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Just a day after the death of Highlanders legend, there was more bad news for the Zimbabwean football family yesterday when it learnt that another legend — Alwyn Hagen — had died. Hagen, who used to turn out for Arcadia United and Black Aces in the 1970s and early 1980s, …

ZIMBABWE’S chef de mission to the 2020 Olympic Games, Thabani Gonye, says they are confident a number of their targets will qualify for the showcase. Only rowing has, so far, qualified for a slot in the men single scull. Most of the earmarked sport codes are still in the qualification …

ZIFA has secured Orlando Stadium in South Africa as the venue for the Warriors’ 2021 AFCON qualifier against Algeria’s Desert Foxes. ZIFA chief executive, Joseph Mamutse, on Monday sealed a contract with the South African Football Association (SAFA) for the match to be held at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. The …

DOMINICAN Convent coach Winston Nyanhete says he was impressed with the talent displayed at the fifth edition of the Clash of the Titans Inter-schools Karate championships on Saturday in Harare. The tournament attracted participants from different schools from Bulawayo and Kwekwe. Nyanhete said they had to reopen registration following a …

ZIFA are keeping their fingers crossed as they await CAF’s response this afternoon after the country’s association wrote to the continental football governing body seeking some reprieve over the blanket stadium ban imposed on the country’s facilities last week. All stadiums in the country were last week deemed unfit to …

BY TAWANDA TAFIRENYIKA Having been criticised for signing novices and players of low profiles, Dynamos have shifted their focus to big names among them Ralph Kawondera who was at Triangle last season as they seek to bolster their squad for the 2020 season. DeMbare are also negotiating with Black Rhinos …

BY FORTUNE MBELE Goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda (pictured) has committed to Highlanders and only a good offer from outside the country can persuade him to leave the Bulawayo giants. NewsDay Sport has been informed that Sibanda, who turns 31 in a few week’s time, is on Norman Mapeza’s Chippa United radar …

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter THE 2020 Champion of Champions darts competition will be held at Munyati Power Station in the Midlands Province end of this month. National Darts Association of Zimbabwe secretary, Steven Mwarindira, said the event will return to Munyati Power Station on February 1. “The NDAZ will host …

JOHANNESBURG. — SuperSport United’s Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo was pleased with his side’s work without the ball in their 2-1 victory over Kaizer Chiefs in South African Absa Premiership football on Saturday evening. The Amakhosi fell to their second league defeat of the season and their lead cut to four …

Sports Reporter YOUNG Mighty Warriors are racing against time to secure travelling documents for some of their players ahead of the Under-17 World Cup football qualifier against Botswana this coming Saturday in Gaborone. The junior national team went into camp last weekend at Eveline High School in Bulawayo in preparation …