Baines’ DMCI team leaves for Botswana

Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter THIRTEEN players from Bulawayo’s Baines Junior School-based Dumisani Mankunzini Cricket Initiative (DMCI) left the country yesterday morning to participate at an invitational tournament that starts today…

Phelps wins 19th Olympic gold

MICHAEL Phelps capped an explosive evening of record-breaking and barely concealed needle Sunday by bagging an astonishing 19th Olympic gold medal in the men’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay. 

Djokovic beaten by Del Potro in first round

TOP seed Novak Djokovic was beaten in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles by Juan Martin del Potro. The Serb, who lost to Del Potro in the bronze-medal play-off…

Inter confirm Mancini exit

INTER Milan have parted company with manager Roberto Mancini, and are set to appoint former Ajax boss Frank de Boer. Mancini’s position had been in doubt because of his reported misgivings…

Pogba arrives to complete £89m move

PAUL Pogba has arrived at Manchester United for a medical before his world record £89m transfer from Juventus. The France midfielder flew from Nice into Manchester Airport on Monday before making…

Import restrictions fuel rampant smuggling in Beitbridge

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter— SMUGGLING of commodities into the country has escalated following the implementation of Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016 with the Government losing millions of dollars every week…

President laments violent protests

Felex Share Harare Bureau— President Mugabe yesterday called for unity and peace among Zimbabweans, saying violent protests being engineered by opposition parties and shadowy groups to subvert the Government would fail. Addressing…

Bombing suspected after police base fire

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent— A POLICE base caught fire under unclear circumstances in Bulawayo’s Emakhandeni suburb yesterday. National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident but cautioned against hasty conclusions…