HARARE – Riot police yesterday stepped in to cool down flaring tempers between CAPS United directors and their players during a storm meeting over unpaid salaries. Yesterday’s ugly meeting between co-director Nhamo Tutisani and hordes of angry players was the latest embarrassing episode which further exposed problems at the former Cup Kings. All the brouhaha…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) are set to get back to basics by reintroducing the national league in an effort to bring competitive edge to club cricket as well as bridging the gap between school and clubs, an official told the Daily News yesterday. Club cricket gave birth to some of the country’s finest players…
HARARE – The Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (Fuz) has secured sanitary pads for Women Soccer League (WSL) players from the Bulawayo region in a bid to cushion them from the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Harare-based businesswoman Sithulisiwe Mthimkhulu, who is also an Assistant Commissioner with the Zimbabwe Republic Police, provided the donation to 12…
HARARE – Botswana-based Zimbabwean winger Eliphas Nyambi is relishing the restart of football in that country next month as he is looking forward to finish the season on a personal high. The Police XI winger was in terrific form before the lockdown getting man of the match accolades on numerous occasions and getting on to…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is scoring an own goal by going against their own Appeals Committee regarding the case of vice president Gift Banda, who was recently cleared of any wrongdoing. Banda was suspended in February 2018 by Zifa president Felton Kamambo for announcing changes to the Warriors…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw CASTLE Lager Premiership chairperson Farai Jere has lauded the decision by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to bail out local teams from the devastating effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. At the weekend, Zifa announced they would bail out clubs and women’s football, a decision Jere said will go a…
GIFT Banda, pictured, is synonymous in fighting football battles. His ascendency to the Zifa vice-presidency was not without a fight. It was not an easy road for the former Njube Sundowns director as he fought a bitter struggle in order to be nominated and cleared to take part in the Zifa election in December 2018….
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) yesterday finally heeded the call to help financially-troubled Castle Lager Premiership teams and cushion them from the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Zifa has lately been under fire for insisting the financial aid they received from both Fifa and Caf will only go towards the association’s administration costs. The…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw WARRIORS legend Peter “The Flying Elephant” Ndlovu believes respect is the key to his successful transition from being a player into welfare management. After an illustrious playing career in Europe and Africa, Ndlovu has been the team manager of South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns since 2013. In his role, the…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw IT SEEMS there is no immediate bailout for local clubs from the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) after the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) insisted money from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) will only go towards the association’s upkeep. Caf announced last week that it will disburse US$10,8 million into…
