adminRugby season gets underway
Paul Munyuki Sports ReporterTHE local rugby season gets underway tomorrow at Old Hararians Sports Club when the Spar Summer Series kicks off. The event marks the beginning of the rugby season and will be used to select the sides that will represent the country at the Zimbabwe Spar International Sevens tournament at Harare Sports Club in the second
Bob ‘89 preps gain momentum
Grace Chingoma Sports ReporterTHE preparations for the Bob ‘89 Super Cup gained momentum on Wednesday night when the fund-raising dinner raised US$190 000 in cash and pledges ahead of the first leg tie between Dynamos and Highlanders at Barbourfields on Sunday. The mining firms flexed their financial muscle on the night when they jointly
Russia celebrates Diplomats’ Day
The date itself is closely associated with the history of Russia’s first foreign affairs agency — the Ambassadorial Department. On February 10, 1549 the Ambassadorial Department, established by Czar Ivan IV, was first mentioned in official chronicles. Although Russian diplomatic tradition takes its roots in historyPlaying cricket with education
Simba ChakanyukaO’ LEVEL results released on Monday — showing a frightening 81,6 percent of children who sat exams last November failing — are quite alarming by any measure.
Sports, Education and Culture Minister David Coltart has earned rave reviews over perceived gains in the education sector since he took over in 2009, but these
Charity Shield voting starts
Eddie Chikamhi Sports ReporterMOBILE network operator, NetOne, yesterday launched the sms voting platform to choose teams to take part in this year’s Charity Shield tournament and said they were eager to extend their partnership with the Premier Soccer League. The company has been running the tournament since 2011 and their three-year
FC Platinum date Bantu Rovers
From Paul Mundandi in ZvishavaneFC Platinum will host Bantu Rovers in a friendly match at Mandava tomorrow. The platinum miners returned home on Tuesday night from Zambia where they played two friendlies against Zanaco and Power Dynamos. They also had a three-week training camp in Kariba. “We are going to host Bantu Rovers on Saturday. We
Thanks Pagels, But Real Tests Await
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterWASHINGTON ARUBI went from outcast to captain of his country on a red letter day for the Warriors, who began the first steps of a crawl, which is expected to bloom into a full sprint, under the guidance of German coach Klaus Dieter-Pagels. For a country that still holds, in high esteem, the party days of the Dream Team
UN mulls sending troops to Mali
UNITED NATIONS — The UN is considering sending peacekeepers to Mali, following a proposal from Paris which said that French forces have killed hundreds of Islamist rebels but are still coming under attack. After announcing plans to start withdrawing its 4 000 troops from Mali in March, France called for a peacekeepingFrom the village to Madrid
In the village, in the land of milk honey and dust or Guruve, one who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem – every passerby wants to taste.But the careless ones do not care!
In the other world, in the land of football there are many fruit trees planted on the roadside for everyone to pick – call it human rights.
Journalism is that profession that, takes you to ringside seat of events and unbeknown to you, you are already in the deep-end of things. There, you mix with the