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Betterbrands signs EFC MMA heavyweight champion Elvis Moyo
Talent scout and sponsor Scott Pedzai Sakupwanya, through his sporting company Betterbrands, has officially signed Elvis Moyo, the reigning EFC mixed martial arts heavyweight champion, to his growing ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:20hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Legendary broadcaster Phumlani Msibi dies at 57
The South African sporting fraternity is mourning the death of legendary football and boxing commentator Phumlani Msibi, who passed away on Friday at the age of 57 following a short illness.Bo...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 10:02hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Public vs Private Funding in African Sports Sector
The growth of sports across Africa depends heavily on where the money comes from. In many countries, both governments and private companies contribute to building the sector. However, how they fund an...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 23:28hrs | 166 | by Staff Reporter
Civil war: Not Matabele-Shona but Zezuru-Karanga infightings!
Now that the impeachment is dead on arrival, Geza has changed his modus operandi multiple times, he wants people to make stay-away protests. His statement has again changed, and it now says: stay away...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:55hrs | 1643 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo Bomber is the new EFC heavyweight champion
EFC 122 lit up the World Sports Betting Arena on Thursday night with a scintillating card packed with jaw-dropping moments, dramatic upsets, and a series of explosive finishes that reminded the world ...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:18hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo Bomber' returns to the cage for EFC 122 showdown
Zimbabwean heavyweight powerhouse Elvis "Bulawayo Bomber" Moyo is set to make his long-awaited return to the cage tonight as he takes on Antony Morel at Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) 122 in Sout...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:02hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South Celebrates Monica Mkandla's achievement
The Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (ZNBWCB) Matabeleland South provincial coordinator has expressed immense pride and congratulations to South African-based Zimbabwean pugilist, ...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:52hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
5 Reasons to Choose Melbet in Zambia
Online betting is rapidly gaining popularity in Zambia, attracting more players thanks to its convenience and vast opportunities for entertainment and winnings. Among the many platforms available, Mel...Published: 26 Dec 2024 at 10:48hrs | 389 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe braces for heavy rains over Christmas
The Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has issued a weather warning for widespread rains across Zimbabwe during the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, urging the public to exercise caution, parti...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:19hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
1Win App Review for Players in Uganda
You can easily download the 1Win app from the company's official website to your Android or iOS device. The app has low technical requirements, so almost anyone in Uganda will be able to use it. It is...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 12:55hrs | 122 | by Staff Reporter
Manyuchi to pay US$18,000 for impregnating married woman at gym
Former world boxing champion Charles Manyuchi has been ordered by the High Court to pay US$18,000 in damages after he was found guilty of having an adulterous affair with a young married woman he trai...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 12:04hrs | 1972 | 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 | 138 | by Staff reporter
Bosso appoint Moyo CEO
Highlanders Football Club has appointed Brian Moyo as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), following the untimely passing of former CEO, Sihlangu Dlodlo, three weeks ago. Moyo, aged 53, returns to t...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:05hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
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Many people who are big fans of sports also love to put their money where their mouth is, and if you belong in that elite group of fans, then you absolutely need to get familiar with ...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:21hrs | 127 | by Staff Reporter
Yorkshire based Zimbabwean boxer eyes return
Zimbabwean-born professional boxer Dzikamai Joseph Maphosa, currently based in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is set to return home with ambitions to fight under the Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:13hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean boxer relocates to Zambia
Champion boxer-turned-promoter, Charles Manyuchi, has relocated his boxing academy and promotion business to Zambia, citing prohibitive fees in Zimbabwe that make it nearly impossible for promoters to...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:52hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda born female boxer making big strides
Monica Mkandla, a 24-year-old boxer from Gwanda, Zimbabwe, has been making significant strides in her boxing career across the Limpopo River in Johannesburg, South Africa. Despite her success, she rem...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:06hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Malawi swears in top comedian as vice-president
Top comedian-turned-politician Micheal Usi has been sworn as Malawi's vice-president at a ceremony held in parliament in the capital, Lilongwe.The 55-year-old replaces Saulos Chilima, who died...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 12:55hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect members exchange blows
AN Apostolic sect shrine in Highfield was turned into a boxing ring after six members assaulted their churchmate accusing him of stealing a cellphone.The accused persons appeared before magist...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Popular football matches for all-time
Football, known as soccer in some regions, has a rich history filled with unforgettable matches that have captivated audiences worldwide. These matches have left an indelible mark on the sport and its...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 15:29hrs | 56 | by Staff Reporter
Is Zimbabwe punching above its belt?
