HWANGE – Gerald Ndlovu’s penalty propelled Hwange to the last eight of the Mbada Diamonds Cup with a contentious 1-0 win that left security details retraining FC Platinum officials who mobbed referee Philani Ncube at the Colliery on Sunday. The Platinum officials and players were demanding answers to what they felt were glaring errors made…
BULAWAYO – A solitary strike by super substitute Timothy January helped How Mine eliminate Black Rhinos from the Mbada Diamonds Cup with a 1-0 win in a tightly contested first round encounter at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday. January replaced the ineffective Nqobile Mpala on 56 minutes and became the hero for the Philani Ncube coached…
MUTARE – CAPS United on Sunday honoured the club’s late midfielder Blessing “Yogo Yogo” Makunike nine years after his tragic death in a traffic accident. The Green Machine players paid homage to the late midfield maestro by laying a wreath at his grave at Yeovil Cemetery in Mutare a day after they inched forward in…
MUTARE – If CAPS United’s win against Motor Action on Saturday was a statement of intent then the Green Machine is not going far in the $1 million Mbada Diamond Cup competition. Their performance pumped their supporters’ stomachs full of butterflies the whole afternoon as they went on to win 7-6 in a marathon penalty…
BULAWAYO – Blanket Mine’s Nkosiyazi Sibanda was Sunday crowned the winner of the inaugural Joshua Nkomo Half Marathon after cruising to victory in the Joshua Nkomo National Foundation organised race. Sibanda broke away with about 500 metres to go to the finish line and outpaced pre-race favourite Wirimai Zhuwao to finish in a time of…
HARARE – The Lion Lager National Rugby League (NRL) curtain is set to come down this Saturday when former glamour club of Zimbabwe rugby Old Hararians host arch-rivals Old Georgians in a dream final. These two were the most consistent teams in the 2013 season and only lost one game each. In the round robin…
LONDON – Luis Suarez marked his return to Premier League action with two goals to help Liverpool to a 3-1 win at managerless Sunderland that lifted them to second in the table on Sunday. The Uruguay striker, who returned from a 10-match ban for biting in the midweek League Cup loss at Manchester United, was…
JOHANNESBURG – Danny Jordaan was elected as the new South African Football Association (Safa) president at the organisation’s elective congress at Helderfontein Estate in Midrand on Saturday. Jordaan beat Mandla “Shoes” Mazibuko to the top spot and would replace outgoing president Kirsten Nematandani. Jordaan garnered 162 votes to the 88 Mazibuko received from the 52…
JOHANNESBURG – It might sounds far-fetched to talk about another federation’s elective congress but South African Football Association (Safa)’s elections this afternoon are, on the African continent, what American presidential elections are to the entire universe. They attract large-scale attention. Saturday’s Safa elections will have ramifications on the continent and the world at large. Thing…
HARARE – Zimbabwe music legend Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi Thomas Mapfumo says there is no competition and rivalry between him and fellow Zimbabwean star Thomas Mapfumo. “We are artistes. He’s got what I don’t have and I have what he doesn’t have. And there is no competition at all,” said the Sarawoga singer during an exclusive…
