LONDON – Fifa vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan will stand for election in a bid to oust Sepp Blatter as leader of football’s scandal-hit world governing body. The 39-year-old Prince Ali declared his intention yesterday to stand as a candidate in the Fifa presidential election on May 29 in Zurich, where…
LONDON – The future of Lionel Messi at Barcelona has been thrown into doubt after reports of a fall-out between the player and head coach Luis Enrique. Enrique’s position is not thought to be under threat despite reports of a confrontation between Messi and Barca’s board over the authoritarian approach of the club’s former midfielder….
HARARE – Analysts say Zanu PF’s continuing infighting, and growing speculation inside the party around the possibility of President Robert Mugabe relinquishing the reins of power before the end of his current term betrayed the fact that many ruling party bigwigs were now desperate for the nonagenarian to leave office. At the same time, there…
HARARE – The incessant rains that are pounding Zimbabwe have left a trail of destruction, with virtually no part of the country left unscathed. The good news is that the rains, and the consequent flooding, are set to subside. Jonathan Chifuna, the Zimbabwe Meteorological Department’s principal metrological officer, said yesterday that although the rains were…
HARARE – Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani yesterday said he was not on the run, with the Vapostori cleric claiming he was unaware that police were hunting for him over public violence charges. Madzibaba Ishmea told a Harare magistrate yesterday that his church doctrine does not allow him to use any form of electronic media, and was…
HARARE – Youths aligned to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF have been driven away from bus termini in Harare in a joint operation between commuter bus owners and police. Moses Mutyasira, secretary-general of the Indigenous Commuter Operators Association, said his association had to call in the police to remove the touts. The Zanu PF activists…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders yesterday unveiled a new-look backroom staff that will work with the incoming coach Bongani Mafu. Mafu, who was unveiled as the new Bosso gaffer to replace Kevin Kaindu towards the end of last year, will now be assisted by former Chicken Inn coach Mandla Mpofu. Peter “Oxo” Nkomo retains his position as…
HARARE – CAPS United are set to appoint a substantive coach this afternoon with Jostein Mathuthu leading a cast that also includes the likes of Gishon Ntini and Lloyd Chitembwe taking over at Makepekepe. The Green Machine are without a coach after Taurai Mangwiro dumped them to join ambitious side Harare City in December last…
HARARE – Although he’s one of Zimbabwe’s best top order batsmen of his generation, Hamilton Masakadza has never played at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup before. Even his young brother by three years Shingi Masakadza, who only took up cricket on a fulltime basis after quitting football in 2010, represented Zimbabwe at the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe A batsman PJ Moor has been ruled out of the opening one day match against associate nation Canada that gets underway at Harare Sports Club this morning. The 23-year-old right-handed batsman suffered a bout of flue with preliminary indications linking it to Malaria. Zim A coach, Shepherd Makunura confirmed Moor’s absence but…
