HARARE – The Indian cricket team arrived in the country yesterday evening with experienced off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh declaring that it “will be a good series.” Zimbabwe will host India in three One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 encounters beginning this Friday at Harare Sports Club. “I’m happy to be in Zimbabwe,” Singh told the Daily…
HARARE – Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and CEO Jonathan Mashingaidze are the cancer destroying the local game a commission of inquiry into the state of football was told yesterday. The inquest was initiated by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) after Zifa suspended vice president Omega Sibanda, board member Bernard Gwarada and 12 councillors last…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby coach Cyprian Mandenge has called on all rugby stakeholders to back him 100 percent if he is to achieve the best possible results. Mandenge is on a four-year performance-based contract with the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) and has so far got off to a perfect start with Africa Cup Group 1A…
HARARE – St John’s College student Kieran Vincent continued his fine run to clinch the Chapman Grand Slam 2015 at the Chapman Golf Club over the weekend. Vincent shot a total of 219 in a 54 hole tournament that attracted a strong field of the country’s amateur golfers. Behind Vincent was a three-way tie among…
HARARE – Tongogara are back on top of the Zifa Central Region Division One League table courtesy of a 3-0 victory over Sable Chemicals over the weekend. After 12 rounds of action, the former top flight side now lead the log standings with 27 points while second-placed ZPC Munyati trail on goal difference. ZPC Munyati…
MUTARE – At least 500 athletes are expected to compete in Sunday’s Tanganda Half Marathon, Manicaland Athletics Board (MAB) chairperson Joshua Matume has said. Over 300 athletes took part in last year’s edition of the annual contest which MAB partners with principal sponsors — Tanganda Tea Company to organise. Matume said preparations for the race,…
HARARE – Tenniss Zimbabwe (TZ) has intensified preparations for the forthcoming Euro-Africa Zone Group II Davis Cup play-offs against Moldova set for Harare Sports Club next week. In March, Zimbabwe suffered a humiliating 4-1 defeat at the hands of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Preparations are going on well; our players are participating in various tournaments,” TZ…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-17 rugby team got their Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week off to a losing start after going down 24-17 to Griquas yesterday at the Izak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Among the try scorers for the Jack Charsley-captained side were Jeff Makoni and Antoni Ciampi. A conversion from Campbill Nyakudya and a…
HARARE – A roller coaster of emotions greeted Norman Mukondiwa’s return to the Sables fold after two years in the wilderness. The 33-year-old loose forward was making a return to the Zimbabwe rugby side two years after he was deemed surplus to requirements by former coach Brendan Dawson. Such was his sensation that the powerfully…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba coach Sunday Chidzambwa says there is no need to panic despite watching his charges slips to their second straight defeat against struggling Tsholotsho over the weekend. Instead, Chidzambwa lamented his team’s inability to finish off chances and has demanded an improvement in front of goal from his players. The former Zimbabwe…
