HARARE – The Lifelong Footballers Trust (LFT) – an outfit uniting different stakeholders of the game here – has vowed not to back down in its attempt to push for the removal of Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Cuthbert Dube. LTF at the weekend held an all-stakeholders meeting at Raylton Sports Club in the capital…
HARARE – When Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) spread the word that a press conference was going to be held on Tuesday, pulses quickened and questions were already forming on the tongues of those who would be attending. ‘Aha!’, they all thought, rubbing their hands together in anticipation. The series against Bangladesh was the most disastrous in…
HARARE – Former Test paceman Brighton Watambwa has blamed coaching frailties and shambolic selection for Zimbabwe’s annihilation in Bangladesh, but wasn’t quite ready to spare the players. Zimbabwe lost all three Tests and five ODIs on tour in Bangladesh, drawing the ire of fans who have reacted to the humiliating whitewash by demanding radical overhaul…
HARARE – Non-Academic Bachelors Association (Naba) volleyball club are preparing for their maiden participation on the African circuit this month. The volleyball side finished third on the National League log standings behind Stanbic Thunder and Support Unit in 2013. The top two teams automatically qualify for the Region V Africa Club Championships scheduled for Maputo,…
HARARE – A number of football personalities have distanced themselves from a petition that is calling for president Robert Mugabe to dissolve the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board led by Cuthbert Dube. The petition is believed to be the brain child of former Zifa administrator Francis Zimunya, who at the weekend held an all stakeholders…
HARARE – Former Highlanders midfielder Eddie Nyika, who is now playing for World Navi Northern Region Division One Soccer League side Commando Bullets, says he has no plans of hanging up his boots anytime soon. Despite turning 37 later this month, the veteran midfielder is still going strong in the lower division and was last…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board chairman, Wilson Manase yesterday issued a public apology for the national team’s dismal performance during the disastrous tour of Bangladesh. Stephen Mangongo and his charges were thoroughly outclassed and exposed by a ruthless Bangladeshi side that first won the Test series 3-0 before going on to assert their dominance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Boxing Board of Control (ZNBBC) secretary Gilbert Munetsi yesterday tendered in his resignation after growing frustrated by the a lack of commitment from the Ministry of Sport. Munesti came close to calling Spots Minister Andrew Langa “incompetent” saying his failure to honour WBC International welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi was testimony to…
HARARE – Boxer Charles Manyuchi says he is losing hope of ever receiving any recognition from Zimbabwe but says even against such a background he will not accept a Zambian honorary citizenship. Manyuchi’s successfully defended his WBC International welterweight title last week against Columbian David Caceres in Lusaka, Zambia. After the Zimbabwean’s heroics, Zambia’s Youth…
HARARE – Dynamos chairman Kenny Mubaiwa says the club will soon flight newspaper adverts in search for a new coach to replace Calisto Pasuwa, but will avoid appointing those who have been discarded elsewhere. Pasuwa announced his departure from the record Zimbabwean champions after guiding the Glamour Boys to a fourth straight league title last…
