HARARE – Zimbabwe Juniors Mountain Biking team got a rude awakening at the World Championship MTB in Andorra on Thursday. Stacey Hyslop finished on 37th position out of 45 in a disappointing showing. Skye Davidson pulled out of the race due to injury. Davidson fell twice on the second lap and was forced to abandon…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rowing sensation Micheen Thornycroft could not stand the heat after she finished last in the women’s single sculls semi-final A at the on-going World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France yesterday. Thornycroft has now been relegated to the B final as she gets yet another opportunity to negotiate her way into next year’s…
HARARE – Warriors opponents in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Guinea, embarrassed Zifa and journalists when it sent them on a wild goose chase by choosing to keep their arrival a secret despite “confirming” they would arrive at midday. As a result, the expectant journalists were kept waiting for more than three hours at…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo giants Highlanders have appointed well-travelled coach, Cosmas “Tsano” Zulu to lead their club on an interim basis after axing Bongani Mafu and his entire technical team. Zulu will be assisted by Amin Soma-Phiri and Melusi Sibanda while Vezigama Dlodlo takes over as the new manager replacing the late Willard Mashinkila-Khumalo who died…
PORT LOUIS – Sports television channel — Supersport — is bullish that the Zimbabwean Premier Soccer League (PSL) will ink a new deal to air local matches when the current one expires in 2018. The South Africa-based sports content provider is in its third year of beaming the PSL matches, although there has been some…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top rower Micheen Thornycroft is through to this morning’s women single sculls semi-finals after finishing in third place during Tuesday’s quarter-finals at the ongoing World Championships in Aiguebelette, France. The 28-year-old was a bit slower in the quarter-final recording a time of 07:36:460 down from the 07:33:520 she recorded in the heats…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe national men’s soccer team, the Warriors, are living in appalling conditions after the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) booked them at a “sub-standard lodge” whose facilities fall way short of minimum standards for a national side. The Warriors are camped at a local lodge in preparation for their 2017 Africa Cup of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe road cyclist Dave Martin is struggling for fitness and sharpness ahead of the gruelling Cairo2Cape race which starts in Egypt and ends in Cape Town, next month. Martin, who is also the president of the Zimbabwe Road Cycling Association, has predicted a tough challenge in Egypt. “With just 38 days to go,…
HARARE – Warriors coach Calisto Pasuwa has warned his players against complacency when they take on Guinea in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier first leg at Rufaro stadium on Sunday. The lanky coach was happy to have most of his players in camp after a false start to the preparations caused by delays…
HARARE – The National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) will introduce a category for contestants living with disabilities at this weekend’s Mr and Ms Ironman finals. The Mr and Ms Ironman finals will be held at the Odyssey Centre in Kadoma on Saturday. “This year, we introduced the disabled division and it is…
