Category: Sports

ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has granted star all-rounder Sikandar Raza permission to miss the upcoming two match Test series against West Indies so that he can feature in the on-going International League T20 in the UAE. Raza, who was early this week named in the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s ODI and T20I teams of the year, […]

MARVELOUS Nakamba could be running out of time to find suitors before the close of the transfer window amid reports yesterday that his club Aston Villa is yet to receive any formal offers for the banished midfielder. The Warriors star has only five days left for him to find a new base after he was […]

The Sports and Recreation Commission has challenged Zifa to come up with a new constitution by March 31 this year as a step towards new elections following recommendations by a Zifa Restructuring Committee (ZRC) which produced a damning report on the state of the game in the country. The Blessing Rugare-chaired ZRC that had Tommy […]

Zifa’s drive towards establishing a National League, which replace the current four Division One regions and the third tier, has hit a rough patch with committees challenging the constitutionality of such a move. The four regions, the Northern, Southern Eastern and Central Regions, have set themselves on a collision course with the acting Zifa executive […]

Tennis player Takanyi Garanganga TENNIS ace Takanyi Garanganga has been named Zimbabwe’s new Davis Cup captain ahead of the team’s World Group II Play-off clash against Uruguay on February 3 and 4 at the Harare Sports Club. Garanganga, a former key member of the team, takes over from Freeman Nyamunokora who led the team during […]

THE Zifa interim executive committee has set itself on a collision course with Fifa after it distributed equipment that was supplied by the world governing body despite being ordered not to. Earlier this year, Fifa gave Zifa a strong warning to desist from utilising their funds and resources on the grounds that Gift Banda and […]

PREMIER Soccer League (PSL) returnees Hwange will start their pre-season training tomorrow at the Colliery Stadium where head coach Bongani Mafu reunites with his players. Chipangano won the 2022 Zifa Southern Region Division One League to earn a ticket back to the top league from which they were demoted in 2019. Club administrator Khumbulani Mbano […]

Castle Lager Premier Soccer League giants Dynamos are battling to tie down star defender Frank Mukarati to a new contract amid interest from several foreign and local clubs. Mukarati was one of the outstanding players on the domestic soccer scene last year and was duly recognised by a special panel which voted him one of […]

Fifa president Gianni Infantino faces intense criticism from football fans, having proposed every nation name a stadium after the late Brazilian legend Pele. The Brazilian legend passed on last week after battling cancer and kidney problems. Pele, the only player with three World Cup titles, died aged 82 last Thursday. Former Brazilian Footballer And Legend […]