Category: Sports

THE Zimbabwean trio of Benedict Badza, Lyle Zaloumis and Ethan Sibanda have qualified for the quarter-finals of the boys’ ITF Under-18 second-leg tournament currently underway at Bulawayo Country Club. Second round action took centre stage on Wednesday, with players battling for berths in the quarter-finals. Badza beat Namibian Daniel Jauss 6-3, 6-2 and Zaloumis overcame […]

JUNIOR football resumption in Bulawayo remains a pipedream after only Zifa registered academies were greenlighted by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to start training in preparation for league games. There are 39 registered academies in Zimbabwe, but only Bantu Rovers Academy is based in Bulawayo, with a majority located in Harare. The Bulawayo academy […]

Highlanders members have questioned the club’s wisdom to give free mileage to mobile network operator NetOne after Bosso donned a NetOne branded kit in their opening Chibuku Super Cup encounter against Bulawayo Chiefs last Sunday. NetOne withdrew its sponsorship for Bosso last year, stating that it wanted to channel resources towards the fight against Covid-19 […]

THE Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) is inviting clubs to register with their provincial associations to take part in the Zimbabwe Open qualifiers set for next month. The Zimbabwe Open qualifiers will be played in regions due to Covid-19 restrictions and each interested team will be required to pay $10 000 in registration fees. Harare, Mashonaland […]

HIGHLANDERS players have refuted claims circulating on social media that they threatened to strike over failure by the club to fulfill its January promise to raise their salaries by 78 percent. The players said a club official had tried to incite them to down tools “if we feel aggrieved by the club’s failure to honour […]

THE Zimbabwe Junior Sables return to competitive action this week to face Zambia and Namibia in a series of matches for the first time since the suspension of sport was lifted. The national Under-20 side will be away to Zambia on Saturday before hosting the same opponents a week later in Harare and travel to […]

WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba says he cherishes moments he spent with the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, on Tuesday. Nakamba, who continues to be an inspiration to young people, together with his Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish and Wesley Moraes were among the players that met Prince William. Prince William was at Bodymoor Heath on […]

THE Highlanders executive led by chairman Johnfat Sibbanda has embarked on “a meet the stakeholders” initiative, with the first visit being made to long-time club benefactor Tshinga Dube and the ruling Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu. Sibanda, who took over the chairmanship from Kenneth Mhlophe in March after winning a close election by 154 […]