning victory for the Red Bull junior team at the Italian Grand Prix. Not much more than a year ago, the Frenchman was demoted from Red Bull’s senior team after just half a season, in…
FOR a long time questions have been raised as to why footballers always opt for the rather predictable route of going into coaching upon retirement instead of aiming for more influential leadership roles in administration. Generally, after hanging up their boots, most local ex-footballers choose to go into coaching or at times take the game’s…
FOR the better part of her early life, Sibekezelo Ncube envisaged a professional life in track and field as she was a talented sprinter. Between 2012 and 2015, Ncube was a sprinting protégée at Msiteli High School in Mpopoma as she used to represent her institution at provincial and national competitions. Blessed with a towering…
