BULAWAYO – Highlanders forward Knox Mutizwa is set to leave for South Africa to temporarily join his new team Bidvest Wits next week The Warriors striker, who won the 2015 Golden Boot award after netting 14 times in the Castle Lager Premiership, will link up with the Absa Premiership outfit for a four-day training stint….
HARARE – Former Warriors coach Ian Gorowa has denied any involvement in the match-fixing scandal which has rocked Zimbabwean football since last week. Gorowa said it is “deeply unfair” for the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to continue dragging his name in the “mud” when they have not heard his side of the story. The former…
HARARE – Zimbabwe won a gold and a bronze medal at the ATU Triathlon Africa Championships held in Bloemfontein, South Africa over the weekend. Brett Elliot from Peterhouse clinched gold in the youth men super sprint category while Andoni Mutzuris of Hellenic Academy settled for bronze in the same race. Top junior woman triathlete Gabrielle…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has to make a raft of changes for the national team to be competitive again on the international stage according to former coach Alan Butcher. The team is currently reeling after an early exit from the ongoing ICC WT20 tournament in India at the hands of Associate nation Afghanistan. Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Harare City will go into the second leg of the African Confederation Cup tie against Zambian side Zanaco facing an uphill task to overturn a 2-1 first leg deficit. The Sunshine Boys will have to score two unanswered goals in Lusaka on Sunday if they entertain any hopes of reaching the final qualifying…
HARARE – Mighty Warriors coach Shadreck Mlauzi says his team is ready to finish off Tanzania and progress to the next round of the 2016 Africa Women Championships (AWC) qualifiers. Zimbabwe face the Twiga Stars on Sunday at Rufaro Stadium carrying a 2-1 lead from the first leg and a draw will be enough to…
HARARE – Ex-Zimbabwe cricket coach Alan Butcher is concerned for the local game which he feels is suffering a natural death due to power struggles within the administration circles. The Englishman was in charge of Zimbabwe from February 2010 until the end of March 2013. Since then he has remained an ardent follower of local…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa is today scheduled to travel to Cape Town to meet his South Africa Football Association (Safa) counterpart Danny Jordaan regarding the latest match-fixing scandal. Chiyangwa will be joined by Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze and legal representative Itayi Ndudzo for the trip. The Daily News understands Sports minister…
HARARE – Mabvuku-based judokas George Tsvande and Charlene Nyamutsita were the big winners at the inaugural Japanese Ambassador Judo Cup held at Hartman House in Harare at the weekend. Tsvande was crowned the overall Ambassadors’ Cup champion while Nyamutsita won the best Ippon award (boxing equivalent of a knockout). “It’s a great feeling and honour…
MUTARE – Mutare City Rovers are pleading with Zifa to allow their coach Kennedy “Bokande” Kachara, who does not hold the requisite coaching badges, to coach in their maiden Castle Lager Premiership season. Starting from this season, Zifa has put in place a regulation that only coaches with Caf A or Caf B coaching licences…
