HARARE – Former Australia fast bowler, Jason Gillespie labelled Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) as liars and said the game in the country is in ‘shambles’ owing to poor administration. In an wide ranging interview with The Guardian yesterday, Gillespie, who spent two seasons in Zimbabwe coaching franchise side the Mid-West Rhinos, criticised the way ZC has…
HARARE – Dynamos captain Murape Murape will miss today’s Castle Premiership match against Shabanie Mine at Maglas Stadium after he picked up an injury against CA Bizertin in the African Champions League on Sunday. Murape, who had a good game in Dynamos’ 1-0 win against the Tunisians, was replaced by Tichaona Mabvura in the second…
MASVINGO – A civil society worker who was facing charges of raping a deaf and dumb teenage girl at a local lodge was last week acquitted after the magistrate said the two had consensual sex. Jacob Tivenga, 48, an employee of a Harare-based HIV/Aids non-governmental organisation (NGO), Thamaso, was facing two counts of raping a…
HARARE – Harare City new signing William Manondo made his intentions of landing this year’s Castle Premiership golden boot clear after netting a brace in his team’s 4-0 demolishing of Motor Action. The Mighty Bulls, who are missing the services of head coach Joey Antipas who is at coaching attachment in German and injured captain…
HARARE – After the 1-0 win over Tunisian side CA Bizertin in the African Champions League second leg first round on Sunday, Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa bemoaned a lack of imagination from his players. The Zimbabwe Champions needed to win the match by four clear goals to reach the final qualifying round after they had…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo Province Junior Football League’s (BPJL) development programs have received a shot in the arm with the donation of footballs by United Kingdom-based coach Bongani Mafu. In his speech at a presentation ceremony that was held at the Bulawayo Zifa offices yesterday, Mafu said he bought the footballs in response to a…
HARARE – The Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) Division One 2013 season will start this weekend with all teams geared for an explosive campaign. Last season runners up, DStv Rangers will get their campaign underway on Saturday with a tricky assignment against ambitious side Power Masters. The opening fixtures also see former Castle Lager Premiership…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo Chiefs have taken over the top spot in the Southern Region Division One League after a 4-0 drubbing of Victoria Falls-based Mkhosana last Saturday. Chiefs are tied on six points with Quelaton and New West but sit in first position courtesy of a superior goal difference. The Rahman Gumbo and Thulani Sibanda-led…
NAIROBI – Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s new president, following his victory in March against Raila Odinga. Dignitaries and tens of thousands of people witnessed the inauguration at a stadium in the capital, Nairobi. Mr Odinga did not attend the ceremony after his attempt to overturn Mr Kenyatta’s victory in court failed….
HARARE – A 26-year-old Chitungwiza man forced to relocate to a farm by his mother has chosen to kill himself than kissing goodbye to town life. Police say Kudakwashe Kadzatsa shot himself at the weekend after his mother told him to leave Chitungwiza so he could help with labour at a family farm. “Investigations are…
