BULAWAYO – When Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu spoke to journalists during a post match interview after the Mbada Diamonds Cup final at Barbourfields on Saturday, it was clear that the Zambian was fighting back tears as he fielded questions. So palpable was the emotion on the coach’s face when he dedicated his team’s 3-0 victory…
BULAWAYO – Mbada Diamonds Cup champions Highlanders emerged as the biggest winners at the tournament’s awards ceremony that was held on Saturday night at a local Bulawayo hotel. On top of the $130 000 prize money that comes with winning the biggest cup tournament in the land, Bosso also picked up the most disciplined team…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu believes his team deserved to end the 2013 season by winning the Mbada Diamonds Cup. Bosso were in top form when they dispatched How Mine 3-0 in Saturday’s final at Barbourfields Stadium which become their first major trophy since winning the league championship in 2006. The Bulawayo giants got…
LONDON – Yaya Toure has won the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. The Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder, who had been nominated in each of the past four years, beat Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Victor Moses, John Mikel Obi and Jonathan Pitroipa to this year’s crown. The 30-year-old told BBC Sport: “I think…
LONDON – Bazil will present its coastal beauty and diversity when the World Cup draw takes place on Friday at Costa do Sauipe in the state of Bahia. Millions of football fans around the world will have their eyes on the resort near Salvador as anticipation rises for next year’s June 12-July 13 tournament. “It…
HARARE – Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is reportedly pushing fractious MDC formations to form a united front against President Robert Mugabe in elections scheduled for June this year, the Daily News can reveal. Highly-placed insiders from the two formations yesterday told the Daily News that representatives from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC and those…
VICTORIA – Dendera music star Suluman Chimbetu justified his top billing with an assured debut performance at the Carnival International de Victoria on Saturday. Playing at the highly rated carnival, which brought together all manner of bands from 26 countries, Sulu and his Orchestra Dendera Kings fitted the billing with minimum fuss. The dendera artiste…
CAIRO – A 50-member committee completed Sunday an item-by-item vote on the 247 articles of a new constitution for Egypt, according to a breaking news banner on state-run Nile TV and reporting on state-run al-Ahram Online. The next steps in the process for the the draft to become law are for Egypt’s interim President Adly…
BANGKOK – The leader of anti-government demonstrations in Thailand on Sunday urged Yingluck Shinawatra to resign, the latest move in a relentless campaign to oust the prime minister. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister under the previous Democrat-led government, gave Yingluck two days to “return power to the people unconditionally,” Suthep’s group…
EDITOR — The recent surge in rape cases especially by pastors and church leaders has reached alarming levels. Church leaders should embody Christian values and be exemplary. They are able to counsel and advise their followers as such they are naturally trusted by their respective congregants. It is deplorable that most of them are now…
