HARARE – Zifa Northern Region Division One log leaders ZPC Kariba face a stern challenge in their promotion quest when they clash with ZRP Morris at Morris Depot Wednesday. The Kariba-based outfit top the log with 50 points from 24 games while second-placed Twalumba are on 46 points. ZRP Morris trail the log leaders with…
JOHANNESBURG – The pain of Auckland is now behind the Springboks and they are ready to move on and confront the immediate challenge that lies in their path in the quest for Castle Lager Rugby Championship glory. So said vice-captain Adriaan Strauss when he was interviewed while the Boks were attending the opening of The…
MADRID – Neymar scored his first league goal in Spanish football as Barcelona maintained their 100 percent start to the campaign with a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou on Tuesday. The Brazilian bundled home Alexis Sanchez’s cross after just five minutes and then expertly teed-up Lionel Messi to plant a diving…
LONDON – Stevan Jovetic and Jesus Navas scored their first goals for Manchester City who avenged last season’s shock FA Cup final defeat by Wigan Athletic with a 5-0 victory in the League Cup third round on Tuesday. Montenegro striker Jovetic, signed for 25 million pounds from Fiorentina in the close season, scored twice on…
JOHANNESBURG – Platinum Stars will meet Orlando Pirates in the final of the MTN8 after they defeated Bidvest Wits 2-1 in their second leg semifinal clash at the Bidvest Stadium on Tuesday evening, winning 6-3 on aggregate. Robert Ng’ambi’s brace was the centrepiece of Dikwena’s victory while Denver Mukamba netted the consolation goal for Wits….
NAIROBI – Kenya has begun three days of national mourning following the end of the four-day siege by Islamist militants on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre. In a televised address, President Uhuru Kenyatta said six members of the security forces were among 67 people who had died. Declaring the siege over, he said five militants had…
ISLAMABAD – A powerful earthquake has killed at least 238 people in Pakistan’s remote south-west province of Balochistan. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday afternoon at a depth of 20km (13 miles) north-east of Awaran, the US Geological Survey said. Many houses were flattened and thousands of people have spent the night in the open….
HARARE – CAPS United players resumed training Monday following last week’s strike over unpaid dues, a disturbance that threatened to derail the Green Machine’s Castle Premiership title push. Makepekepe players, who trail log leaders Dynamos by six points with nine games to go in the title race, boycotted training on Thursday and Friday. Club bosses…
HARARE – Still basking in the glory of winning the BancABC Sup8r Cup, Shabanie Mine have shifted their focus to the Mbada Diamonds Cup, the country’s richest football competition. Shabanie clinched the BancABC Sup8r Cup following a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium on Saturday. They will now face Chicken Inn…
HARARE – A Ghanaian businessman who together with his business partner are at the centre of the $6 million diamond bribery storm could have fled Zimbabwe after obtaining a fake High Court warrant of release through devious means, the Daily News investigations have revealed. The shocking discovery by the Daily News has turned out to…
