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Zimbabwe Warriors get US$1 million for 2025 AFCON finals campaign
The Zimbabwe senior men's national football team, the Warriors, is set to receive a financial boost from the government ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Morocco. Finance M...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:19hrs | 3933 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's celebrity snake handler dies of snake bite
One month after he was placed in an induced coma following a snake bite, South African YouTuber, Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman, has passed away.In a statement, 44-year-old Dinkelman's wife Kirsty D...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3231 | by TimesLive
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 | 276 | 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 | 992 | by Staff reporter
Overhaul the Ministry of Sport
Do we still have the Minister of Sports in Zimbabwe? Surely this is the right time to start making some serious inroads and decisions on how they should run the most beautiful game of football in the ...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 15:37hrs | 1291 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa goes after Mugabe’s family, relatives
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has reportedly repossessed extensive land holdings belonging to former first lady Grace Mugabe, her daughter Bona, and other relatives, in a move believed to ...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 17:34hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-MP bemoans govt's failure to renovate National Sports Stadium
ZANU-PF Murewa West legislator Farai Jere has criticized Zimbabwe's failure to renovate the National Sports Stadium, highlighting the embarrassment caused by the national soccer teams being forced to ...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lays foundation stone for Mnangagwa stadium
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has laid the foundation stone to mark the commencement of construction of the 10 000-seater international cricket stadium in Victoria Falls this Thursday.Last year, Zimbabw...Published: 23 May 2024 at 20:40hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Coventry shares NSS progress report
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry says the government has made progress in the sprucing up of the National Sports Stadium to meet Caf standards to host international football.The stadium was clo...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors likely to play their home matches in SA
HOMELESS Warriors are likely to play their next 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying home match against Lesotho in South Africa after the government failed in its promise to rehabilitate the National Sports...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Themba Gorimbo blasts Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry again
Themba "The Answer" Gorimbo, Zimbabwe's sole Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) representative, has once again criticized Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry, expressing his dis...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 8 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
UFC star Themba Gorimbo blasts Kirsty Coventry
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) standout Themba Gorimbo finds himself in conflict with Minister of Sports Kirsty Coventry and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) due to their refusal to gr...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gatekeepers in Ministry of Sports and Arts stiffle growth and innovation
In the pursuit of progress and development, it is disheartening to witness how gatekeepers within the Ministry of Sports and Arts are hindering the growth of the arts sector. These departments, intend...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 12:43hrs | | by Farai Mazango
National Sports Stadium to be ready for next Warriors home matches
The Zimbabwe's national football team will soon go back to the National Sports Stadium to host international matches, Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture Minister Kirsty Coventry told parliamentarian...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry allays cholera fears
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has assured the safety of participants at next week's Bonaqua Africa Triathlon Cup Troutbeck competition set for Nyanga in Manicaland, amid fears of an event boycott as...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zifa snub Mnangagwa
THE Zifa Normalisation Committee might have shot themselves in the foot after failing to attend the commissioning of Heart Stadium by President Emerson Mnangagwa yesterday.Hundreds of people i...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:07hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Bring back our football home
For the first time in the Zimbabwean football history we have played our home games away from home, thousands of kilometers away just because we have fail...Published: 22 Nov 2023 at 19:15hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Kirsty Coventry begs Treasury for infrastructure development
Sports Arts and Culture Minister, Kirsty Coventry, made a plea to the treasury for funding to address the dire state of sports infrastructure, implicitly urging the government to invest in sports....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Magaya's stadium nears completion
The Heart Stadium, located within the Yadah Hotel premises in Waterfalls, is nearing completion, with the official commissioning by Castle Lager Premiership team Yadah FC set to take place in just one...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister joins world's swimming immortals
The inaugural class of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1965 held a special place in the annals of aquatic sports history. It was a star-studded lineup featuring luminaries like Johnny Weiss...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 20:43hrs | | 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
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointments irk military
Insiders within the military and those in Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's inner circle have disclosed his dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent Cabinet appointments, which s...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa picks new minister after constitution breach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been compelled to retract the appointments of two ministers due to exceeding the maximum number of non-constituency MPs he can nominate to his Cabinet.The lead...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defends Cabinet appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a grand entrance to State House on Monday to announce his new Cabinet, with many eagerly anticipating the composition of the team that would steer the country's affai...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells those unhappy with his cabinet to appoint their own when they become president
