LONDON – Jack Wilshere is confident Arsenal’s dramatic late fightback at Everton will provide the perfect springboard to see off Besiktas in tonight’s crucial Champions League showdown. Arsene Wenger’s side head into the second leg of their play-off encounter against the Turkish side with the tie delicately poised after a goalless draw in Istanbul last…
LONDON – Ángel di María said Manchester United were the “only club” for which he would have left Real Madrid as the 26-year-old completed a £59.7m British record transfer, signing a five-year contract worth around £200,000 a week. With the Argentinian secured United will step up their attempt to sign a midfielder and, possibly, a…
HARARE – The long-awaited Harare concert for nine-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum selling crooner John Legend has been cancelled, according to the show website. The show was scheduled for November 19 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). It was part of the singer/songwriter’s first stop in Zimbabwe, and part of the neo-soul vocalist’s…
OSLO – Hugged by mountains and perched on a stunning coastline of fjords, Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city, has picture-postcard views. As one of the centres of Norway’s booming oil and gas industries, it is also a very wealthy place. Yet there are few displays of ostentatious spending – there are no supercars with tinted windows,…
HARARE – Foreign investment in Zimbabwe more than halved in the first six months of the year, the country’s central bank chief John Mangudya has said. “The country received a paltry $67m [£40m] compared to $165m during the same period in 2013,” he said. The government policy to hand economic control to black Zimbabweans had…
HARARE – Newly-appointed Msasa Bricks Ambassador Beverly Sibanda is getting into the studio this week to record her second music album amid concerns she was negating her contractual agreement with her previous promoters. While Bev signed a five-year contract with Discovery Records, she has reportedly left the stable and is working with another studio. Her…
HARARE – Afro-Jazz musicians Jah Prayzah, Alexio Kawara and urban grooves ace Roki will be showcasing their musical talents today at the on-going Harare Agricultural Show. Of late, the Shaina singer has been concentrating on performing in joints like the Zimbabwe Germany Society, Book Cafe and Alliance Francaise where only a handful fans attend the shows….
BULAWAYO – Amakhosi Cultural Centre on Saturday launched an expo called Dreams To Fame X-cilarated! The expo takes place every fortnight as part of the evening edition of Dreams To Fame 2014 season running every Saturday from the first week of August to December 13, at the Cultural Centre starting 7pm till 11:30pm. Cont Mhlanga, Amakhosi…
HARARE – Kuenda Productions will today launch The Twenty Fifteen Project, a collaborative theatrical production featuring artistes from Zimbabwe, Germany, Kenya, Uganda, France and Switzerland. The production will be launched at Zimbabwe German Society. Wadzanai Chiuriri, communication and publicity officer of the Zimbabwe German Society said the artistes want to create an artistic network at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed mining concern RioZim Limited (RioZim) has recorded a net loss of $7,5 million in the half year to June 2014 due to high finance costs and unbudgeted for expenses. Elisha Mushayakarara, the group chairperson said lower production at Empress Nickel Refinery and Renco Mine and effects of lower gold and…
