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Zimbabwe boxer banned for doping
Zimbabwe's rising boxing star, Issa Aliyah Phiri, has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for Furosemide, a prohibited substance listed under the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) 2024 P...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:26hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Doping tests for all Zimbabwe PSL players
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has introduced random blood tests in a bid to combat drug and substance abuse in football. All players in the league will now be subject to these random tests as part o...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 07:51hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe minister to be inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame
Finally, the long-awaited moment has arrived.Tonight, Zimbabwe's very own Kirsty Coventry will take her place among the legends of international swimming as she is officially inducted into the...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yadah FC constructs Swansea Stadium lookalike
AT a time when there is a crisis of football stadia in the country, local premiership side Yadah Football Club has embarked on an audacious project to replicate the Swansea Stadium with a 40 000-seate...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Arsenal buckle under the pressure
The only real surprise about Manchester City's march to a fifth Premier League crown in six seasons is that a callow Arsenal side managed to keep Pep Guardiola's serial winners honest for such a long ...Published: 20 May 2023 at 20:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC reveals BF's capacity
AS debate surrounding the carrying capacity of the country's soccer stadia continues, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed that the city's largest stadium, Barbourfields carries just under 23 ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
One of the ceremonial homes of football in the country Rufaro Stadium remains banned from use despite promises by the City of Harare that the facility will be fully upgraded by the start of the season...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tennis ace Bhunu suspended for doping violation
VALERIA Bhunu, Zimbabwe's highest-ranked female tennis player, has been slapped with a lengthy ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after a banned substance, Mesterolone was found in an ou...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at Dembare
HEADS could roll at Dynamos whose leadership is finalising investigations on the age-cheating saga which rocked the club's junior team at the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation Invitational Under-17 footbal...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso chairman co-opted onto bogus Zifa board
FORMER Highlanders Football Club chairman, Kenneth Mhlophe has been co-opted onto the Zimbabwe Football Association executive committee.Mhlophe was co-opted into the Zifa leadership structures...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'80% of Zimbabwe football players on drugs'
BULAWAYO City coach Philani "Beefy" Ncube has brewed a shocker by claiming that 80% of Zimbabwean footballers take drugs, specifically Broncleer.Ncube said during their match against Highlande...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Football, cricket failure reflect badly on SRC
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, I wish to bring to your attention the fact that the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) seems to be doing little to ensure that sports ass...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Tawanda Tafirenyika
ICC bans Brendan Taylor for 3 years
FORMER Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has been banned from all forms of cricket for three and a half years after he pleaded guilty to breaching four International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruptio...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Most surprising Olympic moments in Tokyo
The Tokyo Olympics are in full swing and they've been more exciting than ever before. There is a good chance that you've been watching the games. If so, you've likely been thrilled, disappointed, and ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 21:28hrs | 19 | by Staff writer
CAF slap Zimbabweans with NSS fine
ZIFA have called on the local authorities to expedite the renovations at the National Sports Stadium after the association were slapped with a US$2 000 fine for the lack of bucket seats. ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa awaits CAF verdict on NSS
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is waiting for CAF's verdict on whether the National Sports Stadium is fit to host next month's final Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Zambia. ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIFA reject Algeria's offer
ZIFA have rejected a crazy offer from Algeria to have the Warriors' home 2021 AFCON qualifier against the Desert Foxes played in Algiers. The Warriors take on the African champions away on Nov...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff writer
Local bucket seats for stadium
THE Government could procure bucket seats locally while hoping CAF will clear the National Sports Stadium to host the Warriors' 2022 AFCON qualifier against Algeria in November. With no fans e...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council refurbishes Ascot stadium
GWERU City Council has started refurbishing Ascot Stadium to meet the requisite Premier Soccer League standards. The stadium was condemned by the Zifa First Instant Board (FIB) after an inspec...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caf recommend improvements to Barbourfields Stadium
THE Confederation of African Football (Caf) has recommended improvements to Barbourfields Stadium and the National Sports Stadium for the two facilities to meet the continental body's standards before...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Seven key PSL venues, including Rufaro condemned
A HOST of stadiums, including Rufaro, have failed to meet the Premier Soccer League (PSL) standards to host top-flight matches, a development that puts a number of teams in a dilemma.A prelimi...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
New exam subjects for pupils
More than 16 000 Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates will this year sit for the recently introduced Physical Education, Sport and Mass Displays exams as Government equips pupils with physical liter...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso score a first
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders have scored a first by becoming the first club in Zimbabwe to be certified under the Fifa Club Licensing requirements.The First Instance Body (FIB) certified the cl...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BF, Luveve goalposts condemned
BARBOURFIELDS and Luveve stadia's goalposts have been condemned by the First Instance Body (FIB) led by Zifa executive committee member Piraishe Mabhena.The committee recently embarked on a co...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty lands top IOC post
Retired Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry was yesterday confirmed as chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission.She replaces United States' ice hockey player Ange...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare player battling drug abuse
AS Dynamos star midfielder Denver Mukamba continues to receive the flak for his bad boy image, experts and those close to him believe he urgently needs help to exorcise demons related to drug abuse....Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Neymar pay his £200m buyout clause
