HARARE – The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has included four uncapped players in their 18-man training squad for the upcoming Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Sevens tournament at Prince Edward School month-end. Golden Lions loose forward Lambert Groenewald, who made his debut for the Zimbabwe Fifteens side in the World Cup qualifiers mid-year, has been…
HARARE – CAPS United will be without head coach Taurai Mangwiro for their crucial final match of the season against ZPC Kariba. Mangwiro left the country yesterday for Cameroon to attend the Fifa elite instructor’s course. He will attend the course alongside Zifa technical director Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe. The two qualify after coming tops in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s failed bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals has been slammed as a waste of time, football personalities who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said. The country, together with six other nations – Algeria, Ghana, Egypt, Gabon, Sudan and Kenya – had in September submitted bids to the…
HARARE – Judo Association of Zimbabwe (Jaz) is confident that their squad will leave a mark at the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games next month. Bulawayo will host the Games next month between 4 and 15. Jaz president Debbie Jeans is confident with the ammunition at her disposal and believes the…
HARARE – St George’s golf sensation Stuart Krog shrugged off the challenge of Pride Sembo in a tightly contested play-off to win the Platinum Golf Classic at Norton Golf and Country Club on Sunday. Sembo set up the sudden death play-off after firing a scintillating 67 to catch up with Krog who closed on three-under…
HARARE – Victor “The Beast” Hungwe has cut short his self-imposed exile from local bodybuilding contests in a bid to stop Champion “Mbewe” Chienderamwano dominance in the sport. The Body Active Gym athlete last competed at the Musclemania Zimbabwe contest last year when he lost his title to Chienderamwano. Hungwe subsequently pulled out of the…
HARARE – Buffaloes Junior maintained their lead at the top of the Zifa Eastern Region Division One log despite playing to a goalless draw with second-placed Mutare City at the weekend. With two games to go before the end of the season, Shadreck Mugurasave’s side now top the log standing with 63 points, one ahead…
HARARE – If by some extraordinary turn of events, Dynamos go on to snatch the Castle Premier Soccer League title from the jaws of defeat, it would be a sad indictment on the rest of the teams. The Glamour Boys have stuttered for the better part of the season, failing to rise to expected heights…
HARARE – FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza reckons the best is still to come from his youthful brigade after winning the Chibuku Super Cup on Sunday. The platinum miners beat Harare City 3-1 on penalties to bag their first piece of major silverware since they were promoted into the top flight back in 2011. And…
HARARE – As expected, Zimbabwe’s hopes of hosting the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals went up in flames after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) threw out the country’s bid. The Caf Executive Committee met at the weekend and deliberated on the bids submitted at the end of September. “Of the countries which…
