HARARE – Sports reporter Grace Chirumanzu traded her pen and notebook for the ring to emerge victorious during the Africa Bet Champion of Champions karate tournament in the women’s open category. The tournament, held at the Athenaeum Hall in the capital at the weekend, was organised by the Zimbabwe Karate Union (ZKU) in conjunction with…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa has praised the victorious Young Warriors squad following their win over Angola in the final of the 2016 African Union Sports Council Region V Games in Luanda. Zimbabwe edged the hosts 1-0 following Anelka Chivandire’s strike in extra-time to clinch the gold medal. “Congratulations to the young boys for…
HARARE – Premiership side Harare City are confident of retaining their star midfielders Ronald Chitiyo and Ralph Manuvire whose contracts expire at the end of this month. The duo has attracted the interest of a number of top flight clubs as the Sunshine Boys dithered in offering them renewed terms. Sunshine Boys secretary-general Matthew Marara…
HARARE – Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa says he has no vendetta against Petros Mhari after he omitted the FC Platinum captain and reigning Goalkeeper of the Year from his provisional 2017 Gabon Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) squad. Mhari is coming from another stellar 2016 season in which he led the Zvishavane-based side to second…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s two-time African Rally champion Conrad Rautenbach was convinced he had done his time behind the wheel and experienced all the thrills to be had as a rally driver. At 27, he had won everything on the local scene and had gone on to win the African Rally Championship twice in 2007 and…
HARARE – Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa yesterday announced his provisional 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) squad with little surprises on the roster. Pasuwa kept faith with most of the players that did duty for Zimbabwe during a successful qualifying campaign in which they sealed a place at next month’s tournament in Gabon with a…
HARARE – After pulling a shocker to land the Cosafa president’s post at the weekend, Philip Chiyangwa says he is now focussed on securing a seat on the influential Caf executive committee. Chiyangwa, who assumed the Zifa presidency only a year ago, became the first Zimbabwean to ascend to the post of Cosafa president unopposed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe golfer David Amm finished tied for second at the just-ended Greg Norman Junior Invitational tournament in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the United States. The 17-year-old amateur golfer ended the tournament on 54 hole tournament on four-over par 220 together with Garrick Higgo from South Africa. The duo were three shots behind…
HARARE – While many teenagers are dreaming of receiving smart phones or gaming systems this Christmas, 16 sprouting footballers from Kadoma have made a modest wish. Tired of being unheard, the teenage footballers made the ultimate sacrifice last week and spoke with their feet, walking 145km from the mining town to Harare in demonstration against…
HARARE – Zimbabwe XVs senior men rugby side has aborted their training camp in Bulawayo scheduled for this weekend owing to financial constraints. The underfunded Sables had hoped to use the camp to fine-tune and condition for next year’s Africa Cup campaign where they got a lifeline by remaining in the topflight Group 1A following…
