Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe national netball team observed the social distance rules as a handful of Gems’ stars were present to receive their monthly packs from National Foods in the capital at the weekend. Only the trio of goal attack Ursula Ndlovu, Patricia Mauladi and Ndaizivei Madzikangava were joined by the Zimbabwe…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR ©️ WITH Zifa proclaiming that the 2020 season will start in August or September, many questions need to be answered first during this coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Initially, the domestic football campaign was scheduled to commence in March but the spread of the novel virus has seen all aspects of human life…
ZIMBABWE U19 cricket coach Prosper Utseya believes it is not all about winning at junior level but creating the right mindset for the development of players who will be the team’s mainstay in years to come. Utseya announced his arrival in coaching in style, accounting for top sides South Africa and New Zealand in the…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWEAN footballers plying their trade in Zambia are confident in their abilities that they will be able to secure their contracts when a foreign quota system is introduced next season. Last month, Football Association of Zambia (Faz) president Andrew Kamanga announced that from next season, there will be a…
SPORTS EDITOR ©️ MARVELOUS Nakamba and his Aston Villa teammates could be relegated from the English Premier League (EPL) after an all-out civil war between the top six clubs and the bottom three broke out. The Zimbabwe international midfielder is only in his first season with the club in English top flight after signing from…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry wants the National Sports Stadium (NSS), which is currently under renovation, to host multiple sporting disciplines instead of football alone. When the venue was commissioned in 1987, it was able to host different events but due to neglect over the years, this was no longer possible….
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWE is racing against time to import bucket seats and automated turnstiles for the National Sports Stadium (NSS) and Barbourfields Stadium to beat a July 15 deadline set by the Confederation of African (Caf). This emerged during Sports minister Kirsty Coventry’s tour of the NSS yesterday where workers have…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ©️ FC PLATINUM are waiting on the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to know how they will be able to take part in the African Champions League during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. At the moment, there is no football taking place on the entire continent due to the novel…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe rugby fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the death of lock Sanele “Smiley” Sibanda in a car accident in Hull, United Kingdom last Friday. He was 29. Sables head coach Brendon Dawson described Sibanda as an embodiment of the team’s resurgence in the last few months. “A…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has pledged to honour all the player seasonal contracts after declaring the 2019/20 domestic cricket season null and void as a response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) spread. All domestic and international cricket action had to be called off after the novel virus continued to spread, with health experts still trying to find…
