RIO DE JANERIO – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says her country is ready, on and off the pitch, for the football World Cup which starts on Thursday. In a TV address, she said “the pessimists” had been defeated by the determination of the Brazilian people. She rejected criticism of overspending, saying that the tournament would…
HARARE – ZIMBABWE international Tendai Ndoro is set to leave Mpumalanga Black Aces amid strong interest from Absa Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Soweto giants Orlando Pirates have also made inquiries about the availability of Ndoro, but the Daily News is reliably informed that talks between Aces and Sundowns are now at an advanced stage for…
HARARE – The Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (Fuz) is deeply concerned with the current state of affairs at CAPS United, Chiredzi FC and Shabanie Mine where players have gone for months without salaries. Fuz chairman Desmond Maringwa and Paul Gundani were in Zvishavane last week where they discovered that since the start of the season,…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Callisto Pasuwa has defended his team’s tactics following an uninspiring performance against Triangle on Sunday. The Glamour Boys were at times booed by their own supporters who were not impressed by their team’s performance. DeMbare’s form has been below par this year and the whole team has struggled for form save…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s hopes of qualifying for next year’s Rugby World Cup continue to be frustrated after the team’s fine-tuning tour to South Africa was cancelled yesterday due to lack of funds. This is the second time the Sables have been forced to abandon warm-up matches ahead of the qualifying tournament to be hosted by…
HARARE – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani described Zimbabwe and two other nations as a “liability” in world cricket, saying the leading nations earn nothing from playing against them. Mani was responding to an earlier threat by India to withdraw from ICC events in protest over a large share of the ICC…
HARARE – Zimbabwean boxer Tapiwa Tembo put up an impressive performance to beat Sandi Loni in a Bantamweight non-title bout in East London, South Africa, on Friday. The victory was Tembo’s fourth consecutive win since turning professional in 2009. “I dedicate this win to my late trainer Frank Mutero, who passed away in April,” Tembo…
HARARE – Buffaloes Junior stayed on top of the Eastern Region Division One league after walloping Black Eagle 4-0 over the weekend. The Mutare side now lead the log standing with 21 points, one point ahead of second-placed Tenax, who beat Mwenezana 4-1 to maintain pressure on the log leaders. Buffaloes started their season on…
LONDON – Brazil are looking to send a message to supporters and rivals in the World Cup’s opening match, the right-back Dani Alves said, raising the stakes for the game against Croatia. A lacklustre 1-0 win over Serbia in Friday’s warm-up game brought jeers from the home crowd and raised doubts about the heavily favoured…
HARARE – Elsewhere we report that Zimbabwe is ready to normalise relations with Denmark and the European Union (EU). The EU has already warmed up to President Robert Mugabe’s administration which, slowly but surely is beginning to mellow after years of obstinacy and bickering with the West and its key allies in Scandinavian countries and…
