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By Gilbert Munetsi The late professional boxer Taurai Zimunya – who passed on following a boxing contest that later turned fatal last Sunday – was laid to rest yesterday at Restland Cemetery in the high density suburb of Dzivaresekwa. For a budding boxer building a career in a sport ironically …

By Gilbert Munetsi Procrastination on the part of the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation to appoint a boxing board of control has been blamed for the tragedy that recently struck the sport of boxing leading to the death of a boxer. Taurai Zimunya (24) died hours after subjection to …

By Gilbert Munetsi A professional non-title bout for an-up-and-coming pugilist, Taurai Zimunya, ended fatally after the young boxer later succumbed to head injuries sustained in a bantamweight contest. News of his passing on hit the local boxing community on the social media portal, Boxing Business Contacts, early this morning. The …

By Gilbert  Munetsi The new baby on the domestic boxing promotion scene  – Otto Boxing Club – yesterday held a pre-weighin press conference at  Body Active Gym in Borrowdale ahead of the “Rise of Champions” showdown  at the same venue today. Evans “Vanso” Husavihwevhu(L) and Collen Zidumbu (R) Pursuant to …

By Gilbert Munetsi Otto Boxing Club has partnered with ZLG to host their debut professional tournament at Borrowdale Race-course Gym this Sunday. Doors open at 10am and strict Covid-19 measures will be enforced. Dubbed “The Rise of Champions,” the event has 10 bouts on a rich bill that has a …

Hundreds of youths drawn from around the Mukarakate area of Mashonaland East province were made recipients of a donation of uniforms and  balls by a group of community leaders last Sunday.   Speaking on the sidelines of the sports tournament that punctuated the kit handover  ceremony, one of the donors, Cosmas …

Zifa have made a sensational U-turn and resolved to send the Under-17 boys and girls to the COSAFA Championships this year after relentless pressure from the media.  This year’s regional tournament will run as the AU Region 5 Games, which will be held in Lesotho, in December.  The developments mean …

Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet today and a military officer dissolved the transitional government, while opponents of the takeover took to the streets where gunfire and injuries were reported, Reuters said. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, a military officer who headed the Sovereign Council, a power-sharing ruling body, …

Accepting a prestigious German prize Sunday in honor of her work, Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga called for a “new Enlightenment,” saying a fundamental shift is needed to overcome the structures of racial hierarchy that have led to violence in her home country and across the world. “What we …

Zifa Manicaland will conduct an induction workshop for Checheche based new clubs who will form the core of the Checheche Division 2 League, provincial administrator Kundai Makwarise has confirmed. The workshop has been scheduled for October 29 at Checheche Primary School.Clubs in Checheche mooted the idea of a new league …