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Coventry faces difficult task
The world that Zimbabwean sports icon Kirsty Coventry steps into today as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already vastly different from the one that elected her just ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:32hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei emerging from the shadows to succeed Mnangagwa?
On Wednesday evening, wearing full military gear and speaking from an unknown location, Zimbabwean war veteran Blessed Geza announced via live video that ‘they' were planning to impeach President Em...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:57hrs | 3075 | by Christopher Mutambirwa
Sanyatwe breathes fresh air into Sports ministry
A video that went viral last week shows newly appointed Sports Minister Anselem Sanyatwe actively confronting contractors over delays in the renovation of the National Sports Stadium. In the footage, ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:42hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe tours Magaya's Heart Stadium
Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Minister Anselem Sanyatwe on Tuesday visited The Heart Stadium at Yadah Hotel in Waterfalls, Harare, in a tour aimed at assessing the progress of one of Zimbabwe's ...Published: 08 May 2025 at 16:59hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
Lt Gen Matatu takes command of Zimbabwe National Army
The Zimbabwe National Army ushered in a new era yesterday as Lieutenant General Emmanuel Matatu officially assumed command in a colourful handover and takeover parade held at Charles Gumbo Barracks in...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:48hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry receives thunderous welcome at Olympic House in Switzerland
As she entered the building, the staff started a long and resounding round of applause for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president-elect, Kirsty Coverntry.Current IOC president Tho...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:07hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security shake-up was a 'masterstroke'
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent security sector reshuffle, calling it a "masterstroke" that neutralized individuals who mistakenly beli...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:34hrs | 5333 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe expressed his gratitude to Mnangagwa
Lieutenant-General (Retired) Anselem Sanyatwe has expressed his gratitude to President Mnangagwa for appointing him as the Minister of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture, describing the new role as ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:43hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new Zimbabwe National Army commander
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Major-General Emmanuel Matatu as the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, promoting him to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Matatu replaces retired Lt-...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 17:21hrs | 4617 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swears in Sanyatwe as Minister of Sports
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially swore in Lieutenant General (Rtd) Anselem Sanyatwe as the new Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture this morning at a ceremony held at State House in ...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 09:08hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry relocates to Lausanne, Switzerland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised former Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry for her outstanding contributions to Zimbabwe's sporting achievements, highlighting her instrumental role in the nation'...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 08:44hrs | 3554 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Reshuffles Cabinet as Kirsty Coventry Leaves for IOC Presidency, Anselem Sanyatwe Appointed as New Minister
Harare, March 25, 2025 – Zimbabwe's President, Dr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, has announced a major reshuffle in the government, with the departure of Hon...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 21:10hrs | 1955 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fires army commander
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Lieutenant General (Rtd) Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe as the new Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts, and Culture, following the election of Kirsty Coventry as the...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 19:46hrs | 5972 | by Staff reporter
Putin congratulates Kirsty Coventry on IOC election
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry on her election as International Olympic Committee president on Thursday, saying her "unique experience" will ensure the movem...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:12hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to welcome IOC President with heroine's reception
Hundreds of Zimbabweans are expected to gather at Robert Mugabe International Airport this afternoon to give International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry a heroine's welcome followi...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:06hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Coventry's victory
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led national and international tributes to Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry following her historic election as the 10th President of the International Olympi...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:20hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry elected new president of the International Olympic Committee
The 41-year-old former swimmer, who won two Olympic gold medals, replaces German Thomas Bach - who had held the role since 2013 - and becomes the first woman, the first African and the youngest person...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 16:13hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry's ascendancy to IOC presidency brightens
Zimbabwe's Minister of Sport, Kirsty Coventry, is emerging as a strong contender for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following new election rules that may hinder the candid...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Minister of Sports hotly tipped for top IOC seat
Zimbabwean Minister of Sport, Kirsty Coventry, is strongly tipped to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the current president, Thomas Bach, announced he would...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 13:13hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa fired Mutsvangwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fired his outspoken political ally Christopher Mutsvangwa as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs with immediate effect for various reasons, but the tri...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:34hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Major Zimpapers shake-up looms
THE state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers) will soon appoint new editors after announcing a new board chaired by former Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Siband...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 19:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relative by marriage appointed to Zimpapers Board
The state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers) has announced a new board chaired by former Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda's wife Doreen Joyce Sibanda....Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:38hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Tommy Sithole to be replaced as Zimpapers board chair
Veteran journalist and sports administrator Tommy Sithole will soon be officially replaced as Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers) board chairperson in an imminent announcement of a new board fo...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:36hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Hayatou's FIFA ban quashed
FORMER Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou has won an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a year's suspension imposed by FIFA.The Cameroonian ...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Coventry lands top IOC role
SPORTS minister, Kirsty Coventry has been appointed chairperson of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Coordination Commission for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.Coventry's latest app...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen swimmer qualifies for next round at Olympic games
ZIMBABWE teen swimming sensation Donata Katai showed her potential to become one of the best swimmers in the world in the future after clocking a new personal best time in the heats of the women's 100...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 18:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC full member
AFTER serving as a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes, Commission since 2013 and a member of its executive board since 2018, Zimbabwe's Sports minister and twotime Olympic ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel earmarked for Goodwill Ambassador post
EVANGELICAL preacher, Prophet Uebert Angel, will be appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Zimbabwe contrary to widespread reports that he has been appointed to serve as an envoy in one of the coun...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'I would rather miss Olympics than get COVID-19 vaccine'
OLYMPIC champion sprinter Yohan Blake of Jamaica has said he would rather miss the Tokyo Games than get the COVID-19 vaccine, although getting vaccinated will not be required of the athletes competing...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Will Japan realize the Tokyo Olympics 2021?
