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Mnangagwa rewards female boxer Chiwandire with US$15,000
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday cheered the spirits of female boxer Kudakwashe "Take Money" Chiwandire with a US$15 000 reward for her exploits after winning the World Boxing Council Interim Super...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Makusha
SPRINTER Ngoni Makusha's journey at the Tokyo Olympics ended in disappointing fashion after he finished 7th in heat 6 of the men's 100m race in a disappointing time of 10.43 seconds yesterday....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Moment of truth for Phillip Chiyangwa
He would have preferred to be unopposed this time around as he seeks re-election as the Zifa president.Flamboyant businessman and National Assembly member for Zvimba South Phillip Chiyangwa di...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's bag of empty promises
HIS ascension to Zimbabwe's most influential football position started off as a social media jibe, and one is tempted to wish it had remained so.It was even unfathomable that the flamboyant bu...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pasuwa surrender vehicle
FORMER senior women's national team coach Shadreck Mlauzi has returned the vehicle he had been using during his tenure putting to rest speculation he would hold onto it until he is paid his dues....Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caster Semenya weds long-time partner
Cape Town - Star South African 800m athlete Caster Semenya and long-time partner, Violet Raseboya have officially tied the knot.Semenya and Raseboya were the toast of Twitter on Saturday...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 11:25hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Chiyangwa marks self 10/10
When Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa gives himself a 10/10 mark after a year in local football's highest office, the temptation is to laugh and wait for a more serious response. That serious resp...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's derby weekend, may football win
IT'S a weekend of big derbies around the world, the Manchester Derby which is the most expensive football match ever played, the fiery Glasgow Old Firm Derby between Celtics and Rangers and our Zi...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'white farmer's arms cache' exaplained
The Mike Campbell Foundation has defended the white commercial farmer Geofrey Kelly McKinnon (66) after state media accused him of keeping firearms at his farm.According to the foundation, the...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 20:55hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Kirsty Coventry feels honoured
SWIMMING icon Kirsty Coventry says she feels honoured after handing United States' swimmer Michael Phelps his last medal at the Olympics over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Phelps, ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZTV to screen live English Premier League match every Saturday
IF you are a fan of the English Premiership Football or are following the Rio Olympics 2016, you can consider ZBC as a free option for catching all this entertainment. Econet Media's new free to air c...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 14:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry misses out on podium
ZIMBABWEAN swimming queen Kirsty Coventry missed out on a podium finish after coming sixth in the 200m backstroke final at the on going Rio Olympics early yesterday morning. Coventry touched the wall ...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Do not just watch Rio Olympics, be inspired to excel and save Zimbabwe from itself
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are upon us; we should all watch the games and enjoy the sporting spectacle but, most important of all, be inspired by the Olympic spirit! When we see great athletes...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mighty Warriors demoralised ahead of Rio Olympics
MIGHTY Warriors players are unhappy with the $500 allowance they were given by the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) for the duration of Rio Olympics, a development believed to have dampened morale ahe...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 09:04hrs | 21 | by Ngqwele Dube
Team Zimbabwe: Officials almost out number athletes
Zimbabwe sent a bloated Rio 2016 Summer Olympics team with officials almost at par with athletes.Team Zimbabwe is composed of 31 athletes and 26 officials.This is the biggest eve...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwe 2016 Olympics team - List
ZIMBABWE OLYMPICS TEAM Aquatics (Swimming): Athletes: Kirsty Coventry, Sean Gunn Coach: Macdonal...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 09:39hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Emirates named World's Best Airline at Skytrax World Airline Awards 2016
Emirates was today named the World's Best Airline 2016 at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards 2016, in addition to scooping up the awards for World's Best Inflight Entertainment for a record ...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Emirates offers more live sporting action on board
Dubai - Emirates, which flies daily from Lusaka and Harare to Dubai, is amplifying its inflight entertainment offering, adding a second dedicated sports channel to its ice TV Live onboard - now availa...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 22:12hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Match fixing: 'Jaure has case to answer'
NATIONAL team assistant coach, Saul Chaminuka, believes Warriors' defender, Partson Jaure, has a case to answer in the unfolding match fixing scandal which is now threatening to derail preparations fo...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Ray Bande
Year 2015 in review
THE year 2015 was another disappointing year for Zimbabwean sport although some people continue to hope that things will improve.Our sport, whether it be football, cricket or rugby, was largel...Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 11:31hrs | 4 | by Ricky Zililo and Sikhumbuzo Moyo
SRC dumps Chiyangwa?
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has rubbished claims that it had endorsed property mogul Phillip Chiyangwa for the Zifa presidency after he donated $10,000 to the Mighty Warriors.Ch...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 09:31hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Road to Rio was hell for Mighty Warriors
History making Mighty Warriors road to 2016 Rio Olympics was hell as several cabinet ministers snubbed them as the girls frequently ate matemba and plain buns. With their qualification, t...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
White Zimbabweans: The Legacy which departed with them!
Zimbabwean whites are called Rhodesians or those whites whose ancestors came to the then Rhodesia during the colonial era.They include missioneries,and some Boers who migrated from South Africa and th...Published: 06 Jan 2013 at 13:34hrs | 6 | by Conilious Toga
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