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Raza meets Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has applauded Sikandar Raza after the national cricket team all-rounder was named in the International Cricket Council Team of the Year for Twenty20 Internationals as well as One D...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:33hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Cricketer Mpofu burial today
Zimbabwe Senior Women's team coach Sinikiwe Mpofu's body is being laid to rest today at Lady Stanley cemetery, Bulawayo.Mpofu (37) was pronounced dead on arrival at a medical facility after sh...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 10:21hrs | 2435 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe cricket coach dies
Zimbabwe Senior Women's national team coach Sinikiwe Mpofu died yesterday.She was 37 years of age.Mpofu was pronounced dead on ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 07:23hrs | 2436 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Makunura dies after long illness
The Chevron's fielding coach Shepherd Makunura has died at the age of 46 after suffering a long illness.The sportsman reportedly missed out on the ICC world cup that was held between October a...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 07:36hrs | 1226 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimbabwe's new British bowling coach ready for battle
ZIMBABWE'S new bowling coach Steve Kirby seems to read from the same book as head coach Dave Houghton as the Englishman appears to have settled quickly in his role in the national cricket team that is...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean umpire to officiate at second ICC Men's T20 World Cup
RISING Zimbabwean cricket umpire Langton Rusere has been included on the elite list of match officials to take part at the upcoming the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup in...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Chevrons trio in SA20 draft
THREE Zimbabwean cricketers are part of the over 300 international cricket stars for South Africa's SA20 franchise league draft.Sean Williams, Ryan Burl and Brad Evans will be the only Zimbabw...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic-sponsored Stragglers Junior Cricket kicks off after two-year absence
Zimbabwe's leading junior cricket development programme, Stragglers Junior Cricket Week, kicks off today after a two-year COVID 19-induced lull.Stanbic Bank sponsors the week-long event in whi...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:09hrs | 565 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe farmers turn to aquaponics
A CRICKETER turns his back on the excitement of pro sports to take on a whole new challenge: farming without soil.Yasser Parker thought he had fulfilled his childhood dream by becoming a profe...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Sibanda basks in historic hat trick
LEFT-ARM bowlers are always a unique group of cricketers in the modern game.Zimbabwe women cricket team left arm seamer Nomvelo Sibanda is one such player and only last month she bowled her wa...Published: 22 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
'Defending banned Streak is like trying to defend a rapist'
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on cricket publication ESPN Cricinfo for an article about Heath Streak and what led him to his eight-year ban for corruption by the In...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Taylor bats into cricket storm
FORMER Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has revealed that the International Cricket Council is about to "impose a multi-year ban on my international cricketing career" after he allegedly delayed report...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:28hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo lad Chipanje secures rugby scholarship
AN opportunity to take his blossoming rugby career to a higher level has presented itself to Bulawayo lad, Nicholas Chipanje who has been offered a scholarship to the University of the Western Cape in...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa appointed Denmark coach
FORMER Zimbabwe national team cricketer Keith Dabengwa has been appointed head coach of the Denmark national cricket team.Dabengwa was roped in to replace British coach Ruan Louw, with effect ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ireland jet in for Zimbabwe tour
IRELAND women's cricket team are expected in Zimbabwe today for the historic One Day International series in Harare next week.The Irish, who are under the tutelage of former Ireland and Englan...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket hail Flower
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has congratulated andy Flower after he was inducted into the iCC Hall of Fame on Sunday, becoming the first Zimbabwean to get the prestigious recognition.after the intern...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cricket legend Andy Flower inducted in ICC Hall of Fame
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has heaped praise on cricket legend Andy Flower describing him as "one of the world's greatest cricket players ever" after he became the country's first cricketer to be inducted ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Cricket prodigy Muyeye gets UK asylum
HIGHLY-RATED Zimbabwe-born cricket sensation Tawanda Muyeye has committed his international allegiance to England after revealing that he has been granted asylum in the UK by the Home Office.T...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:58hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Sex abuse scandal erupts at REPS, boarding master on the run
The Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matopo, Matabeleland South, says two young girls were sexually abused by an assistant boarding master who has evaded arrest.In a communication to...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket gets sponsor for shoes after player bemoans glued shoes
SPORTSWEAR brand Puma has decided to sponsor shoes for the Zimbabwe national cricket team after one of its players lamented on having to use glue to fix shoes at the end of every series.It all...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Streak resigns from his rebranded academy
THE Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust's operations....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZC backs ban on 'greedy, selfish' Streak
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani says the eight-year ban handed to former national team all-rounder and coach Heath Streak for corruption is the sport's darkest day in the country. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heath Streak banned for eight years under ICC Anti-Corruption Code
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned from all cricket for eight years after he accepted five charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.Mr. Streak was charged as a parti...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 13:01hrs | 26 | by ICC
Zimbabwe women get ODI and Test status
Women cricket in Zimbabwe will never be the same again after the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant one-Day International (ODI) and Test status to female teams of all full-member cou...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:42hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe cricket player now a bus driver in Australia
HOW would you picture the life of a former international cricketer? Probably nurturing the next generation of cricketers, commentating, working for a cricket board as an administrator or simply enjoyi...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:17hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sports stars shine amid Covid-19 pandemic
