HARARE – Tennis ace Cara Black and top boxer Charles Manyuchi are front-runners to win the 2014 Sportsperson of the Year gong after they were shortlisted for the Annual National Sports Awards yesterday. Black, who recorded 49 wins in 2014 with her Indian partner Sania Mirza, has a high chance of winning the country’s premier…
HARARE – Highlanders and Masimba Mambare will tomorrow appear before an independent labour arbitrator to determine whether the Bulawayo team is obliged to pay the former club midfielder’s outstanding sign-on fee. Bosso and Mambare have been embroiled in a protracted legal wrangle since the player signed for champions Dynamos at the beginning of the year….
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) has allayed any fears that they will not be able to sponsor their two teams, Whawha and Flame Lilly, who were promoted into the top flight next year. Whawha became the first lower division team to be promoted into the Castle Premiership for the 2015 season when they won…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has postponed indefinitely this weekend’s crucial Zifa Council and board meetings. On Friday, the full Zifa board was scheduled to meet in the capital to discuss a number of pressing matters. The following day, the Zifa Assembly Extra Ordinary General Meeting was supposed to convene at the Zifa…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa yesterday distanced himself from the soon-to-be vacant Dynamos post, saying “I’m too good for local clubs”. Gorowa has been linked with the Dynamos post after Calisto Pasuwa announced he will be leaving the club when his contract expires at the end of the year. Pasuwa, who won his fourth…
HARARE – Colleagues have poured praise on Calisto Pasuwa after the Dynamos coach won his fourth straight Castle Premiership title with the Glamour Boys at the weekend. Pasuwa wrote his own piece of history by becoming the first Zimbabwean coach to win four league titles on the trot when he led DeMbare to their 21st…
JOHANNESBURG – The Free State Union have launched an urgent investigation into the naming rights and trademark of the ‘Cheetahs’ name and emblem, as it has emerged the Zimbabwe Sevens team is known by the same name. The Cheetahs franchise Managing Director, Harold Verster, told rugby365 that they are in the process of seeking legal…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have stepped up a gear in preparation for the Confederations of African Rugby (Car) Sevens Cup to be held over the weekend at Prince Edward School in Harare. The Cheetahs though will be without the pair of Lenience Tambwera and Biselele Tshamala, who picked injuries on Monday. “Generally camp has gone well…
LONDON – The Zimbabwe-born British European heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora tells the Telegraph that his money has not all come from boxing. Telegraph: How did your childhood experience influence your attitude to money? Chisora: I grew up in Zimbabwe and we didn’t have much. My dad worked away for the whole week as an engineer,…
HARARE – Eastern Region Division One Soccer League log leaders Buffaloes Junior dropped two crucial points that could have seen them win the promotion ticket at the weekend after they were held one-all by Ruwa United. With second-placed Mutare City suffering a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Eastern Stars at Sakubva Stadium on Saturday,…
