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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

Lady Cheetahs 2024 Olympic qualifier preps in disarray

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

Triathlon ramps up efforts to popularise duathlon

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

Zim primed to host 7’s Olympics Qualifier

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

Zina boss makes brutal assessment of Gems

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

Men's netball team in Africa Champs debut

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 stay in the Olympics ticket hunt

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

Lady Cheetahs begin Olympic qualifiers preps

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