HARARE – Junior Sportswoman of the Year nominee Rebekah Oberholzer capped off an inspirational year after being crowned Africa Challenge Champion last Sunday. The seven-year-old, who has made a 2014 Redline Mini her favourite toy, put in a shift at Harare’s BMX track to win all her races on the day and bag the All…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 11-year-old golf sensation Danielle Bekker held her own against some of the world’s top junior golfers to finish joint fifth at the Kids Golf World Championship that ended in Johor Baru, Malaysia. Hundreds of young golfers from 19 countries participated in the three-day tournament which was held at the Palm Resort Golf…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top tennis player Takanyi Garanganga yesterday lifted the ITF Senegal F1 Futures men’s doubles championship to record his first pro circuit win of 2014. Garanganga recorded the sensational win flanked by South Africa’s Keith-Patrick Crowley. The duo, who were seeded fourth, overcame third seeds Tom Jomby and Mick Lescure, both from France,…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba defender Dennis Dauda was an elated man after he was crowned the 2014 Castle Soccer Star of the Year on Friday night in the capital. Dauda came first while his teammates Tendai Hove and Limited Chikafa were crowned the first and second runners-up respectively at a colourful ceremony. The Kariba-based side,…
HARARE – Zifa board member John Phiri has launched a thinly-veiled attack on chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze over the way the association is being administered. Phiri, who oversees the development arm of Zifa, said the CEO kept on side-lining board members in the association’s activities. The former Zimbabwe defender made the remarks at the World…
HARARE – Zimbabwe coach Stephen Mangingo and head of national selection panel Givemore Makoni have led a Takashinga squad filled with national team players on a tour of minnows Uganda in what could be a desperate move for some positive results following the recent Bangladesh debacle. When it was announced last week that the Zimbabwean…
HARARE – A wall of silence has gone up around the money used towards the hosting of the African Union Sports Council Region 5 Under-20 Youth Games, with questions posed by this paper for three months being blatantly ignored or evaded. Organises of the games, being held in Bulawayo, have refused divulge information to the…
JOHANNESBURG – The Glamour Boys of Harare have just won yet another league title, cementing their status as Zimbabwe’s undisputed most successful team in the history of the country. Down here in Mzansi, Kaizer Chiefs have gone on a long unbeaten run since the season commenced and are threatening to run away with the league…
HARARE – Zimbabwean boxing might be the doldrums, but Ed Hammond is proud of the contributions he has made to the sport in the last four decades. 64-year-old Hammond contributed immensely to boxing being, at its prime in this country, the Zimbabwe’s second most popular sport after football. These days, boxing’s popularity is dwindling, with…
BULAWAYO – The local organising committee (LOC) is in a fix after allegations of ill preparedness that has seen the 2014 African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Under-20 Youth Games being rocked by a raft of challenges that might blemish the country’s image. Investigations by this paper revealed that despite millions of dollars being spent on…
