HARARE – Local professional golfer Julius Kamalizeni says he could have been as good as World Number One Rory McIlroy had it not been for Zimbabwe’s “inefficient” golfing system. A relatively late bloomer, a then 33-year-old Kamalizeni was the toast of the opening round of the World Amateur Team Championships, the Eisenhower Trophy in Stellenbosch,…
HARARE – Ambitious side Chicken Inn’s title credentials will go under the microscope today when they clash with CAPS United at the National Sports Stadium. With the Castle Lager Premiership reaching the halfway mark this weekend, the Gamecocks top the log standings with 29 points two ahead of Triangle. Joey Antipas’s charges have a game…
HARARE – The Midlands derby featuring FC Platinum and Chapungu did not live up to its billing as the encounter ended goalless here yesterday. The match lacked all elements that make a derby match as both teams failed to find the back of the net. The first half was a cagey affair as both teams…
HARARE – Two Zimbabwe international female cricketers Modester Mupachikwa and Audrey Mazvishaya are set to take part in the inaugural Glen View High School Boys’ Twenty20 Festival which starts tomorrow. The tournament, a brainchild of Leonard Nhamburo, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) development coach in charge of Glen View will end on Saturday. Mupachikwa, an 18-year-old right…
HARARE – Zimbabwe telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless Global Limited has scored a first by being named as one of the partners for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) first ever Africa Game. Econet, with over nine million subscribers in Zimbabwe, have been named the event’s official mobile and telecommunications partner joining other global brands like Ford…
HARARE – Warriors coach Calisto Pasuwa has called up inexperienced goalkeeper Nelson Simbanegavi from Zifa Northern Region Division One side DC Academy as the keeper crisis in his squad deepens. Zimbabwe is preparing for Saturday’s second leg of the African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier away to Comoros. Only How Mine goalkeeper Donovan Bernard had joined…
HARARE – St George’s College boys hockey team are currently enjoying a good season on the Northern Region A League where they have only been beaten once in 10 matches. The Saints lead the Northern Region A League standings with 23 points from 10 matches from which they have won seven, drawn twice and lost…
HARARE – Match official Bongani Gadzikwa has been suspended for “poor officiating” during Sunday’s clash between Dynamos and Highlanders at Rufaro Stadium the Daily News has established. Gadzikwa and referee Norman Matemera have come under fire for disallowing a Highlanders goal scored by midfielder Edmore Muzanenhamo 10 minutes before the end. Television replays showed the…
HARARE – Disgruntled Harare Cycling Club (HCC) have accused Cycling Zimbabwe (CZ) of unfair treatment of their rider Bright Chipongo. The United-States-based rider was omitted from Zimbabwe’s squad for the 2015 African Games to be held in Congo-Brazzaville in September despite dominating his category in the last two years. Mountain biker, Albert Kerievha and road…
HARARE – With all the attention pinned on the controversy surrounding Dynamos’ win against Highlanders on Sunday, coaches Bongani Mafu and David Mandigora could have survived for another day. The future of the two coaches remains precarious as the club bosses ominously kept a low profile at the match. Mafu knew the DeMbare result would…
