HARARE – Taurai Mangwiro has resigned as coach of CAPS United following a season derailed by off-field problems. Last night, CAPS president Twine Phiri was however locked in a meeting with the coach in a desperate effort to retain his services. Mangwiro’s resignation could be seen a calculated move to position himself for the vacant…
HARARE – Leading Zimbabwean female fitness figure champion Hellen Costa is not looking to join mainstream bodybuilding yet but happy to extend her dominance in her category. Costa made it two championships in a role, having won her maiden Ms Zimbabwe fitness figure last year before she successfully defended her crown at the Harare International…
HARARE – Fifa-accredited agent Gibson Mahachi has filed a case of breach of contract with Fifa against Tendai Ndoro for allegedly reneging on a written agreement he had with the Zimbabwe-based agent. Mahachi has shown KickOff.com the representation contract between his agency and the Mpumalanga Black Aces striker signed when the player was still on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-20 football team will be aiming to set the tone for Team Zimbabwe when they play Mozambique in the opening game of the African Union Sports Commission (AUSC) Region V Youth Games today. The match kicks off at 2pm at Barbourfields Stadium and will be followed by the Young Mighty Warriors’ encounter…
HARARE – Danielle Bekker, Zimbabwe’s 11-year-old golf sensation, faces a daunting task to leave a mark against hundreds of young golfers from across the world that will converge in Johor Baru, Malaysia, for the Kids Golf World Championship. At least 363 young golfers from 19 countries will participate in the Championship from Monday to Friday….
DURBAN – Amos Maungwa knows all about determination. He has gone from growing up below the breadline in Zimbabwe to playing first-class cricket, from working as a gardener in South Africa to coaching cricket at one of Durban’s top schools – and running a thriving cricket academy of his own. I visit him on a…
HARARE – Worse has happened in Zimbabwean cricket, off the field. On it, we have reached new levels of mediocrity with the whitewash defeat in Bangladesh. That result will leave a deep scar on our nation’s cricket psyche, and it can be compared to all the previous misfortunes that have befallen the game here before;…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s four-men swimming team is finding the going tough at the 12th Fina Swimming World Championships which got underway on Wednesday in Doha. The 2014 edition has welcomed athletes from 160 different countries with Zimbabwe’s four competitors among the over 900 swimmers. Day one of the five-day event saw James Lawson clock 1.03.59…
HARARE – Dynamos plan to overhaul the club’s technical bench ahead of the 2015 season. With the imminent departure of coach Calisto Pasuwa, the four-time title-winning Glamour Boys gaffer is now likely to leave with his entire backroom staff. The revered coach’s contract expires at the end of the month, but says he will decline…
HARARE – The escalating in-fighting within Zanu-PF has spilt into football with a group pushing for Zifa president Cuthbert Dube’s ouster now linking the beleaguered football boss to embattled Vice President Joice Mujuru. With factionalism within the ruling party now affecting nearly every facet of Zimbabwean life – the Lifelong Footballers Trust of Zimbabwe –…