THE outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of the year did cast its dark shadow over the 2020 sporting season.Some sport codes lost at least four months while others resumed...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Jay-Z inks another South African athlete
Proteas' right-arm fast bowler, Lungi Ngidi, has become the first cricketer and third athlete to be signed under American rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation.Michael Yormark, President of Roc Nation Spo...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:25hrs | 16 | by Daniel Itai, Cape Town, South Africa
ICC threatening to terminate Zimbabwe Cricket membership
THE International Cricket Council have raised the stakes by threatening they could trigger a termination of the Zimbabwe Cricket membership should the conditions, which they have set, not be met by Oc...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alistair Campbell launches grassroots academy
FORMER Zimbabwe national cricket team captain and director of international cricket and commercial affairs Alistair Campbell has launched an academy whose aim is to identify and nurture grassroots tal...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
SRC opposed to Streak's bid to liquidate ZC
FORMER Zimbabwe national cricket team coach Heath Streak's bid to liquidate Zimbabwe Cricket is being opposed by the Sports Commission who feel that he should have gone the debt collection route to re...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cricketers in Mzansi T20 league
Zimbabwean cricketers Sikanda Raza, Sean Williams and Brandon Mavuta were part of the draft for Cricket South Africa's (CSA) new six-franchise competition, the Mzansi Super League launched yesterday....Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 18:05hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Sikandar Raza, Mukuhlani meet
ALL-ROUNDER Sikandar Raza met Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani on Sunday as part of efforts for the two parties to find common ground. Raza was left out of the group of players who were gi...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Chigumbura sued over $18,000 rentals
National team cricketer, Elton Chigumbura has been taken to the High Court by a local property firm, Best Results Management Enterprise (Pvt) Ltd, which is seeking an order to compel him to settle an ...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over racist South African writer’s toxic article on Zimbabwe
A VICIOUS article penned by a South African freelance white cricket writer, describing Zimbabwe as a "fascist'' country whose national team should not be allowed to compete against their international...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 625 | by staff reporter
Deadly suicide blast at polling station in Pakistan
Pakistanis voted on Wednesday in elections that could propel former World Cup cricketer Imran Khan to power, as security fears intensified with a voting-day blast that killed at least 28 after a campa...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by AFP
Cricket Australia monitoring Zimbabwe after blast
A bomb blast has heightened political tensions in Zimbabwe ahead of a landmark election, but Australia's cricket tour of the troubled African nation will proceed at this stage.Australia face E...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Walking in a Winter Wonderland: Nelson Chamisa's Fables and Lies
This winter, we are hearing many enchanting fables. "Zimbabwe will have a currency stronger than the dollar!"Nelson Chamisa is telling us. "An economy like Switzerland", He exclaims!&n...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 11:23hrs | | by Mike, Harare
Heath Streak's IPL shirt auctioned for $1 000
BUSINESSMAN, Zak Hawa bought former Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) coach, Heath Streak's jersey from Indian Premier League (IPL) Kolkata Knight Riders for $1 000 at an auction at a private function on Monday n...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Lalchand Rajput appointed cricket national team
Zimbabwe Cricket has appointed a new national team coach replacing Heath Streak who was fired following his failure to impress during the team's World Cup qualifiers.The interim coach, Lalchan...Published: 17 May 2018 at 17:39hrs | 760 | by Byo24News Reporter
Zimbabwe cricketers threaten series boycott
The Zimbabwe, Australia and Pakistan cricket triangular series set for July is in jeopardy after local players threatened a boycott over outstanding salaries, allowances, match fees and bonuses....Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:42hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa gives Zimbabwe Cricket board ultimatum
HOUSE of Assembly member, Temba Mliswa has demanded the resignation of the Zimbabwe Cricket board accusing them of among other things misappropriation of funds, running the game down as well as incomp...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:55hrs | 2041 | by Staff Reporter
Price questions Zimbabwe Cricket board
THE raging debate over the Zimbabwe Cricket's mass purge of national team technical staff has provoked angry responses from some sections of the cricket fraternity with former national team cricketer,...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1112 | by Staff Reporter
Streak shocked
Heath Streak has expressed shock and disappointment at Zimbabwe Cricket's [ZC] decision to unceremoniously fire him as Zimbabwe's coach without affording him an opportunity to present his case in the ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICC suspends Zim bowler, Brian Vitori
Zimbabwean cricketer, Brian Vitori has been suspended from international bowling following discovery that he was acting illegally.Vitori (28) was suspended after a panel of ICC world cup quali...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 13:52hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Shun corruption in sports, says Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged the sporting fraternity to shun corruption in all its forms and to uphold high moral ethics, honesty and integrity. Speaking at a reception for nine cricket teams that arr...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign-based stars who could play for Zimbabwe Sables
ZIMBABWE has produced so many world class rugby players and one only has to look at those who have reached lofty heights for their adopted countries over the last few years.Current players who...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:02hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Veteran miners stempede for Zimbabwe comeback
Robert Mugabe's fall as Zimbabwe president is setting the scene for the return of a London mining listing for Andrew Groves and his long-term business partner -- and former England cricketer -- Phil E...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 07:38hrs | 2587 | by Bloomberg
Henry Olonga feared Mugabe thugs would kill him
Almost 15 years after Henry Olonga wore a black armband, Mugabe's rule in Zimbabwe is finally over. "I'm stunned," he says. "Here we are in a country that is Mugabe-less for the first time in 37 years...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 14:15hrs | 6175 | by Staff reporter
Henry Olonga's song becomes soundtrack of change in Zimbabwe
When two Zimbabwe cricketers, one black and one white, staged a daring protest against the regime of Robert Mugabe at a World Cup game 14 years ago, they knew it would probably end their careers at ho...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 07:30hrs | 4934 | by AP
Anti-Mugabe Archbishop Sentamu must avoid double dipping
Born in Uganda Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu studied law at Makerere University before gaining employment as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Uganda.Speaking out against the regi...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Leonard Koni
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