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Cricket greats salute Streak
Streak’s former teammates also paid tribute to the cricket great with Mpumelelo Mbangwa, choosing to celebrate Streak’s life.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 5, 2023
Lady Cheetahs 2024 Olympic qualifier preps in disarray
Zimbabwe kick start their campaign against neighbours South Africa and Tunisia in the morning respectively, before winding off their group stage games with a date against Uganda in the afternoon.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 6, 2023
Family to honour Streak’s last wish
Family spokesperson and close friend, John Rennie, who played alongside Streak for the Chevrons, confirmed the former all-rounder chose to have his remains cremated.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 6, 2023
Triathlon ramps up efforts to popularise duathlon
TZ coach Pam Fulton said the inaugural event held in July showed off enormous talent within duathlon, and as the custodians of the sport, they will not tire until they achieve their goals.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 7, 2023
Zim Cricket, SRC bury the hatchet
The ICC, which frowns upon third-party interference, viewed this as government interference and promptly activated the ban.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 7, 2023
Jongwe sets sights on Oita Marathon
Jongwe's current racing wheelchair does not align with international racing standards, an essential requirement for the Oita Marathon.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 9, 2023
Zim primed to host 7’s Olympics Qualifier
ZRU vice-president, Losson Mtongwiza is excited at the prospects of hosting the continent for the penultimate leg of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 11, 2023
Kuipers keep Olympics dream alive
Kuipers finished in a time of 00:06:04 behind South Africa’s Bridget Theunissen who was three minutes faster.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 12, 2023
Zina boss makes brutal assessment of Gems
She said the Gems fell short of the requirements at that level this time around compared to the 2019 edition in England.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 13, 2023
Mugeri perishes on ‘Nelson’ score
In the end, Mugeri was on the losing end as Southerns uncharacteristically ended their run chase at 195 all out inside 37.5 overs.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 13, 2023
Men's netball team in Africa Champs debut
Despite the poor showing, some of the Gems players were placed in the top individual brilliance in various playing positions in Cape Town.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 14, 2023
All set for Africa Sevens
Africa Rugby competitions manager, Johnbsco Muamba confirmed the arrival of teams at a pre-tournament presser at Harare Sports Club yesterday.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 15, 2023
ZVA settles for 4 nations tourney
ZVA have moved the tournament by five days to allow for a smooth transition in the change of the programme and is now expected to get in motion from September 26 to 30.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 16, 2023
Cheetahs stay in the Olympics ticket hunt
Ryan Musumhi was the star of the show against Uganda with 11 points, a try and three conversions as Zimbabwe scored five tries converting all.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 17, 2023
Cheetahs’ Paris dream shattered
The Cheetahs had dared to dream early morning when they dispatched Madagascar 26-10 to book a semi-final berth against Kenya.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 18, 2023
Coventry commends Cheetahs fight
Coventry was speaking at the close of the Paramount Garments Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens Olympic Qualifiers hosted by Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club over the weekend.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 19, 2023
Govt ready to bail out Lady Cheetahs
Zimbabwe Rugby Union vice-president Losson Mtongwizo who is responsible for Sevens rugby, said they are in the process of bringing a partner on board.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 20, 2023
Takashinga show bravery in NPL win
Takashinga 1 and Uprising had assumed the role of kingmaker as the likely scenarios would have seen one of them getting into second place.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 22, 2023
Muripo prepares for his swansong
It was a bitter sweet triumph for him, having lost his father, Silas Muchandireka Muripo three days before his bout.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 22, 2023
How misfortune killed Cheetahs dream
Zimbabwe lost their semi-final clash to Kenya before they were also defeated by Uganda in the third and fourth place playoff on Sunday.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 22, 2023
Chibhabha basks in Takashinga success
Chibhabha averaged 36.67 with 330 runs in 10 innings in the just ended NPL competition.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 24, 2023
Cheetahs’ long walk to freedom
The team had a balance of both local and international stars and has been singled out as one of the country’s best assembled Cheetahs sides.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 24, 2023
Cheetahs Academy gets down to business
Dubbed, Cheetahs Academy, the players left Harare yesterday for Klerksdorp, South Africa where they will undergo the rigours of top-class rugby.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 26, 2023
Coventry outlines new term vision
The National Sports Stadium was opened on Sunday to host the Harare derby between Caps United and Dynamos which ended 1-0 in favour of the Glamour Boys.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 26, 2023
Gladiators walk into lions’ den
However, that defeat which costs them the NPL title will be playing out loud at the back of their minds.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 27, 2023
Lady Cheetahs begin Olympic qualifiers preps
Those coming from South Africa are Tarren Munodaani, Nyasha Gonamombe, Voicy Ndou and Tanya Shava.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 28, 2023
Zim female karatekas in Japanese test
Among the ladies travelling to Japan is Vanessa Kamusoso, Tatenda Kambarami, Florry Chandavengerwa, Elizabeth Muguma and Tsitsi Muranda.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 28, 2023
Young Chevrons eye World Cup upsets
Zimbabwe finished in 11th place at the U19 World Cup consecutively in 2018 and 2020 before going one place in the negative at last year’s games played in West Indies.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 29, 2023
Utseya inspired by group of death
The tournament is set to run in the Asian country from January 13 to February 4 next year.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 29, 2023
NABA get basics right
After bagging the HPVL they have now set their sights on even bigger competitions after accounting for Black Rhinos in the final.
By Austin Karonga
Sep. 30, 2023