BULAWAYO – Bantu Rovers were unlucky not to collect maximum points against log leaders Highlanders in an ill–tempered Bulawayo derby here yesterday. The exciting encounter was marred by some questionable match officiating that infuriated Rovers head coach Methembe Ndlovu who was ejected from the technical area midway through the first half. Ndlovu was sent to…
ZVISHAVANE – Scuffles between Shabanie Mine and FC Platinum marshals before the kick-off were the major highlights of the Zvishavane derby which ended goalless at Maglas Stadium yesterday. The Zvishavane derby which is fast becoming the liveliest derby in the country had a tense build-up with marshals from both teams clashing at the gates and…
HWANGE – Arduous and well-deserved are two perfect words that best sum up Hwange’s 2-0 victory over Harare City here in a Castle Premiership match yesterday. The Harare coach Bigboy Mawiwi blamed it all on his side’s lack of concentration, as he acknowledged Hwange’s strength from set pieces. Indeed, the destruction of the City boys…
HARARE – Shunning any sense of inferiority and bringing their A game to the rugby-mad Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk next Saturday is what Zimbabwe national rugby team coach Brendan Dawson is hoping will catch Russia cold. The challenge of an 11 hour journey to Moscow is not the only test facing the Sables as they…
HARARE – Sean Crocker can afford to hold his head up high despite bowing out of the 67th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the quarterfinal stage on Friday. The Zimbabwe-born teenage golf sensation suffered a three and two defeat to William Zalatoris who was playing in his fifth U.S. Junior since qualifying for the tournament…
HARARE – England-based Japanese Instructor Shihan Tomiyama is set standardise karate techniques for the Kofukan Shito-Ryu Style and grade rising karateka’s at Belgravia Sports Club this week. Tomiyama, who holds an eighth Dan Black belt last visited Zimbabwe in August 2013, where he graded Sensei Simbabrashe Mazhata, to fourth Dan Black belt. This year, Tomiyama…
HARARE – World Navi Northern Region Division One Soccer League pacesetters Gunners maintained their stranglehold on pole position with a 2-0 win over Twalumba FC at Dzivareskwa Stadium on Saturday. The 2009 Zimbabwean champions now top the log standings with 40 points, three points ahead of second-placed Flame Lilly. Gunners started their campaign this season…
LONDON – Daniel Ricciardo took the chequered flag for the second time this season at the end of an astonishing Hungarian Grand Prix. Rain, crashes and safety cars made for a stunning race, helping the previously forlorn Lewis Hamilton following his fire in qualifying on Saturday onto another podium finish for the second successive Sunday…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Cricket vice-chairman Tawengwa Mukuhlani says the retirement of his former ally Peter Chingoka as ZC boss is inconsequential and does not deliver “real change” to the sport. Mukuhlani was quick to congratulate new ZC chairman Wilson Manase and offered his support, but said Manase’s ascendancy is only a continuation of the…
BULAWAYO – Luckmore Makura scored a well-taken free-kick in the second to propel ZPC Kariba to a win over Chicken Inn and extend the league debutants’ unbeaten run to 16 games. Substitute Makura curled home from 25 years after Limited Chikafa was fouled. ZPC, the only undefeated team in the Castle Premiership, completed a double…