Barcelona forward Neymar has paid his buyout clause of 222m euros (£200m), the Spanish club say.Neymar, 25, is set to sign for Paris St-Germain for a world record fee, after telling Barca he ...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 20:00hrs | | by BBC
Serena Williams is pregnant
NEW YORK - Serena Williams is going on maternity leave, sending social media into overdrive.Williams, the best women's tennis player of this era and one of the world's most prominent a...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chisora punished for throwing a table at opponent
Dereck Chisora's promoter claims his punishment for throwing a table at Dillian Whyte is unfair.Kalle Sauerland feels Chisora's £25,000 fine, plus £5,000 costs, and suspended two-year ban ar...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 13:41hrs | | by David Anderson I mirror
Soccer star eligibility conditions relaxed
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League has relaxed conditions of eligibility for selection in the Soccer Stars of the Year award as well as the other finalists who make the calendar.League man...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Border Strikers to play at Dulibadzimu Stadium
STRUGGLING BORDER Strikers have been granted temporal permission to play home games at Dulibadzimu Stadium in Beitbridge.The PSL this week said they had granted the Beitbridge side t...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 14:53hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Dulibadzimu Stadium ready for inspection
Beitbridge Town council is on the verge of completing necessary renovations for Dulibadzimu Stadium to acquire PSL status.The Stadium which is home to struggling PSL debutants Border Str...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers colleges to spear head anti-doping campaign -ZITCOSA president
Zimbabwe Teachers' Colleges Sports Association president Edward Chekure said that colleges hold the future of sports in the country hence they should spear head the anti-doping campaign.Accor...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chicken Inn edge Border strikers
Border Strikers 0 - 1 Chicken InnCHAMPIONS Chicken Inn continued with their defence of the Castle Lager Premiership soccer title when they dismissed debutants Border Strikers through a sucke...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:00hrs | | by Paul Mundandi
South Africa FA dispatches security agents to Zimbabwe
THE South African Football Association (Safa) is dispatching security agents to work with Zifa and local state security arms to get to the bottom of sensational match-fixing allegations that saw Zifa'...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 05:53hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Prophet Magaya makes U-turn
PROPHET Walter Magaya has had a change of heart and will not only complete the construction of a multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art multi-sports complex in Waterfalls, which he had abandoned midway...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 06:04hrs | | by Grace Chirigoma
Zifa nomination court - photo shows money exchanging hands?
Photographs taken at the Zifa nomination court yesterday [Thursday] show what appears to be an exchange of money between hands. Below are the three photos sent to Bulawayo24 via WhatsApp with the capt...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 10:13hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Lance Armstrong charged with crashing into two parked cars
DENVER - Disgraced professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has been charged with crashing into two parked cars in the Colorado ski resort town of Aspen, with his girlfriend initially telling authorities ...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 17:14hrs | | by Reuters
Dembare booted out
DYNAMOS' dream of advancing beyond the knockout stage in the Champions League was blown out yesterday when they went down to AS Vita Club in the return leg of the first round tie at the Father Raphael...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 06:37hrs | | by Sports reporter
Bello dumps Dembare
Gift Bello has dumped champions Dynamos to join fellow Castle Premiership rivals FC Platinum on an undisclosed contract.Bello, who is arguably one of the best central defenders in the country,...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 13:48hrs | | by Sports reporter
Zim woman declared winner of the 2013 Two Oceans Marathon
Thabita Tsatsa of Zimbabwe is now the official winner of the 2013 Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon after Russian ultra-marathoner Natalia Volgina was officially stripped of her title and received...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 05:37hrs | | by Sports reporter
New faces in Warriors squad to face Mozambique at BF
WARRIORS coach Ian Gorowa has called up a number of new faces as he prepares for the international friendly football match against Mozambique at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.The Zimbabwe c...Published: 04 Dec 2013 at 03:10hrs | | by Sports reporter
Bruce Kangwa bowled out by cards
IT might not have been an explosive Castle Lager Premiership season but there were players who illuminated the scene and eleven outstanding footballers will be chosen by a panel of journalists and coa...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 03:06hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Jamaica could be 'banned from athletics'
World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey has slammed Jamaican authorities for failing to accommodate an independent audit of their anti-doping regime until next year.WADA said last week Jamai...Published: 22 Oct 2013 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fifa extends Dembare player ban
ZIMBABWE international Devon Chafa will have to wait a little longer before he can know the fate of his football career after Fifa yesterday extended the initial provisional 30-day ban on the Dynamos ...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 05:33hrs | | by Sports reporter
Fifa suspends Dembare midfielder over doping scandal
The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has provisionally suspended Dynamos midfielder Devon Chafa for an initial period of 30 days and opened disciplinary proceedings following an adverse ana...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 07:41hrs | | by Sports reporter
Tyson Gay fails dope test
Raleigh - US 100m record holder Tyson Gay said on Sunday he had tested positive for a substance he could not identify and was pulling out of next month's world championships in Moscow.Gay, the...Published: 14 Jul 2013 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Usain Bolt beaten by Justin Gatlin in 100m
Justin Gatlin beat Olympic champion Usain Bolt by one-hundredth of a second to record a surprise 100m win in Rome.Bolt, 26, was fastest out of the blocks at the Diamond League meeting but Ame...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 10:02hrs | | by BBC
Oprah Winfrey calls Lance Armstrong a 'bully and a liar'
Lance Armstrong brazenly admits to doping in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey.Los Angeles - Incredulous, attentive and direct, Oprah Winfrey dug into the psyche of disgraced cyclist ...Published: 18 Jan 2013 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Hall of Fame to honour Zimbabwe's sporting icons
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has stepped up efforts to identify potential partners and sponsors before selecting more sporting icons to be inducted into the country's lifetime achievemen...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 12:09hrs | | by Sports reporter
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