HARARE – CAPS United are on the verge of signing midfielder Nicholas Alifandika and forward Honey Chimutimunzeve to boost their squad ahead of this weekend’s Harare derby against rivals Dynamos. Alifandika and Chimutimunzeve, who have been playing for former Castle Premiership side Black Mambas in the Navi World Division One for the past seven months,…
BULAWAYO – Afghanistan kept the four-match series alive with a win in the tightly-contested third ODI in Bulawayo. None of their bowlers took more than two wickets and only one of their batsmen got to a fifty – Javed Ahmadi with 56 – but they still overpowered Zimbabwe by two wickets, in a chase…
HARARE – Highlanders have lost another player to a South African club after defender Khumbulani Banda signed for Maritzburg United yesterday. Banda had been trying out his luck with Steve Komphela’s team for the past few weeks and the club announced the move on their official website. “The Team of Choice are determined to strengthen…
HARARE – Dynamos have completed the signing of Twalumba FC defender Elisha Muroyiwa, who moves on a two-year loan deal from the second-tier club. The highly-rated 25-year-old stopper has been training with the record Zimbabwean champions in recent week and impressed coach Calisto Pasuwa and his backroom staff. Muroyiwa successfully underwent trials with Mozambican side…
HARARE – Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) president Regis Bhunu says they are ready to host three ITF South/Central African Junior circuit tournaments set to start this weekend at Harare Sports Club. The tournament starts on Saturday with the qualifiers set to run for two days while the main event takes off on July 28 and will…
HARARE – Local bodybuilding athletes have expressed disappointment over the postponement of Musclemania Zimbabwe contest with only two weeks left before the scheduled date. The show was scheduled for August 9 but the organisers of Musclemania say the contest was moved forward after a request from the sponsors of the country’s premier private bodybuilding. Musclemania…
HARARE – Central Region Soccer League Division one pacesetters Whawha have opened a four-point gap at the summit of the log after beating visiting Vumbachikwe 1-0 over the weekend. Second-placed ZRP Beitbridge fell further behind after playing out a goalless draw against FC Platinum Under-19s at Mandava Stadium on Sunday. The prison service side now…
LONDON – Manchester United were scheduled to rip up two training pitches at their Carrington training ground yesterday in order to fast-track Louis van Gaal’s demand for better facilities at the club. Van Gaal, who takes charge of United for the first time when they face LA Galaxy in Pasadena tonight, has made a series…
LONDON – The Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa says he and his fellow players who refused to return to the Ukrainian champions did so because the conflict in the country puts their lives at risk. Costa and five other South American players refused to travel with the rest of the team to Ukraine for Tuesday’s…
DAR ER SALAAM – Eight people from a Tanzanian medical institute have been arrested after 85 bags containing body parts were found in the port city of Dar es Salaam. A police officer told the BBC that human limbs, fingers, ribs and skulls were in the bags, discovered in a landfill site in the Bunju…
