HARARE – Former Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell hopes the shock three-wicket triangular series win over Australia on Sunday can encourage players to believe in themselves again Zimbabwe’s win over the Aussies was the African side’s first in ODI cricket in 31 years and Campbell, who has served as the country’s convenor of selectors, reckons the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe would be monitoring today’s match between Australia and South Africa with keen interest after the series was thrown wide open following the hosts’ historic three-wicket win over the Aussies on Sunday. It was Zimbabwe’s first win over Australia in 31 years. Sunday’s stunning win saw the hosts claiming their first set of…
PERTH – Australia’s shock one-day international defeat to minnows Zimbabwe has raised alarm bells five months before the country co-hosts the World Cup while exposing the team’s continued struggles to master spin bowling. Coming off a long break following test series wins against England and South Africa, Australia arrived in Harare for the triangular one-day…
HARARE – The country’s leading newspaper, the Daily News, continues to record phenomenal readership growth — the highest by far among all dailies in Zimbabwe — at a time that its competitors are stagnating. According to the latest findings of the media industry body, the Zimbabwe Advertising Research Foundation (ZARF), the Daily News grew its…
HARARE – Three decades and at times frustrating years, but eventually the hoodoo has been broken. The sights and sounds that emulated from Harare Sports Club yesterday evening was enough to bring tears to the most hardened man’s eyes. What the crowd and indeed millions of viewers around the world witnessed, was nothing short of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national cricket team yesterday rolled back the years with a vintage display to stun Australia by three wickets, their first ODI win over the world number-one ranked side in 31 years. Appearing in their first ever World Cup tournament three decades ago, the newly-independent nation of Zimbabwe shocked the cricketing world when…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-19 rugby team managed to hang on in the upper division of the Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Division 1A tournament after beating Tunisia 51-21 in the third place play-off match on Saturday. The Young Sables had earlier got their campaign off to a disastrous start after going down 27-20 to Kenya…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe Golfers Association (ZGA) gaffe might cost the country its place at this year’s edition of the Eisenhower Trophy in Japan after the federation “forgot” to enter the team within the deadline. The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organised by the International Golf Federation. More…
HARARE – World Navi Northern Region Division One Soccer League pacesetters Gunners maintained pole position after walloping Chegutu Pirates 5-0 over the weekend. The 2009 Zimbabwean champions now top the log standings with 48 points, three points ahead of second-placed Flame Lilly. Gunners started their campaign this season on a positive note, winning 14 games,…
ZVISHAVANE – Blessing Moyo scored what could be a contender for the goal of the tournament to hand Luke Masomere a defeat in his first match in charge of How Mine as Dynamos booked a place in the One Wallet Cup final with a deserved win here yesterday. The Glamour Boys will meet Triangle in…
