Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongorere@dailynews.co.zw ©️ LOCAL football fans and gamblers will be waiting in great suspense to hear the outcome of today’s meeting between English Premier League clubs to discuss the possibilities of finishing the 2019-20 season. Ever since March 13, football in England and the rest of the world has been frozen out…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE local football fraternity has been united in mourning the death of one of Dynamos’ most prominent fan Freddy “Pasuwa” Mugadza. He passed away on Saturday following a suspected heart attack in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. He was 42 and is survived by his daughter Tanyaradzwa. During…
©️ THE Confederation of African Football (Caf) has indicated that the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals will be held in June-July leaving Zimbabwe with little option but align the season to the international calendar. With the coronavirus (Covid-19) wreaking havoc across the globe, Caf had to postpone the 2021 Afcon qualifiers indefinitely. Initially…
©️ SUNDAY “Mhofu” Chidzambwa believes the standard of local football is now deteriorating due to the fact that most players are now leaving for greener pastures early thereby depriving the domestic premiership. Chidzambwa, who is considered one of the best coaches to emerge from Zimbabwe, last month announced his retirement from the game as a…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ©️ EVER since he burst onto the scene as a teenager, Peter Ndlovu has always been an enigma but the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has seen him open up his life to outsiders. Like many people living in South Africa, Ndlovu is trying to adjust to life while living under…
NIGEL MATONGORERE SPORTS EDITOR ©️ ZIMBABWE will continue to fall foul of the Confederation of African Football stadium regulations unless drastic changes are made on how the country manages its facilities, the Daily News on Sunday can report. All the country’s main football venues were condemned by Caf and the Warriors had to find…
©️ GROWING up on the dusty streets of Mbare National, living hand to mouth after the death of his father, no one ever thought he would one day rise to be a celebrated name in Zimbabwean football. Edward “Duduza” Sadomba became a household name after playing for a club with roots in his neighbourhood. Donning…
THE late former Zimbabwe Ladies Golf Union (ZLGU) president Nancy Dube was laid to rest at the Destiny Memorial Park in Gweru yesterday with ZLGU expressing shock at her untimely death. Dube succumbed to cardiac arrest at her family home in Gweru on Wednesday. She would have turned 62 in May. She is survived by…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has described the late John Harcourt du Preez as one of the country’s rare breed of cricketers. Du Preez passed away on Wednesday at Dandaro in Harare after a battle with cancer. He was 77 and is survived by his two children Graeme and Kevin as well as four grandchildren. “Du Preez…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw JUST a few days after Zimbabwean athletes got some dose of good news regarding the Tokyo Olympic Games; the situation has again changed drastically in a space of 48 hours due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Initially, the Games were supposed to have been staged this July and August in…
