HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket stand-in captain Sikandar Raza Butt says Sunday’s 10-run victory over India in the final Twenty20 match at Harare Sports Club was a result of team effort. The locals needed a morale booster heading into the match after having lost the One Day International series 3-0 and the first T20 match by…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba winger Raphael Manuvire is scheduled to travel to South Africa this morning to try his luck at Absa Premiership sides Moroka Swallows and Polokwane City, the Daily News has learnt. The South African clubs have started their pre-season training and are looking at bolstering their squads ahead of the new season…
HARARE – Young Warriors striker Walter Musona says Zimbabwe can still qualify for African Under-23 Championships despite Sunday’s first leg 1-1 draw against South Africa at Rufaro Stadium. Zimbabwe played second fiddle to Owen da Gama’s side but still managed to rescue a draw after Musona scored from the spot six minutes from fulltime. The…
HARARE – Mighty Warriors captain Felistas “Figo” Muzongondi says the team is disappointed after they failed to travel to Ivory Coast for Sunday’s 2016 Rio Olympic Games qualifier. Rosemary Mugadza’s team was supposed to leave for the West African country on Saturday but the trip was aborted after the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) failed to…
HARARE – South Africa’s Under-23 assistant coach Shaun Bartlett is certain his side will finish off Zimbabwe in the second leg of the African Under-23 Championships qualifier at home in two weeks’ time. The South Africans outplayed the Young Warriors in the first leg at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday but failed to convert their dominance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe BMX coach Tafi Machingaidze has backed his team to impress at the World Championships that starts today in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. The Zimbabwe BMX team left for Belgium last week for the BMX showpiece and will be aiming to leave an indelible mark against some of the world’s top emerging riders. Machingaidze, who…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Special Olympics team is confident of winning medals at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games set to start this weekend in Los Angeles, United States. At least 6 500 athletes and 2 000 coaches representing 165 countries along with 30 000 volunteers and an anticipated 500 000 spectators are expected to converge…
STELLENBOSCH – Zimbabwe Under-18 rugby coach Godwin Murambiwa feels the expectations thrust on the shoulders of his Junior Sables are unrealistic for a country that is without adequate structures to nurture junior rugby talent. The Old Mutual-bankrolled side lost all three of their encounters in wet and cool conditions presented by this Western Cape Province….
HARARE – St John’s College won the Under-16 boys CHISZ Football Tournament held at Peterhouse on Saturday.Westridge High, Lomagundi College, St George’s College, Peterhouse Boys School, Watershed and St John’s College battled for gold, with the latter coming out victorious after beating the hosts 3-1 in an entertaining final. In Pool A, Peterhouse saw off…
BULAWAYO – Chidyamakono made history after they were able to defend their Under-17 Copa Coca-Cola girls’ title for the third time in a row after beating St Francis 1-0 here yesterday. On their way to the final the Masvingo team beat Seke High 2-0 while the Mashonaland Central-based St Francis beat Masase High 2-0 in…
