BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe star winger Kudakwashe Mahachi, who was recently bought by rich South African Premiership side Mamelodi Sundowns, has started training with Bulawayo giants Highlanders. The skilful midfielder was spotted at Bosso’s morning training session yesterday in what could be an indication that the loan deal between Sundowns and his boyhood club Highlanders may…
HARARE – Former Dynamos midfielder Archieford Gutu says his ex-teammates should take steps to prevent a repeat of their painful 2011 African Champions League elimination by MC Algiers when they clash with Mochudi Centre Chiefs on Sunday. The Glamour Boys carry a comfortable 3-0 lead to Botswana for the second leg of the preliminary round,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has responded to widespread criticism over the slow pace of 2015 World Cup qualifiers preparations by announcing the Sables will tour South Africa in June in addition to three proposed home tests against an unconfirmed European team. The Sables will play in a quadrangular series in South Africa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s junior tennis players left the country early this week for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Under-18 African Junior Championships in Morocco scheduled for next week. Zimbabwe will be represented by Nicole Dzenga, Zaha Finnigan, Latifah Yasini and Keren Muswere in the girls’ category while in the boys’ category Courtney Lock will be…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have returned to the top 100 of the Fifa world rankings thanks to their impressive performance at African Nations Championship (Chan) finals last month. The Warriors reached the semi-finals of the competition, losing 5-4 to eventual winners Libya on penalties before settling for fourth place after losing to Nigeria in the third-place…
HARARE – When Tatenda Taibu famously gathered local and foreign press on the eve of Zimbabwe’s Test comeback two-and-half years ago after courageously deciding he would let the world know that all was not well behind the façade of the hype surrounding the historic occasion, his teammate, Raymond Price, sneaked behind the reporters’ back and…
HARARE – The football fraternity of Glen Norah and the surrounding areasa was plunged into mourning following the death of Elina Nhema, who was laid to rest in Shurugwi on February 3. Mbuya Nhema, mother of cabinet minister Francis Nhema, died on February 1 after a long battle with diabetes. In 1980, Young Rollers, a…
MOSCOW – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said he backs Egypt’s military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in his “bid for the presidency”. Mr Putin, meeting Field Marshal Sisi in Moscow to discuss an arms deal, said he was “aware” of his decision to run. However, there has been no announcement on the matter from the…
HARARE – At long last the late Fanuel ‘System’ Tazvida’s smoko music appears to have found an heir in his brother who is fittingly named King. King Tazvida, who is practically unknown on the Zimbabwean music scene, demonstrated that he has the credentials to take over System’s throne during a poorly attended memorial concert for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) vice-president Ndumiso Gumede has implored Parliament to endorse a law that criminalises match-fixing. Zifa in 2012 banned for life over 15 individuals in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal and found close to 100 others guilty of throwing away matches in the Far East between 2007 and 2009, although the later…