Once a bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe is now a case of the continent. A once-promising country is now mired with challenges like election rigging, economic collapse, high inflation and abuse of stat...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:47hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Nelson Chamisa's CCC resignation
ON 25 January 2024, Zimbabwean opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa quit.Looking through the dancing ropes, it is more like a boxing match. Remember when Mi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 2 | by Vivid Gwede
St Faith High School Priest shows off punching skills
TEMPERS flared at St Faith's High School on Wednesday, with a priest from the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland showing his boxing skills as parents who escorted Form Five learners bulldozed their way in...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Johnfat Sibanda pummels Tavengwa Zidya
NOW you see it, now you don't . . .Then you feel it!That could be a way to describe how local businessman Tavengwa Zidya, popularly known as Mafridge, was punched by - of all people - ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally stabs girlfriend in S.A, skips border to Zimbabwe
A Zimbabwean man based in Zamdela, Sasolburg Free State Province, South Africa, has appeared in court on allegations of fatally stabbing his girlfriend with a knife over a love text message.Te...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
101 die in holiday accidents
AT least 101 people have died while 534 others were injured in 1 487 road accidents recorded countrywide between December 15 and Friday last week.During the same period last year, 1 773 traffi...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man shot dead during confrontation with armed cops
An active member of the Police Constabulary (Policon) section stationed at ZRP Mkoba has been charged with murder after he opened fire on a rowdy man who reportedly created a scene on Boxing Day when ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:42hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Police record lower number of road accidents
The number of road traffic accidents that have occurred this year during the Christmas season is lower than those recorded last year, police have said.Last year, police recorded 1 480 road tra...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Police track, identify booze drinking minors
POLICE say they have identified two of the 10 minors who were caught on video on Christmas Day drinking beer in central Harare.In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
87 killed in Zimbabwe festive season traffic accidents
AT least 87 people have died while 424 others were injured in 1 194 road accidents that were recorded countrywide between December 15 and 26.Of the 1 194 road accidents, 60 were fatal....Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in last minute Christmas shopping
Errant bus crews and rogue operators yesterday took advantage of the high demand for passenger transport to illegally double fares as thousands of people around the country did last minute shopping ah...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Stone and Water Resort unleashes Zimdancehall versus Sungura bash
Popular leisure spot Stone and Water Resort in Mvurwi is hosting a Zimdancehall versus Sungura Bashment on Christmas day.The bash will feature high-riding King Shaddy and Culture love in the Z...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 17:35hrs | 32 | by Paul Ndou
Stone and Water Resort hosts amateur boxing tournament
The luxurious Stone and Water Resort in Mvurwi is proving to be a home for all entertainment and agro-tourism activities. Roygri recreation club coach Royc Archibald, who is also t...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:44hrs | 34 | by Paul Ndou
Mvurwi farmer promotes agro-tourism
Mvurwi farmer Mr Vitalis Kereke is spearheading agro-tourism in the farm town through his Stone and Water resort located on the banks of Gulliver Dam in Mvurwi.The luxurious resort provides re...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:28hrs | 34 | by Own Correspondent
Stone and water resort flooded
People are flooding at Stone and water resort in Mvurwi for various events.The new place has put Mvurwi town on the map as it provides various recreational facilities.Recently the nati...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 13:01hrs | 77 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Stone and water resort flooded
People are flooding at Stone and water resort in Mvurwi for various events.The new place has put Mvurwi town on the map as it provides various recreational facilities.Recently the nati...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 13:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Judge recuses himself from opposition activists' public violence appeal
Judge Christopher Banda-Dube of the Bulawayo High Court has withdrawn from presiding over a court application involving former deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube and his associates. They were seeking to challe...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 21:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blows US$1m on inauguration
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly blew more than US$1 million for his inauguration in Harare last week as he continues to flaunt the extravagance which characterised his nationwide ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Money can't buy love, votes
AS many Zimbabweans seem to tire from the controversy surrounding the results from last week's harmonised elections, some are still wondering how certain candidates lost the polls.Yes, the deb...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's well-oiled campaign raises eyebrows
A day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally in Harare on August 9, thousands of empty boxes of fast foods were strewn across the venue spanning up to more than the size of four soccer fields....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe presidential hopefuls use music, stars to woo crucial youth vote
The local version of Jamaican dancehall has become the unofficial soundtrack of Zimbabwe's presidential election as candidates go all out to woo a key generation of voters who were children when long-...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mayweather encounter stokes boxing flames in Zimbabwean prodigy
BEAVEN Sibanda shoved and pushed tens of people, including security detail, desperately trying to get an up close for an autograph from his boxing hero, his stature betraying his efforts."I co...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
American rappers troop to Zimbabwe
UNITED STATES-BASED media and entertainment company, ROAR Entertainment, appears to have developed a soft spot for Zimbabwe if their continued bringing in of US musicians to the country is anything to...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rough campaign for opposition as election nears
AS Zimbabwe gears for the polls, opposition members have been arrested, dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) events blocked and the party complains of being given little airtime on national t...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by AFP
Scott Sakupwanya's flamboyant campaign under the spotlight
A convoy of high-end vehicles led by police escorts snakes its way into Number One Grounds in Harare's Mabvuku high density suburb on a late Thursday afternoon.Brown dust rises as three ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF defends lavish spending on Mayweather
Zanu-PF has come out guns blazing defending the lavish spending and Hollywood-style treatment given to former world Welterweight boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather Jnr by gold dealer Pedzisai "Scott" S...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mayweather says Mnangagwa is 'unbelievable'
RETIRED American Boxer Floyd Mayweather has urged Zimbabweans to vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing the Zanu-PF candidate as 'unbelievable' after visiting him at State House, Friday....Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Floyd Mayweather Jr. thrills crowd in Zimbabwe during 'Motherland Tour'
It's not really a place where you'd expect to come across the richest boxer of all time.An event held on a dusty soccer field in Mabvuku, one of Zimbabwe's oldest Black townships, saw a crowd ...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 19:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mosquito pleads with Mayweather
ZIMBABWE boxing legend and former Commonwealth champion Alfonso "Mosquito" Zvenyika yesterday pleaded with American superstar boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather to help improve the country's boxing and sc...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 19:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mayweather set to visit Victoria Falls
RETIRED American boxer Floyd Mayweather was Thursday taken to host Scott Sakupwanya's Mabvuku Constituency shortly after arriving in Zimbabwe, with the gold-dealer-cum Zanu-PF politician revealing he ...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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