SAO PAULO – Brazil’s poster boy Neymar scored twice and the outstanding Oscar added a late third as the hosts came from behind to beat Croatia 3-1 in a thrilling World Cup opening match on Thursday. The Group A game, tipped the hosts’ way after a controversial 71st-minute penalty awarded by Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura…
HARARE – Dynamos assistant coach Tichaona Diya is itching for revenge against Hwange when the two teams clash in a Castle Premiership match at the Colliery on Sunday. The Glamour Boys have not forgotten the humiliating 4-2 defeat they suffered at the hands of Chipangano last season. The defeated was somehow a bitter pill to…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu revealed he is wary of the threat posed by Triangle and will take a cautious approach when the two teams clash in a Castle Premiership match at Gibbo on Sunday. Kaindu acknowledged that the Lowveld side command respect by virtue of their status in the Premier League thus they…
HARARE – It’s hard to believe another World Cup is upon us, and for many of us this floods back wonderful memories of four years ago when the first World Cup to glow beneath the African sun was successfully and memorably staged in South Africa amid unprecedented fanfare and an enthusiastic spectator turnout. What a…
HARARE – Former Springbok prop Balie Swart will assist Zimbabwe in their World Cup qualification tournament courtesy of the IRB. The 1995 World Cup winner will take the Sables through their paces in the last three days of their 10-day camp in Harare. The Sables will hope to make the most of the expert scrum…
HARARE – While his native country is struggling for game time ahead of month-end’s World Cup qualification tournament, Tapiwa Tsomondo will indirectly help rivals Namibia with much needed preparations following his inclusion in Western Province’s starting line-up for tomorrow’s warm-up match in Windhoek. Namibia – who will be one of Zimbabwe’s biggest threats at the…
HARARE – A battle for supremacy is expected this weekend when St Georgie’s College and Prince Edward sports teams clash in the traditional Centenary Sports Day set for today and tomorrow at Saints. The Centenary Sports Day is an annual event to commemorate the establishment of the country’s two oldest boys’ schools, both established over…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson is still optimistic of Zimbabwe’s chances of qualifying for next year’s Rugby World Cup despite lack of adequate preparations. The Sables’ are set to take part in the Conference of Africa Rugby’s quadrangular tournament in Madagascar at the end of the month where the winner will take the…
HARARE – Rarely do Zimbabweans come across a politician willing to ladle out frank and honest advice quite hard to ignore than that offered by chairperson of the parliamentary committee on industry and commerce, Ray Kaukonde to captains of industry. Zimbabwe’s economic stagnation is not helped one bit by politicians that are bent on scoring…
HARARE – Zimbabweans were sincere in congratulating Nigeria in becoming Africa’s leading economy earlier this year. We applauded its citizens and its leadership for overseeing the successful restructuring of their economy, and its subsequent ascendance to lead the continent in the global marketplace. But we also looked at Nigeria’s achievements and wondered how we, too,…
