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Petros Chakwanda from Edleen found his devotion to weightlifting at the age of 16. The 28-year-old said growing up in Zimbabwe was not easy and he was raised by his grandmother after the death of his parents in 2010. Chakwanda’s brother was in South Africa at the time and he …

Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat will head into this weekend’s match against his former employers Mamelodi Sundowns faced with the chase for a double-edged personal target. Billiat has yet to score against Sundowns in the league since he left Chloorkop four years ago with his only goal against The Brazilians …

International money transfer agency Mukuru, which was founded by Zimbabwean Rob Burrell, will become a sleeve sponsor for English Premier League club Crystal Palace for the 2022/23 season, the club announced on Wednesday. Founded in 2004, the UK-headquartered company is now one of the largest money transfer providers in Africa …

World football governing body FIFA has re-asserted that the ban on Zimbabwe will only be lifted when ZIFA president Felton Kamambo and his executive are restored in office. The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), which suspended the ZIFA executive in November leading to Zimbabwe’s ban from all international football, has …

The two countries given until May to have bans lifted or they will be excluded from tournament JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Kenya and Zimbabwe will be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw on Tuesday in Johannesburg despite being banned by FIFA over government interference. “We have …

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez, who announced in October last year they were expecting twins, said on Monday (April 18) one of the two babies has died. “It is with deep sadness we have to announce that our baby boy passed away,” Ronaldo and Rodriguez said …

As Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski emerged as among the nation’s best men’s college basketball coaches in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he began speaking to corporations about leadership and other topics. Those paid talks, and Krzyzewski’s drive to maintain Duke’s spot near the top of the sport, led him to …

Kenya and Zimbabwe have both been suspended by the world’s football governing body, FIFA, owing to government interference in the operations of the national football federations. Nairobi and Harare dissolved their federations late last year and replaced them with government-appointed officials. The suspension, overshadowed for now by Russia’s dramatic banishment …

By Tatenda Kunaka Private-public-partnerships in the fight against drug abuse are the panacea for youths to do something positive within their communities, Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry has said. Coventry said this yesterday as she officially opened Glories Melodies centre in Zengeza 3, Chitungwiza, a sports and …

By Gilbert Munetsi recently in LUSAKA, ZambiaThe World Boxing Council (WBC) and its subsidiary, the African Boxing Union (ABU), in a show of confidence have given Zimbabwe the chance to host two international seminars for match officials during the second quarter of this year. The prospective months set for the …