AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Julia Gillard has resigned, after the Australian Labour Party voted her out of its leadership yesterday. She had called for the vote herself after months of inner-party friction ahead of a general election in September. Her rival, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, takes her place as party leader, after winning the internal…
MDC founding member Grace Kwinjeh stands among the most loyal and dedicated members of the party, which has just concluded its primary elections in which some of the bigwigs have fallen by the wayside while others were protected from facing possible defeat at the hands of structures miffed by poor performance in Parliament. Kwinjeh was…
TODAY is exactly five years after Zimbabwe had perhaps its bloodiest election since independence in 1980. There is palpable fear and spirited attempts to ensure the country is not thrown back to that kind of violence in the impending elections. Following a March 2008 harmonised poll that handed President Robert Mugabe and his party a…
ZVISHAVANE – FC Platinum caretaker coach Lloyd Mutasa says he is under no illusion at the challenge that awaits him at his new team but is excited by the task that is ahead. Mutasa was appointed to take charge of the Zvishavane-based club on an interim basis at the end of last week. The Warriors’…
ZVISHAVANE – Shabanie Mine head coach Luke Masomere says it would be a bitter pill for him to swallow if his charges were to lose to Chicken Inn in Friday’s BancABC Sup8r Cup quarter-final clash at Mandava Stadium. The Chinda Boys went down 2-1 at home to the Gamecocks in a league encounter last Sunday…
HARARE – Three budding Zimbabwean footballers will attend trials in Germany next month following a visit to the country by West Bromwich Albion chief scout Paul Andre Gibbons in February. The ex-West Brom trainer visited the country for the first time on the invitation of Glen View-based Maningi Soccer Academy for a two-week talent identification…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Sevens rugby team arrived in Moscow this week ahead of the Rugby World Cup Sevens set to explode in the Russian capital at the weekend. The Cheetahs, who won the Bowls section in Dubai in 2009, have been placed in Pool C with Kenya, Samoa and Philippines, are coached by former Zimbabwe…
HARARE – The University of Zimbabwe Alumni in conjunction with Partners Golf Classic are set to host a golf tournament next month in a bid to raise funds for the UZ Golf Scholarship programme. UZ vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura said the tournament will be played at Country Club on July 12 and 13. “The objective of…
BELO HORIZONTE – Paulinho scored with a header four minutes from time to give Brazil a 2-1 win over Uruguay and take the host nation to the final of the Confederations Cup. Diego Forlan missed a penalty in the 13th minute after Chelsea defender David Luiz wrestled Diego Lugano to the ground. Brazil took the…
LONDON – Seven-time winner Roger Federer suffered a humiliating Wimbledon defeat on an injury-cursed Wednesday which turned the All England Club upside down. Defending champion Federer, the third seed, lost to Ukraine’s world number 116, Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in his worst Grand Slam defeat for a decade. Federer’s defeat…
