Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER FOUR-TIME league winners FC Platinum have severed ties with coach Joel Luphahla following a below-par campaign in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League and immediately replaced him with South African tactician Thabo Senong. This comes as Luphahla, who took over from Norman Mapeza at the start of the season, had…
CLOUD FUSIRE SCORES of football stakeholders thronged Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday to pay their last respects to the late Highlanders chairman, Colonel (Retired) Kenneth Mhlophe, who was laid to rest at the revered burial site for the city’s distinguished individuals. Mhlophe, together with his deputy Sifiso Siziba, board member in charge of finance…
Cloud FusireSENIOR SPORTS WRITER THOUSANDS of mourners drawn from the local football fraternity, government, traditional and political leaders, as well as the public, gave the late Highlanders quartet Col Rtd. Kenneth Mhlophe, Sifiso Siziba, Nkani Khoza and Mbalenhle Sibanda a heroes’ send-off at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo yesterday.Club chairman Mhlophe, his deputy Siziba, board member…
Emmanuel MarambeDEPUTY NEWS EDITOR ON Sunday, reigning Castle Lager Premiership champions, Scottland FC, played South Africa’s most followed football club —Kaizer Chiefs —in the Toyota Cup at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.Situated in the North West Province, in Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, was a fitting venue for a match pitting an ambitious Zimbabwean side against a team…
Patrick Mubwandarikwa SPORTS WRITER CAPS United suffered a second consecutive loss yesterday after falling to a shock 1-0 defeat to relegation-threatened TelOne in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played at Ascot Stadium. Makepekepe’s loss came just three days after they fell to another 1-0 defeat to struggling FC Hunters, dealing their vaunted title…
CLOUD FUSIRE MWOS ………………………. (0) 2 FC Platinum ……………………. 0 IN-FORM Ghanaian forward Wilson Mensah scored a second-half brace to help MWOS beat FC Platinum in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Week 25 fixture here yesterday. MWOS, who were coming off a two-all draw away to Simba Bhora, proved too good for Platinum in…
SPORTS WRITER REAL Saints Football Academy have received a major boost after Wanamari Financial Services entered into a sponsorship partnership with the youth football institution, providing crucial support aimed at developing young talent.The partnership will see Wanamari provide football kits and boots to the academy’s players, while also introducing mentorship and financial literacy programmes designed…
EMMANUEL MARAMBE LOCAL football giants Highlanders say they have been hit hard by the loss of three of their executive committee members following a road traffic accident on Thursday. Executive committee chairman Rtd. Col. Kenneth Mhlophe, vice-chairman Sifiso Siziba and executive committee member in charge of finance Nkani Khoza, died following a horror crash along…
Patrick MubwandarikwaSPORTS WRITERMWOS FC and FC Platinum lock horns in a crucial Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter at Ngoni Stadium today, with both sides eager to breathe new life into their inconsistent campaigns and boost their hopes of finishing in the top four.There is little to separate the two teams heading into the clash…
Patrick Mubwandarikwa at RUFARO STADIUM CAPS United……………………….(0) 0 FC Hunters….…….…………………(1) 1 CAPS United’s title ambitions suffered a major setback after they fell to a shock 1-0 defeat to relegation-threatened FC Hunters in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match here yesterday. The defeat left the Green Machine rooted on 39 points, 13 points behind league…
