BULAWAYO – How Mine eased to a convincing 4-0 over visiting Zanzibar outfit Chouni FC at Barbourfields Stadium in an African Confederations Cup preliminary round qualifier on Saturday. Chikurupati scored through double scorer Kuda Musharu, Mernard Mupera and Warren Dube to put one foot in the next stage of the competition. The score line could…
HARARE – Mochudi Centre Chiefs’ Zimbabwean defender Arnold Chaka says they respect Dynamos ahead of Sunday’s African Champions League preliminary round qualifier. The two teams meet at the National Sports Stadium and kick-off is at 3pm. TROOP LEADER: Mochudi Centre Chiefs coach Dragojlo Stanojlovic, right, leads his team out of the Harare International Airport Arrivals…
HARARE – Harare City chairman Leslie Gwindi has hit out at Tawanda Muparati, saying recent events have proven beyond reasonable doubt that the Dynamos midfielder “robbed” City’s ex-talisman Silas Songani of the 2013 Soccer Star of the Year award. Despite being crowned Zimbabwe’s finest footballer for the season, Muparati struggled to make the starting line-up…
BULAWAYO – Mochudi Centre Chiefs’ Zimbabwean defender Arnold Chaka admits he feels the pressure of returning to his motherland for tomorrow’s African Champions League tie against Dynamos, saying the club’s fans always give the team a major lift. Cauldron The two teams clash in the first leg at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow with DeMbare…
HARARE – Ryan Cairns fired a second round 70 yesterday but missed the cut at the co-sanctioned Joburg Open at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club. The Zimbabwean Sunshine Tour contender finished the tournament with a gross total of two-under 141 following his 71 at the West course in the opening round. The cut…
HARARE – CAPS United could this week complete the signing of two-time Malawian league Golden Boot winner Ishmael Thindwa from Epac FC in a bid to ease the Green Machine’s scoring woes. Thindwa has been on trials at the Harare club since last week, alongside fellow countryman and club-mate Tsanzo Dario, a central defender. But…
JOHANNESBURG – Following his impressive showing at the recently-ended Chan tournament, Zimbabwe and Dynamos goalkeeper George Chigova is the most sought-after player within Mzansi’s money spinning Premier Soccer League. The giant goalkeeper was in splendid form during the Warriors’ participation in the Chan tournament which saw them finish fourth, with Chigova playing a big part…
BERLIN – Germany’s Angela Merkel has said a US official’s apparent insult of the EU’s efforts to mediate in the Ukraine crisis is “totally unacceptable”. Victoria Nuland has apologised after a voice resembling hers used a graphic swear word in a conversation said to be with the US ambassador to Ukraine. A recording of the…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono has said his ex-adviser Munyaradzi Kereke is basing corruption charges against him on false allegations driven by malice and a desire to settle personal grudges. Kereke filed a Constitutional Court application, seeking to push the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Gono on graft…
HARARE – The National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) — a government body created to implement the indigenisation programme — says it is broke and failing to carry out its mandate. Its chief executive, Wilson Gwatiringa, yesterday told Parliament that they urgently need capital. Apart from government support, Nieeb is supposed to get dividends…
