HARARE – ZPC Kariba’s title aspirations received a knock following a 1-0 defeat at the hands of seasoned campaigners DStv Rangers at Old Hararians on Saturday. The win came as a huge relief for Shane Nemasango and his men who had gone for two matches without a win. But for the Kariba-based side they remain…
RIO DE JANEIRO – June 16, 2010 and June 30, 2013. The dates bracket an era which came to an end Sunday in Rio for world champions Spain as their 29 competitive matches unbeaten run came to a shattering end in a 3-0 Confederations Cup final loss to exhilarating Brazil. The Furia Roja had during…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari insisted his side were still a work in progress despite their Confederations Cup masterclass against world champions Spain on Sunday. Scolari, the architect of Brazil’s last World Cup victory in 2002, was the proudest man in the Maracana on Sunday as his remodeled team overwhelmed the…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil humbled world and European Champions Spain with a crushing 3-0 win in the Confederations Cup final on Sunday, ending their opponents’ three-year record run of 29 unbeaten competitive matches Two goals from Fred and a stunning left-foot shot from Neymar gave next year’s World Cup hosts their fifth straight win…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Italy beat Uruguay in a penalty shoot-out in Salvador Sunday in the match for third place at football’s Confederations Cup. The teams had finished 2-2 after 90 minutes and extra-time. Italy won the shoot-out 3-2 after keeper Gianluigi Buffon saved penalties from Diego Forlan, who had also missed from the spot…
LONDON – Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Serena Williams will head a cast of fresh-faced hopefuls on Monday as Wimbledon heads into the second week which will be a Federer-free zone for the first time in 11 years. A second week which had promised back-to-back blockbuster matches after Murray, seven-time championRoger Federer and 2008 and…
LONDON – Formula One and tyre supplier Pirelli faced a full-on crisis on Sunday after the British Grand Prix came close to being stopped for safety reasons due to a spate of explosive high-speed blowouts. The spectre of Indianapolis 2005, when only six Bridgestone-shod cars competed in a farce of a US Grand Prix because…
