HARARE – Zimbabwe boxing sensation Charles Manyuchi and swimmer Kirsty Coventry have been nominated for prizes in the inaugural African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Awards. The Regional Annual Sports Awards (Rsas) will be hosted at Birchwood Estate in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 25. [GoogleAd] Manyuchi, who is the reigning World Boxing Council…
HARARE – At 36, two-time world 50 kilometre champion Collen Makaza feels he does not have a lot left in the tank. Makaza believes he could have scaled greater heights had he meticulously mapped out his career, dropping non-essential races and picking the ones he knew he had a chance to win. [GoogleAd] Instead, like…
HARARE – Newly-appointed Harare City coach Moses Chunga is relishing the challenge ahead of his team’s match against Ngezi Platinum Stars at Baobab Stadium on Sunday. Chunga was appointed as the new Sunshine Boys’ head coach following the sacking of Taurai Mangwiro last week over poor results. [GoogleAd] Addressing journalists for the first time since…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe says he will miss the services of his star players Ronald Pfumbidzayi and Hardlife Zvirekwi who are away with the Warriors for the Cosafa Castle Cup, which gets underway tomorrow in Namibia. The Castle Lager Premiership returns this weekend following a one-week break that paved way for the…
HARARE – Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa says his team will put up their best when the Cosafa Castle Cup kicks off in Namibia tomorrow. The Warriors are already in Namibia where they will begin their Cosafa Castle Cup title bid in the qualifying stages where they have been placed in Group A. Pasuwa’s charges begin…
LAGOS – Nigeria football legend Stephen Keshi has died suddenly at the age of 54. One of African football’s best-known figures, the ex-Super Eagles captain is one of only two men to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and a coach. NFF president Amaju Pinnick: “This is devastating. We have lost a…
LONDON – Maria Sharapova has been banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation after failing a drugs test. The Russian was provisionally banned in March after testing positive for meldonium at January’s Australian Open. The heart disease drug, which 29-year-old Sharapova says she has been taking since 2006 for health issues, became a…
HARARE – “I have to pinch myself sometimes,” admits Elisha Muroiwa, and when you listen to the story of his improbable, miraculous rise from Division One to national team in the blink of an eye then it is not hard to see why. Just over a year ago, Muroiwa was playing at the now defunct…
HARARE – India cricket captain MS Dhoni says winning the toss will be crucial when playing at Harare Sports Club (HSC) wickets which are usually on the flat side. Dhoni and the rest of the India side arrived in the capital yesterday evening for a series comprising three ODIs and three T20 Internationals. All matches…
HARARE – National Football Association (NFAZ) president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday challenged the men’s senior national team to win this year’s edition of the Cosafa Castle Cup which kicks off in Namibia on Saturday. Kalisto Pasuwa and his locally-based Warriors will fly out to Windhoek today where they will open their quest against Swaziland on Saturday….
