HARARE – The Brazil 2014 dream might be over, but Zimbabwe football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels wants his players to play like their lives depend on it when they clash with Egypt in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday. The Warriors, who are rebuilding under the German national and have shifted focus to the future, are…
HARARE – SuperSport United striker Simba Sithole has been ruled out of the Warriors’ 2014 World Cup qualifier against Egypt at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. The former CAPS United and Dynamos hitman missed yesterday’s morning training session due to knee problem. “Simba has been having a recurrent injury on his knee,” Warriors manager…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe rugby team’s preparations for the defence of their African rugby title have been inflicted a heavy blow after financial woes forced the postponement of their South Africa tour next week. In contrast, Kenya, one of the Sables’ main rivals on the continent and a serious threat at this year’s edition of…
YAOUNDE – Fresh off captaining Bafana Bafana to a 2-0 win over Lesotho in an international friendly at the weekend, Thabo Nthethe is confident South Africa can secure maximum points in their upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Bafana first play Central African Republic (CAR) at a neutral venue in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Saturday, and eight…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe flies into a political storm from his nine-day visit to Japan, jetting in to face irate coalition partners unhappy with a Constitutional Court ruling directing that elections should be held by July 31. While Mugabe has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment — where seven of the nine judges ruled in…
HARARE – Musician Energy Mutodi says he will quit music if he gets elected as Member of Parliament for Goromonzi South Constituency in the general elections to be held before July 31 this year. The flamboyant businessman cum-musician — who wants to participate in the elections under a Zanu PF ticket, believes dabbling in both…
HARARE – The late dendera music legend Simon Chimbetu once told the Daily News, back in 2001, that he would have a second landing. This was on the back of a plummeting fan base in Harare, blamed on his unwavering support for Zanu PF. In other parts of the country he remained a darling and…
HARARE – Four officials in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office charged for being in possession of dockets that could discredit the judicial system yesterday filed an application for referral of the case to the Supreme Court. Thabani Mpofu together with Felix Matsinde, Warship Dumba and Mehluli Moyo, through their lawyer Alec Muchadehama, lodged an application…
LONDON – The nearer it gets to its denouement, the more you look at the format Africa has chosen for World Cup qualifying and wonder. It is brilliantly absurd, a guaranteed way of generating drama, with the very real possibility that many of the continent’s grandees will miss out. Pre-qualifying whittled it down to 10…
BULAWAYO – Chicken Inn forward Tendai Ndoro is fast emerging as the favourite for this season’s Castle Premiership golden boot award after netting his ninth goal of the season in his team’s 2-0 victory over Black Mambas last Saturday. The winger-turned-centre forward struck on 10 minutes to open the scoring for the Gamecocks after being…
