HARARE – Two clubs, CAPS United and FC Platinum, fired the biggest warning shots of their intentions of winning the Chibuku Super Cup after the first round action this weekend. The Green Machine, who are hoping to regain their status as Cup Kings in Zimbabwean football, got the ball rolling on Saturday with a 3-0…
HARARE – There is more to Brian Mujati than just playing rugby. He loves the limelight and revels in it. The outspoken former Springbok – who hails from Zimbabwe and ever fiercely proud of his roots – has posted a You Tube video on Twitter announcing his plan to launch a TV channel to promote…
BULAWAYO – It wasn’t really the fact that Zimbabwe lost the first ODI by 97 runs that hurt, because in truth it was to be expected. But it was the manner in which they lost that hurt the most. The spark that Zimbabwe had for most of the Test match seemed to have fizzled out…
HARARE – Highlanders had toiled for three matches without a victory at Ascot Stadium this season but that all changed on Sunday afternoon. In all their three earlier visits this year to Gweru, the Bulawayo giants lost twice to Chapungu and How Mine in the CG Msipa Charity Shield and the NetOne One Wallet Cup….
LONDON – Test victories, like London buses along the Harleyford Road, often seem to come in a rush and for a packed crowd at The Oval the spectacle of England wrapping up a third successive defeat of India’s tourists and a 3-1 series win was greeted with a sense of boisterous disbelief as much as…
LONDON – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is considering bringing defender Per Mertesacker back from his post-World Cup layoff early as injury cover for tonight’s Champions League first leg playoff against Besiktas. Mertesacker and his Germany teammates Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski were given the extended break by Wenger after the World Cup triumph in Brazil…
LONDON – Manchester City dodged a tripwire as they began their title defence in reassuringly competent, if less than dazzling, fashion. Newcastle United may not have beaten City for almost a decade but Alan Pardew’s remodelled side proved awkward opponents, forcing the champions to complement David Silva’s first-half goal and Sergio Agüero’s late strike with…
LONDON – Brendan Rodgers received a good luck text from Luis Suárez before Liverpool’s Premier League opener against Southampton and claimed the win could set the tone for another title challenge without the brilliant Uruguay international. The Liverpool manager described the 2-1 win as “vital” after goals from Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge compensated for…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe have dropped seamer Shingi Masakadza for Tuesday’s second ODI against South Africa after the opening bowler conceded 77 runs for no wicket in the first one-dayer at the weekend. Masakadza was targeted for persecution by the South African batsmen, who laid a solid foundation for the Proteas’ 93-run win at the Queens…
NAIROBI – Kenya’s Western-funded anti-terrorism unit has carried out a series of killings and “enforced disappearances” during its fight against militant Islamists, a rights group says. “Horrendous” activities were taking place “right under the noses” of the government, Western embassies and the UN, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The US and UK fund the unit….
