HARARE – Triangle captain William Mapfumo will lead his troops into the lion’s den this afternoon when they take on Dynamos in the One Wallet Cup final at the National Sports Stadium. No one is giving the struggling Chiredzi-based side any chance against DeMbare – the most successful team in Zimbabwe’s history – in today’s…
HARARE – Former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers headlines a list of illustrious rugby personalities who have expressed their desire to take over the vacant post of Technical Director at the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU), the Daily News has learnt. The post became vacant after Liam Middleton resigned at the end of last month to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading show jumper Charley Crockart showed nerves of steel on Saturday to emerge with gold from the FEI World Jumping Challenge Final in South Africa. Up against the best, Crockart jumped a clear round in the fastest time to add another accolade to her career. It was an eventful final that had…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cyclists Federation (ZCF) has confirmed the members of the team to participate at the African Continental Championships to be held in Pietermaritzburg South Africa October 26. This year, four local; Tawanda Marova (Elite men), Simon Martin (Elite men), Antony Timothy (Elite men) and Scott Donaldson (Junior elite) are set to represent the…
HARARE – Marlborough High School are the champions of this year’s National Association of Secondary Heads (Nash) Under-20 football tournament after beating Chemhanza High School 3-0 in the finals at Prince Edward yesterday. The tournament which was bank-rolled by Population Services International (PSI) saw Marlborough beating the defending champions Churchill 4-3 in penalty shoot-out to…
HARARE – World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) accredited doctor Nicholas Munyonga believes Zimbabwe is far behind in educating athletes on the hazards of substance abuse saying local sportspersons would fail doping tests “anytime, any day.” “When it comes to doping our athletes will fail. Why I say so it’s because of lack of information,” Munyonga said…
BEIJING – Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai held off a spirited late comeback from No.2 seeds Cara Black and Sania Mirza to win the China Open. At a set and 4-0 up Hlavackova and Peng appeared to be cruising towards their first title together, but they were forced to overcome some late jitters before eventually…
HARARE – Triangle coach Biggie Zuze was left a relieved man after guiding his ten-man side to win the One Wallet Cup against Dynamos here yesterday. The two teams were tied 1-1 after 90 minutes and even a further 30 minutes of extra-time could not bring a winner which resulted in a penalty shootout where…
LUSAKA – Zimbabwe kept their nerve to win the inaugural Africa Golf Confederation (AGC) President’s Cup after fending off a late Zambia and Kenya charge on the final day in Kitwe. Zimbabwe raced to the winners on podium after a combined score of 13-over-par 889 following four days of action, beating hosts Zambia by seven…
HARARE – The 26TH edition of the Danhiko Annual Paralympic Games roared into life yesterday with minister of sport Andrew Langa promising to do more for athletes with a disability. “We have a tendency of overlooking athletes who are less able but that does not mean inability,” Langa told the Daily News on Sunday. “So…