He reappointed some underperforming ministers from his previous cabinet and also appointed his son and nephew to high-ranking positions.Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a ...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints son Deputy Finance minister in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new cabinet, retaining a bulk of his ministers in key posts and adding a few new faces.Finance and Investment PromotionProf Mthuli NcubeDep...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 17:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors off to Botswana
The Warriors are likely to host Nigeria in Botswana for their 2026 World Cup home qualifier after Zifa Normalisation Committee chairperson Lincoln Mutasa yesterday had "positive engagements" with Bots...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors to play WC qualifiers outside the country
THE Warriors will play their 2026 World Cup home qualifiers outside the country after Confederation of African Football (Caf) excluded the National Sports Stadium (NSS) from the list of pre-approved s...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi confident of WC qualification
WARRIORS midfielder Marshall Munetsi believes the senior national football team have what it takes to clinch a ticket to the 2026 Fifa World Cup despite drawing African powerhouses Nigeria as well as ...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry confident Warriors will play at home
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry is confident that the senior national team, the Warriors, will play their matches in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at home following the ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FIFA keeps Zimbabwe in suspense
THE FIFA delegation currently in the country to find the way forward over the current football crisis have kept the Zimbabwean enthusiasts guessing as they have not given a hint whether the isolation ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spiritual home of Black cricket in Zimbabwe finally gets international recognition
Bill Flower realized 30 years ago that cricket wouldn't survive, let alone bloom, in Zimbabwe unless it reached out to the country's Black majority and found a place in their hearts.Part of hi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 13:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Major renovations to be carried out at Zimbabwe's National Sports Stadium
THE National Sports Stadium is set to undergo major renovations in the coming months after Government secured an internationally acclaimed partner to spearhead the work. There is every reason ...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen swimming sensation Katai accepted to join Princeton University
ZIMBABWEAN Olympian Donata Katai is set to continue her promising swimming career in the US after securing a scholarship with Princeton University.Princeton women's swimming and diving team, w...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry kept in Cabinet by her skin - Mzembi
Former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has denounced Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry saying she has dismally failed.Mzembi believes Coventry is being kept by President Em...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Umzingwane organises cultural, arts fest
UMZINGWANE district in Matebeleland South province has set Africa Day (May 25) as the day for its annual cultural and arts festival.Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the founding of th...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'High technology needed to combat drug smuggling,' in Zimbabwe
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has called on the Government to invest in state-of-the-art technologies at the country's ports of entry and exit to combat the smuggling of illicit drugs and...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Lying' Coventry, Kamambo in bare knuckle fight
SUSPENDED Zifa board members have accused Sports minister Kirsty Coventry of lying under oath, following her recent claims in Parliament that she stepped in and fired them after they failed to account...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fifa probe Zifa board member
Minister of Sports Kirsty Coventry has revealed that a second Zifa official is being investigated by Fifa over sexual harassment following former referees boss Obert Zhoya's five year ban imposed last...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 17:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry complicit in Zimbabwean football ban
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister, Kirsty Coventry has quashed any lingering hopes of the government reinstating the fired Zifa board members as has been demanded by Fifa for the country's su...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe facing Fifa expulsion?
AN item on Fifa's agenda for the 73rd World Football Association (Fifa) congress scheduled for the Rwandan capital, Kigali on Thursday has heightened fears amongst local football fans and other stakeh...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Fire Minister Kirsty Coventry
I am not sounding like a racist but whoever thought that introducing Kirsty Coventry to take charge of the Ministry of Sport just because she excelled well in winning swimming awards needs their brain...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 22:44hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe sets aside $1,2 billion for sports facilities
RENOVATIONS at the National Sports Stadium are set to be accelerated next year after the Government set aside ZW$1,2 billion for rehabilitation of sporting facilities across the country.The ot...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers fed isitshwala and beans, publicly ridiculed
THE dire state of government finances has now come into perspective with Cabinet ministers warning of crisis situations in key security services such as the military and the police as Treasury swung t...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's path to power
6 November 2017 - President Robert Mugabe dismisses his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, from government;8 November 2017 - Zanu-PF expels Mnangagwa from the party. Mnangagwa goes into self-imposed ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's absence from Parliament irks opposition MPs
VICE President and Health Minister, Constantino Chiwenga's absence from Parliament has been questioned by opposition MPs.During the question and answer session Wednesday, Citizens' Coalition f...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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