HARARE – Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane has extended the tenure of the current Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Board of Control (ZNBWBC) until end of year. Veteran educationist and sports administrator Paul Nenjerama, whose term had expired on May 24, remains the chairperson with boxing judge Patrick Mukondiwa assuming the secretary general role. Hlongwane also…
DURBAN – As most leading sportspersons boycott the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro due to the Zika virus, it seems Zimbabwean athletes going to Brazil are in the dark about the epidemic. Dozens of world-renowned sportspersons have pulled out of the global event that begins on August 5 in the Brazilian capital saying they…
HARARE – Harare City coach Moses Chunga revealed that star forward Raphael Manuvire has handed in a transfer request following another disappointing home draw against champions Chicken Inn yesterday. The former ZPC Kariba playmaker penned a one year contract with the Sunshine Boys at the beginning of the season and enjoyed a lot of game…
DURBAN – Old Mutual Junior Sables coach Godwin “Jaws” Murambiwa feels the expectations thrust on the shoulders of his teenagers are unrealistic for a country lacking adequate structures to nurture junior rugby talent. The Old Mutual-bankrolled side won one and lost twice match at the U18 Coca Cola Craven Week at Botha’s Hill just outside…
HARARE – Returning midfielder Denver Mukamba finally made his second debut for Dynamos yesterday but failed to inspire his boyhood side to victory as they were held to a goalless draw by visiting ZPC Kariba. Mukamba, who re-joined DeMbare at the start of the month after a frustrating three-year stint in the South Africa Absa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association president Philip Chiyangwa has been invited to Nigeria by is counterpart Amaju Pinnick for a meeting with Fifa boss Gianni Infantino this weekend. Infantino and the new Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura will be arriving in Abuja this Saturday. “This is to respectfully invite you to the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s quest to stay in the Davis Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group II begins when their play-off match against Georgia begins today at the Mziuri Tennis Club in Tbilisi. The clash will kick off with a match between Zimbabwe’s top seed Benjamin Lock against Georgia’s second seed George Tsivadze. The second match of the…
HARARE – Northern Region Division One side Herentals FC coach Kumbirai Mutiwekuziva believes his side is still firmly in the promotion race despite trailing log leaders Black Rhinos by 10 points. Herentals, who are in their second season in the country’s second tier league after acquiring the franchise of the now defunct Bindura United, currently…
DURBAN – By his own admission, it has not been an easy 72 days in office for Zimbabwe Rugby Union president Nyararai Sibanda. Not that he expected any different having assumed the reigns of a union short on resources, lacking structures to nurture junior rugby, no reward system for its national players and pulling power to retain…
BULAWAYO – Dynamos’ five-game winning run finally came to an end when the Harare giants drew away to How Mine in a Castle Lager Premiership match yesterday. Lloyd Mutasa’s men had accounted for the scalps of Chapungu, Ngezi Platinum, Harare City, Bulawayo City and Border Strikers to force their way back into the top four…
