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The minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Coventry, has implored Treasury to consider allocating more funding to the sector. She told parliamentarians sport has become an expensive business since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Coventry made the remarks in a ministerial statement in the House of Assembly …

For the second straight day, SA recorded more than 2,000 new cases of Covid-19. According to health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Thursday, there are now 710,505 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country — an increase of 2,156 from the day before. On Wednesday, Mkhize announced that there had …

The Zimbabwe Warriors have a new coach in Zdravko Logarusic, an instance that always comes with surprises in player selections. Some players have an automatic place, and then there are some resurrections of some sort – Lazarus moments as it were. The question that has not been answered over the …

Poland’s top court has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal defects are unconstitutional. Poland’s abortion laws were already among the strictest in Europe but the Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling will mean an almost total ban. Once the decision comes into effect, terminations will only be allowed in cases of rape …

Two Zimbabwe Cricket players have tested positive for Covid-19. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed on Thursday saying Regis Chakabva and Timycen Maruma are in isolation and did not travel with the Chevrons to Pakistan. “The two were room-mates for a week while in a bio-secure bubble set up,” said ZC in a …

Marvelous Nakamba has made the Aston Villa 25-man squad for the English Premiership campaign despite the high-flying Birmingham club splashing about £92 million towards a host of recruits during the last transfer window. His fellow Zimbabwean international Footballer, David Moyo, scored for his side Hamilton Academical as they lost 2-4 …

Bosso benefactors from across the globe have come to the aid of the Highlanders Royals through donations that were received by the club yesterday. While their male counterparts have been getting donations from companies, organisations and individuals, nothing was coming to the ladies’ side. Just like men sides, the Royals …

The Norwegian masterminded a dramatic win over PSG at the Parc des Princes, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford on target in a 2-1 victory. There have been many questions asked about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s position at Manchester United in recent weeks, but he answered plenty of them by masterminding …

Senior Department of Homeland Security officials on Tuesday urged patience from voters and warned that election results won’t likely be known on Election Day this year – comments that are in contrast with those of President Donald Trump, who has said he wants immediate results. “There’s a very good chance …

On the eve of his 80th birthday, Brazilian football great Pele told his fans he was happy and healthy and pleased to be reaching the landmark with his lucid mental state. Pele has been shielding at home in Brazil, for most of the Covid-19 pandemic but, in a jovial recorded …