HARARE – Zimbabwe Test captain Brendan Taylor believes his side will relish the tag of underdog when they face South Africa in a one –off Test beginning at Harare Sports Club today. The two sides’ contrasting standing on the Test rankings have made Hashim Amlas’s men heavy favourites to win this Test with relative ease….
HARARE – The term long overdue is often misused in society but how befitting is it for Ian Gorowa, who finally resigned as Warriors coach, two months after presiding over Zimbabwe’s worst African Cup of Nations qualification campaign. In truth, such a decision, coming after such a long time, speaks of a drowning man clutching…
HARARE – Zimbabwe women’s football boss Miriam Sibanda has likened women’s football to an estranged wife who has been left to fend for herself by a dishonest and uncaring husband. Pouring out her heart in parliament on Thursday, Sibanda left no stone unturned, blasting the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) secretariat for abandoning the girl child…
MUTARE – Buffaloes eased their mounting Castle Premiership relegation worries here Saturday with a hard fought 2-1 victory over fellow strugglers Bantu Rovers. The home side took the lead after benefitting from a Johannes Ngodzo own goal after 16 minutes before Katsigu Juwakinyu scored the second after the break. Bantu pulled one back through defender…
HARARE – Harare City interim coach Masimba Dinyero was on Saturday delighted to maintain his unbeaten run at the helm of the Sunshine Boys but was quick to note that his side was nowhere out of the woods yet. Before yesterday’s result Harare City were deep into the relegation zone, third from bottom. However, the…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba took over control of the Castle Premiership log leadership after a convincing 3-0 win against Shabanie Mine here yesterday. Second half goals from Moses Makanje, Pride Tafirenyika and Norest Mkwezaramba were enough for the Kariba side to extent their unbeaten run to 19 games. ZPC Kariba took full advantage of former…
HARARE – The long wait for this one-off Test match finally ended at 10m yesterday morning when Brendan Taylor won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa. The pitch seems to be devoid of most of the grass coverage we normally have at Harare Sports Club. In fact, it resembled a pitch not…
HARARE – Zimbabwe were able to mount a resistance against a quality South African bowling attack to bat all the overs on the first day of the one-off Test match closing on 248 for nine at stumps here yesterday. This is only the fourth time Zimbabwe has been able to get past the 200 mark…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze yesterday told Parliament that during the peak of the Asiagate match-fixing scandal “journalists earned national team caps”. Presenting the Asiagate report before legislators at the August House, Mashingaidze claimed that Herald sports editor Robson Sharuko, former Sunday Mail deputy sports editor Hope Chizuzu and ZBC…
HARARE – Zifa have disbanded the entire national side after the country’s failure to progress to the next stage of the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifiers. Appearing before Parliament yesterday, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube said the association will now build a new national team from the current Under-23 side. Zimbabwe were booted out of the…
