By Sports Reporter SEAN Williams smashed an entertaining third century to steer Zimbabwe to a 131-run victory over United Arab Emirates and seal the four-match One Day International (ODI) series with a game to spare at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. The 32-year-old Bulawayo-born middle order batsman smashed his third career ODI century with his
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe Academy side will hold a two-week training camp in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of their first 2019 SuperSport Challenge match against Sharks at the False Bay Rugby club on May 4. The announcement of the training camp after Zimbabwe Rugby Union in collaboration with its fundraising arm, the Sables
By Sports Reporter WICKETKEEPER batsman Regis Chakabva and stand-in captain Peter Moor led Zimbabwe held their nerve with a fighting partnership in a nervy rain-affected chase as they beat United Arab Emirates by six wickets in the second ODI at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. The duo shared an unbeaten 93-run stand off just
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE produced a dominant performance with both ball and bat to cruise to a crushing seven wicket victory over visiting United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first One Day International (ODI) at Harare Sports Club Wednesday. Led by three wickets from man of the match Tendai Chatara, Zimbabwe bowled out UAE for
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe national cricket team suffered an injury blow ahead of the upcoming One Day International (ODI) series against minnows United Arab Emirates after captain Hamilton Masakadza and experienced batsman Brendan Taylor were ruled out due to injury. The two experienced players are conspicuous by their absence from the 16-man squad that
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE suffered a disappointing 4-1 defeat to Romania in their 2019 Davis Cup Euro/Africa Group II match at the Sala Polivalenta Indoor Arena in Piatra Neamt on Saturday. Zimbabwe started the second and final day with high hopes of causing an upset as the two teams were tied 1-1 after the country’s
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe women’s cricket team will have an opportunity to prepare for next month’s World Cup regional qualifier when they face East African opponents Uganda and Kenya in a Twenty20 (T20) tournament that gets underway in Kampala starting on Saturday. Zimbabwe captain Mary-Anne Musonda is confident that the players will get the
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe Davis Cup team is in a positive mood as it prepares to take on Romania in a crucial Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II tie to be played at the Sala Polivalentă Indoor Arena in the Romanian north-western city of Cluj-Napoca. The tie will see the two teams clash in four
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE-BORN rugby star, Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira will make history on Saturday by equalling former Springboks captain Adriaan Strauss’ record as the most capped South African Super Rugby player. The 33-year-old veteran prop was on Wednesday named in Sharks’ starting line-up for Saturday’s clash against the Bulls at Kings Park in Durban which
Africa News Semenya received support from the United Nations this week as they adopted a resolution tabled by South Africa “aimed at eliminating discrimination against women and girls in sport, giving significant global weight from a human rights perspective to Caster Semenya’s case”, according to a media release from the South African government. The resolution
By Staff Reporter VERY few women stand out in the manner with which Zimbabwean, Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) international referee, Annie Joyce Muchenu has dominated the sport on the African continent. In fact hers is a confirmation that with the right attitude and commitment, women in sport on the African continent can excel
By Kwekwe Correspondent SPRINT legend and Olympian Partson Muderedzi is set to launch an athletics academy as he takes a proactive role in developing young talent that he says will help Zimbabwe rekindle its glory days. Former track wizard Muderedzi, told NewZimbabwe.com in an interview that he will launch his Stars for Christ Athletics Academy
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE-BORN British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora will finally make his return to the ring against German Senad Gashi in heavyweight clash at the 02 Arena in London on April 20. Chisora returns to the ring for the first time since he suffered an 11th round knockout loss to rival and fellow
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe Sevens rugby side’s hopes of qualifying to become a core team on the lucrative HSBC World Sevens Series starting next season were handed a boost after being handed a favourable draw for the World Rugby Sevens Series Qualifier which kick-off starts on April 5. The draw for the 12-team World
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE national Sevens rugby team coach Gilbert Nyamutsamba has cast his net wide in his quest to build a strong squad ahead of the new season. Nyamutsamba has included Australia-born player Hayden Wilson in his 33-man training squad ahead of the upcoming Kwese International Sevens tournament on home soil. The Kwese International
Sports Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe Cricket board member Enock Ikope has been banned from the game for 10 years for corruption after attempting to fix the national cricket team’s Test match against the West Indies in 2017. Ikope was found guilty of breaching three counts of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Anti-Corruption Code. Ikope’s suspension announced
By Sports Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe international Heath Streak has signed on for a short coaching stint with English county cricket side Somerset. Streak (44) will link up with the county on their pre-season tour of Abu Dhabi after joining as a consultant bowling coach. “I’m excited to work with such an exciting group of bowlers
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE allrounder Sikandar Raza says he is enjoying being part of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) and is learning a lot in the company of a seasoned support staff including Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur and Wasim Akram, who is acknowledged as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Raza, who
By Sports Reporter The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee has announced one of its vice-presidents Thabani Gonye as Chef de Mission of the Zimbabwe team for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Gonye, a former athlete and coach in athletics, has served as ZOC vice-president for the last five years and takes over the role from
By Sports Reporter UK-BASED Zimbabwe’s junior squash sensation Ryan Gwidzima and weapon karateka Wilfred Mashaya were the biggest winners during the Annual National Sports Awards (ANSA) awards held in Harare on Friday night after winning two awards each in recognition of their achievements in 2018. The ANSA awards which are run by the Sports and