Just months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is due to inaugurate, uncertainty continues to hang over whether the events should go ahead amid new waves of COVID-19 infections and risks posed by mutated ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 16:39hrs | 18 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's minister named African Female Swimmer of the Millennium
FOUR years after calling time on her competitive days, Zimbabwe's swimming icon Kirsty Coventry's exploits in the pool continue to follow her after she was named the African Female Swimmer of the Mill...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry not quitting anytime soon
Sport, Arts and Culture minister Kirsty Coventry says she will not throw in the towel.Coventry's comments come on the back of pressure being exerted on her to leave President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry's Ministry splashing on new furniture?
The Ministry of Youths, Sports, Arts and Recreation has flighted a tender for the supply and Delivery of office furniture, desktops, Laptops, Computers, Printers and Photocopiers.According to ...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 13:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry fires SRC board
EDWARD SIWELA'S 13-year-tenure in the Sport and Recreation Commission came to an end yesterday when Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Coventry dissolved his board. The Minister wielde...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry pregnant
Swimming legend Kirsty Coventry yesterday announced that she was pregnant, ending an eventful week in which she became the first ever former Zimbabwean professional sportsperson to be appointed the co...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty excited by new post
NEWLY-APPOINTED Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister, Kirsty Coventry, says she is honoured to be part of the new Cabinet sworn in by President Mnangagwa yesterday at State House. The se...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart hails Mnangagwa's Cabinet moves
Zimbabwe's most decorated sports person, Kirsty Coventry, was yesterday appointed Sport minister, in a move that won President Emmerson Mnangagwa several accolades across the political divide as well ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa strikes gold in Zimbabwe's 'Golden Girl' Kirsty
Zimbabwe's most decorated sports person, Kirsty Coventry, was yesterday appointed Sport minister, in a move that won President Emmerson Mnangagwa several accolades across the political divide as well ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Kirsty Coventry named Zimbabwe's sport minister
Kirsty Coventry, a former Olympic champion and a current member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC's) executive board, has been appointed minister of sport in Zimbabwe.The 34-year-old...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:31hrs | | by AP
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
Kirsty Coventry vies for Zimbabwe Olympic committee post
THE stage has now been set for the Zimbabwe Olympic committee elections with the major highlight at the unveiling of nominees yesterday being the candidature of swimming legend Kirsty Coventry...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Usain Bolt to return medal
KINGSTON - Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates who won the 4 x 100m relay at the 2008 Beijing Games have been told by the country's Olympic Association to return their gold medals following Nesta Ca...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 06:07hrs | 5 | by Reuters
Mighty Warriors get phones for Rio participation
Mighty Warriors members who participated in the disastrous Olympics Games in Brazil have been rewarded with 'flashy' Samsung S7 phones worth $700 as token of appreciation.The gadgets are...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Issa Hayatou named acting FIFA president
Zurich - African football leader Issa Hayatou took temporary charge of FIFA on Thursday after Sepp Blatter was "relieved of his duties" because of his 90-day suspension, the world governing body have ...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 14:04hrs | | by AFP
Cristiano Ronaldo wins Fifa Ballon d'Or for the 2nd time
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 28, has beaten Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery of Bayern Munich to win the 2013 Fifa Ballon d'Or for the second time after a stellar year. ...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
14 people killed in suicide bomb attack in Russia
At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, investigators say.The blast comes a day after 17 people died in another suicide attac...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by BBC
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 | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to benefit on Barca deal
LAUSANNE - ZIMBABWE are set to be among the 23 beneficiaries of a groundbreaking agreement between Spanish soccer giants Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee which will help to groom and ...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 04:23hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Kirsty Coventry's fiancé 'looking into paying lobola'
Top Zimbabwe swimmer and Olympian, Kirsty Coventry's fiancé Tyrone Seward has said he is working on paying lobola to her father.Kirsty who turns 29 on September 16, 2012 also...Published: 20 Aug 2012 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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