HARARE – The shock transfer of star midfielder Masimba Mambare from bitter rivals Highlanders to Dynamos has sparked passionate debate in the Zimbabwean football fraternity, with a leading Bulawayo-based daily paper going to the extent of labelling the player a “traitor” in a screaming headline. Bosso Live, the club’s official Facebook fan page, went a…
HARARE – Wilson Raj Perumal, the self-confessed serial match-fixer behind the Asiagate scandal involving the Zimbabwe national football team, is back in the news again. Perumal, currently under house arrest in Hungary, is believed to be the mastermind behind a series of dubious friendly internationals which the Warriors took part in between 2007 and 2009….
HARARE – Reigning Mr Zimbabwe, Champion Chienderamwano, on Monday left for Marseille in France via Mauritius and Morocco on a Nutritech brand awareness and marketing campaign. The Botswana-based Zimbabwean athlete who is also the current holder of Musclemania Zimbabwe, was joined by two directors from South Africa as well as a nutritionist. The three are…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s women football team is now in camp preparing for an international friendly against Egypt in Cairo at the end of this month. The match is part of the Mighty Warriors’ preparations for the African Women’s Championship (AWC) qualifier against Botswana in February. Mighty Warriors assistant coach Johannes Chikaola said: “We want to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s opponents in Group B, Uganda, have sounded a warning that they want to prove critics wrong at the 2014 African Nations Champions (Chan) tournament that begins on Saturday in South Africa. Uganda will open their campaign against Burkina Faso on January 12 before taking on the Warriors four days later and face…
LONDON – Sunderland gained the upper hand on Manchester United by deservedly winning their League Cup semifinal, first leg 2-1 on Tuesday to intensify the pressure on visiting manager David Moyes after a testing week. Italian Fabio Borini scored a second-half penalty to give the Premier League’s bottom club a one-goal lead ahead of the return…
LUSAKA – An opposition politician in Zambia has been arrested and charged with defamation after he compared the president to a potato. Frank Bwalya allegedly described President Michael Sata as “chumbu mushololwa” on radio on Monday. The Bemba language phrase refers to a sweet potato that breaks when it is bent and is used to…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe national football team must not give much respect to Morocco in the opening match at the African Nations Championship (Chan) according to Charles Sibanda and Eric Chipeta. Midfielder Sibanda and defender Chipeta have urged their teammates to disregard history when they face the Atlas Lions at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town,…
HARARE – More than 200 junior tennis players from across the country are expected to converge at Harare Sports Cub today to take part in the New Winners Junior Tennis tournament. The event is set to start today and will end on Friday. Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) administrator Cliff Nhokwara said the tournament is meant to…
HARARE – Newly appointed ZPC Kariba coach Saul Chaminuka has revealed his plans for the Premiership newcomers. Chaminuka took over the newly promoted top flight side at the end of last year after he replaced Jostein Mathuthu. Although Mathuthu led ZPC to the Zifa Northern Region Division One championship his contract was not renewed as…
