HARARE – Zifa president Cuthbert Dube threatened to stop personally funding the association after the Deputy Sherriff attempted to attach property from his home in Harare yesterday. The court bailiffs raided Dube’s Old Alexandria Park home yesterday morning armed with a writ of execution over a $281 985 debt the association owes Pandhari Lodge. The…
HARARE – How Mine coach Luke Masomere is delighted on how his team is shaping up ahead of the 2015 Castle Premiership season having acquired some “quality” signings in this current window period. Chikurupati have been busy in this current window and have tied some decent deals in the key departments as they aim to…
HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean tennis star Rufaro Chirewa progressed to the doubles semifinals of the ongoing Nairobi International Junior Championships IV in Kenya. The 17-year-old former Chisipite Senior School student partnered with Poland’s Karolina Silwanowicz to beat Oumaima Aziz from Morocco and India’s Snehal Mane 6-3, 6-2 to storm into the semis. In the first…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe rugby community has united in support of Sables legend Danny Delport after the former star wing’s family revealed he is terminally ill and battling for his life. The 62-year-old, who now lives in Australia, was diagnosed with the deadly Motor Neuron Disease (MND) late last year. Delport is one of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading long distance runner Mike Fokoroni will be satisfied with a top three finish at the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon whose entries closed yesterday. Fokoroni is one of a number of Zimbabwean athletes taking part at the annual 46th ultra-marathon that will take place on Easter Saturday in Cape Town. The…
JOHANNESBURG – The outstanding 3-0 semi-final win by Ghana over bitter hosts Equatorial Guinea on Thursday night has definitely been overshadowed by the violence that rocked that outstanding match. Few will talk of some breathtaking soccer played by Ghana on their way to the final where they will meet neighbours Ivory Coast. The talking point…
THE current debate about whether Cuthbert Dube must go or not baffle’s the mind. I feel I need to add my own two cents. When the current Ministry of Sport was created as a standalone ministry, most of us sports loving people celebrated as we thought finally this country would realise its potential. We thought…
HARARE – Former Zifa vice-president Ndumiso Gumede, a former ally of the local football governing body’s embattled boss Cuthbert Dube, has urged authorities to shun confrontational approach in efforts to remove Dube from office. Gumede, who served as number two to Dube on the Zifa board between 2010 and last year when he decided against…
HARARE – Senior Cabinet minister Patrick Chinamasa has ruled out the possibility of government sacking Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and his board following earlier proclamations to that effect by Deputy Sports Minister Tabeth Kanengoni-Malinga. Addressing Parliamentarians yesterday, Finance minister Chinamana, speaking in his capacity as Zanu-PF’s head of government business in the august House, said…
HARARE – Former Australia Test paceman Jason Gillespie says hard-hitting Zimbabwean batsman Solomon Mire is a player to watch at the forthcoming Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The 25-year-old all-rounder, who plays domestic cricket in Australia for Waratahs and NT Strike, was included in Zimbabwe’s 15-man World Cup squad following his impressive…
