HARARE – Zimbabwean boxer Charles Manyuchi is confident of retaining his World Boxing Council (WBC) International title against David Avanesya of Russia next month in Zambia. The 26-year-old from Masvingo, who is rated the 28th best welterweight boxer in the world by the WBC, has a professional record of 21 wins, two loses and one…
CANBERRA – West Indies master blaster Chris Gayle silenced his critics with the highest ever score at a cricket World Cup, bludgeoning his way to 215 and a record 16 sixes before he was finally caught on the final ball of the innings yesterday. It ended the laid-back West Indian’s century drought, which stretched back…
HARARE – You can run for days and bench press and deadlift and biceps curl all you want, over and over and over again, but it doesn’t guarantee you functional fitness. Common daily living activities like carrying a box upstairs, changing a tyre, pushing your car out the mud, climbing a tree with your son…
HARARE – Zimbabwe motocross youngster Emmanuel Bako is confident ahead of the South African National Motocross Championships scheduled for this weekend at Harrismith in Free State. The Heritage Primary School Grade Three student, is one of the Zimbabwean raiders that will take part in the meet. Kuda Mhene is another Zimbabwean raider, who is also…
HARARE – The 2015 Castle Premiership fixtures will be unveiled “anytime” this week ahead of the proposed March 7 start to the new season. PSL chief executive officer Kenny Ndebele told the Daily News that they are currently finalising the fixtures programme which will be tabled at the league’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) this weekend….
HAMILTON – Chris Gayle’s love of late-night loafing – something his social media accounts bear testimony to – have made him cricket’s version of New York: the man who never sleeps. His captain Jason Holder confirmed as much, albeit in a slightly more serious context. “Chris is awake. I can assure you he’s awake. He…
HAMILTON – Zimbabwe believe the guile of coach Dav Whatmore can help them spring a World Cup upset by beating the West Indies, senior batsman Hamilton Masakadza said yesterday. Zimbabwe head into today’s pivotal Pool B match at Canberra’s Manuka Oval level on points with the unpredictable Caribbean cricketers and responding well to the much-travelled…
HARARE – Nkululeko Sibanda — businessman and owner of Zifa second-tier football side Twalumba FC — has died after a short illness. The former Black Mambas sponsor, who is also husband to Zifa board member — Miriam Sibanda — died at Parirenyatwa Hospital on Saturday evening where he had been taken ill, according to the…
HARARE – The Sports and Recreational Commission (SRC) has ruled out reducing the contentious six percent levied on football clubs arguing it is the one sustaining their operations. Local teams were praying for a relief through reductions from the SRC which levies football clubs and other sports disciplines. SRC, board member Dave Ellman-Brown said they…
HARARE – CAPS United got themselves pre-season bragging rights over arch-rivals Dynamos yesterday, but new gaffer, Mark Harrison conceded he still has a lot of work to do. The Green Machine needed a penalty shoot-out to beat bitter rivals Dynamos in a pre-season challenge match organised by the Chinese Federation of Zimbabwe (CFZ) at Rufaro…
