LONDON – World No 2 Victoria Azarenka limped out of Wimbledon on Wednesday and blasted the state of the All England Club courts which she believes are compromising player safety. The Australian Open champion withdrew just minutes before she was due on Centre Court to face Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta for a place in the…
TURIN – Carlos Tevez completed his move to Juventus on Wednesday after four controversy-filled years at Manchester City and was handed the number 10 shirt immortalised by Alessandro Del Piero. Juve announced his arrival with a picture of him alongside club president Andrea Agnelli holding up the number 10 jersey. A statement said he had…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders midfielder Peter Rio Moyo has launched a passionate plea to the clubs fans not to press the panic button yet following a string a poor results. The Bulawayo giants have lost two games on the trot after going down 1-0 to Chicken Inn in the Bulawayo derby before succumbing to a 2-1…
HARARE – Premiership side Buffaloes’ caretaker coach Timothy Masachi has issued a warning to Dynamos ahead of the two sides’ quarterfinal clash in the BancABC Sup8r Cup this Sunday. Masachi said the Mutare soldiers’ win in the league over DeMbare last Wednesday was not a fluke and they are eager to repeat that feat when…
HARARE – Three Zimbabwe wheelchair tennis players left the country yesterday for the Soweto Wheelchair Open tennis tournament in South Africa. Zimbabwe’s top female wheelchair tennis player Molin Muza together with two male players Daniel Buleya and Alexender Mkandla, will represent the country at the tournament that is expected to run from tomorrow up to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket top order batsman Tino Mawoyo has made a hint that he might be available for selection for next month’s home ODI series against India. The talented opener from Mutare described by national team assistant coach Steve Mangongo as the “most technically correct batsman” resumed rehabilitation and gym work following a nagging…
Zimbabwe’s present and aspiring politicians would do well to take note of events over our southern border, not only because that’s where an estimated three million Zimbabweans live and work but because that’s where we get 80 percent of all the food we eat. South Africa’s newly-launched Agang party whose name means “build,” is making…
ZIMBABWEAN businessman and ex-broadcaster James Makamba is sorely missed by his friends and relatives back home. Yet the bearded Telecel Zimbabwe chairperson is “home away from home” — at least judging by the way he has conducted himself in the last three weeks in which he has launched a website to keep in touch with…
ZIMBABWE’S Big Brother Africa representatives Hakeem Mandaza and Pokello Nare are up for eviction yet again. The duo was lined-up for the chopping block after Monday’s nomination sessions. Though Hakeem and Pokello have both survived eviction once before, this week is the first time the two Zimbabwean housemates have been put up for eviction at the…
THE 2013 presidential election will present Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) with possibly his best chance to become President of Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai’s only obstacle at the coming presidential election is President Robert Mugabe, leader of Zanu PF, who poses the greatest challenge to his presidential ambitions. Losing to…
