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Mnangagwa's son in-law leaves SRC
Six years after stepping into office with a bold mission to transform Zimbabwe's sporting landscape and reinforce corporate governance across national associations, Gerald Mlotshwa who is President Mn...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:18hrs | 2716 | by Staff reporter
CBZ Holdings partners ZOC
One of Zimbabwe's leading financial institutions, CBZ Holdings, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) in a bold move aimed at improving the country's prepa...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:04hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Gonye retained as Zimbabwe Olympics Committee President after tight election
Thabani Gonye has been re-elected as the president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) following a closely contested election held Sunday afternoon at the Quadrennial General Meeting in Harare....Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:04hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Makarawu sets new indoor 300m national record in United States
United States-based Zimbabwean sprinter Tapiwanashe Makarawu has once again made headlines by breaking the national indoor record for the 300m at the Louisville Opener, held at the Norton Healthcare S...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:42hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
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 | 137 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA sets date for AGM
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Normalisation Committee has scheduled the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) for October 18 in Harare.According to a circular issued by ZIFA, the AGM is...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 14:51hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe announces Olympics team
TEAM Zimbabwe for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was officially announced this afternoon. Seven athletes in athletics, rowing and swimming are set to represent the country in France from July 26...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 18:22hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean qualifies for Paris Olympics
Zimbabwean rower Stephen Cox, based in England, has secured a spot in the Men's Single Sculls for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris. His qualification came after an impressive performance at ...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 10:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mudawarima steps down as Zimbabwe Olympic Committee CEO
SEASONED sports administrator Stephen Mudawarima has stepped down as chief executive officer and secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) after a two year stint at the national olympi...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Isaac Mpofu shatters eight-year record
LONG distance runner Isaac Mpofu put up a good performance at the World Athletics Championships in the United States of America to finish in the top 10 of the men's marathon and in the process shatter...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:10hrs | 3 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwinyai Chingoka dies
FORMER Zimbabwe Davis Cup tennis team player, Gwinyai Chingoka, has died.Chingoka, the son of the late former Tennis Zimbabwe president and ex-president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, Paul...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Team Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rallied Team Zimbabwe competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and said he is proud to see young swimmer Donata Katai leading as one of the flag bearers at the world's biggest...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
SRC to restructure
THE Sports Commission say they are in the process of restructuring the regulatory authority and repealing the old SRC Act in a move meant to ensure more efficiency, inclusivity and compliance by natio...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Peter Chingoka dies
FORMER Zimbabwe Cricket boss Peter Chingoka has died. He was 65. Chingoka died a year and half after his brother, former Tennis Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Olympic Committee president, Paul ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death robs Zimbabwe sport
This year has not been so kind to the Zimbabwean sporting fraternity after three of the country's arguably biggest luminaries took their last breaths.Former Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) president Paul...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cosafa president humiliated in Zimbabwe
AFTER defying odds to become Zifa president when defeating favourite incumbent Philip Chiyangwa over the weekend, Felton Kamambo is taking no prisoners as he gets down to the association's serious wor...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:47hrs | 5 | 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
PSL change calendar
THE Premier Soccer League have finally conformed to the Caf decision to align their calendar with other modern African leagues that also move in line with other Fifa competitions. From next year the l...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | | 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
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
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
Future bright for Zimbabwe
THE Rowing Association of Zimbabwe (RAZ) has hailed a three-member young Zimbabwe girls team that led the country to an overall fourth place finish out of 20 nations at the African Rowing Championship...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa hails Prophet Magaya
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday hailed Walter Magaya as a rare breed of a patriot after the prophet opened the doors of his exclusive Yadah Hotel for the Mighty Warriors to use in the final ...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry elected ZOC vice president
Admire Masenda has retained the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) presidency, while Kirsty Coventry broke into the committee as vice president following elections held at Prince Edward High School in H...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 21:31hrs | 2 | 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
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
Mighty Warriors leave for SA
MIGHTY Warriors' trio of Chido Dzingirai, Rudo Neshamba and Erina Jeke have been ruled out of Sunday's friendly match against South Africa at Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa, Johannesburg.This wi...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Ellina Mhlanga
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
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 | 2 | by Sports reporter
Zim soccer players to be tested for drugs
The Premier Soccer League plans to introduce drug testing to avoid footballers from taking performance enhancing drugs and giving clubs an unfair advantage.This has been revealed by Premier S...Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
Low key return for Zimbabwe Olympics team
MEMBERS of Team Zimbabwe returned home last night after taking part at the London Olympic Games which ended on Sunday. Unlike at the previous two editions in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, Zimbabwe fai...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 06:19hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Weekend fete welcomes Team Zimbabwe Olympics group to London
Top Zimbabwean sports personalities - past and present - will on Saturday (22 July 2012, 14:00 hrs – 23:30 hrs) take part in an all-day festivity event a...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 14:13hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
Kirsty Coventry to carry flag at London Games
Zimbabwe on Friday unveiled a seven-member team for the London Games with two-time Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry their leading medal hope, local organisers said Friday.Coventry won a ...Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 06:58hrs | | by AFP
Five Zimbabwean athletes ready for London 2012 Olympics
Swimming icon and Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry leads a list of five Zimbabwean athletes who have already secured qualification for next year's Olympic Games in London, the Daily News reported....Published: 25 Nov 2011 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government urged to split the education ministry
Stakeholders in the education, sport, arts and culture sector say there is need for government to consider splitting the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, arguing that the current set up...Published: 14 Jun 2011 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Nare Msupatsila
Zimbabwe Olympic Committee rewarded
The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee has received due recognition for its efforts in effectively administering the Advanced Sport Management Course in African, by being awarded two intakes of the course thi...Published: 01 Mar 2011 at 18:55hrs | 3 | by Byo24NEWS
Zimbabwe Olympic Committee seals 2012 games sponsorship deal
A sponsorship package has been availed to the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) by Interfin to enable the country to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games penciled for London. ...Published: 09 Feb 2011 at 13:49hrs | 7 | by Byo24News
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