BULAWAYO – Highlanders fans were on Sunday left a dejected lot after the Bulawayo giants succumbed to their sixth loss of the season in a 1-0 defeat to city rivals How Mine at Barbourfields Stadium. This result means Bosso now trails log leaders and bitter rivals Dynamos by four points with nine games still to be…
BULAWAYO – How Mine midfielder Menard Mupera is getting better with age like wine. The former Black Rhinos, Highlanders and FC Platinum linkman is enjoying a new lease of life at Castle Premiership debutants How Mine and played a crucial role in his team’s 1-0 victory over Highlanders on Sunday. Mupera showed the commitment of…
HARARE – Winning a Test match for your country is a personal milestone, but one man who can be forgiven for basking in the glory of Tendai Chatara’s star performance for Zimbabwe in the series-levelling win over Pakistan is George Tandi. As a teenager in the early 90s, Tandi was earmarked to become Zimbabwe’s first…
LONDON – Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey went from hero to zero and back again in a dramatic 2-2 draw against his former club Liverpool on Monday. Shelvey took just 87 seconds to open the scoring at the Liberty Stadium with his first goal for Swansea since being sold by Liverpool in pre-season. The 21-year-old didn’t…
LONDON – David Moyes will sample the Champions League group phase for the first time Tuesday night when his Manchester United side host Bayer Leverkusen in their opening Group A fixture. Moyes was selected to succeed Alex Ferguson as United manager at the end of last season despite having only overseen two matches in the…
LONDON – Ghana will play Egypt in the pick of the ties in the 2014 World Cup play-offs which decide who reaches Brazil. Egypt, the only side on the continent to have a 100 percent record in qualifying, were the one non-seeded team all the seeds would have hoped to avoid. African champions Nigeria were…
HARARE – 22 INFANTRY Batallion emerged triumphant at the inaugural Mudzi Football Area Zone Tournament held at Kotwa High School in Mudzi at the weekend. The two-day tournament which saw more than 10 teams from Mutoko District taking part was sponsored by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Cuthbert Dube. For their efforts the army…
MUTARE – It was smiles galore for Mutare’s children living with disability last Friday as award-winning non-governmental organisation – Sport 4 Socialisation (S4S) gave them the opportunity to compete with their peers at the Institutional Adapted Physical Activity track and field athletics competitions. This year’s prestigious Rockefeller Foundation’s Next Century Innovators Award winner, S4S Coordinator…
HARARE – Gaths Mine are hoping for a top four finish in the Central Region Division One league. The Mashava-based club beat Hardbody 2-1 at Mkoba Stadium on Saturday to consolidate their fourth position on top of the log standings. Gaths Mine coach Andrew Chisunga said he wants to keep the momentum so that they…
CAIRO – An Egyptian judge has ordered a media blackout during the next phase of the retrial of Hosni Mubarak. Judge Mahmoud el-Rachidi said the sessions, to be held on 19-21 October, would involve national security issues. Mr Mubarak, 85, appeared in court on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011…
