Football

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Former Manchester City forward Benjani Mwaruwari on Tuesday challenged a ruling to block him from potentially becoming the new head of Zimbabwe’s football federation. Benjani, who also played for Portsmouth, Sunderland and Blackburn in the Premier...

HARARE - Zimbabwe have named seven uncapped players for their upcoming historic Boxing Day and New Year's Tests against Afghanistan. Batters Ben Curran and Johnathan Campbell, wicketkeepers Tadiwanashe Marumani and Nyasha Mayavo, and pace bowlers Trevor Gwandu, Takudzwa Chataira and Newman Nyamhuri have all been included. ESPNCricinfo reports that while six...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – A former mayor of Zimbabwe’s second largest city and ex-deputy president of the country’s football federation has been remanded out of custody by a court in Bulawayo on Friday after appearing before it on charges...

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday hosted the Zimbabwe senior men’s football team at State House where he distributed cash rewards of US$6 500 per player for qualifying for the 2025 Afcon finals in Morocco December next year. The...

BY TINO MOMBESHORA HARARE – It is a great relief to hear that Nqobile Magwizi has entered the race for the position of Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president, with an elective AGM due soon. I know the man well, being a...

Cameroon edged out Zimbabwe 2-1 in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J match at the Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Tuesday afternoon. The victory saw the Indomitable Lions wrap up a successful qualifying campaign...

Zimbabwe booked their ticket to the next Africa Cup of Nations tournament which will be hosted in Morocco next year when they played to a 1-1 draw against Kenya at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Friday. The Warriors...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe star midfielder Andy Rinomhota is eager to seal Africa Cup of Nations qualification with a game to spare when the Warriors take on Kenya in South African city Polokwane on Friday. Unbeaten Zimbabwe will qualify...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Forward Tino Kadewere has been included in Zimbabwe’s squad for the decisive Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon next week, with the Nantes man having missed all four earlier games due to...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – The chief executive of Highlanders, Zimbabwe’s oldest professional football club, has been found alone dead on Monday at his home in Bulawayo just a week after posting on Facebook that lonely death was less tragic. 60-year-old...