HARARE – South Africa captain Hashim Amla says the Proteas are not tempted to take the foot off the pedal against lowly Zimbabwe in a one-off Test match which gets underway at Harare Sports Club on Saturday. The world’s best Test team arrived in Harare yesterday and addressed a press conference at their hotel later…
LONDON – The Spain midfielder Xavi has announced his retirement from international football. The Barcelona player, 34, was a member of the teams that won successive major tournaments at Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and Euro 2012. “I have decided to retire from international football,” Xavi told a press conference yesterday….
LONDON – The Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, has offered to make a $100m (£60m) payment to end his trial on bribery charges, a district court in Munich has said. State prosecutors told the court they would agree to accept his offer. Ecclestone, 83, went on trial in Munich in April over allegations he bribed…
LONDON – Arsenal can challenge for the Premier League title again after being hamstrung for a decade by repaying the debt on their Emirates Stadium, according to Alisher Usmanov, the club’s second largest shareholder. “I think we begin a new era for Arsenal where we win trophies,” the Russian billionaire, who owns 30% of the…
LONDON – Wayne Rooney has thanked “tough” Louis van Gaal for helping the Manchester United squad buy into a new football philosophy. Rooney has impressed during his team’s tour of the United States, which finished with a 3-1 victory over Liverpool in Miami, enabling Van Gaal’s side to win the International Champions Cup. The England…
HARARE – Mashonaland West and Harare Province won this year’s Nash Under-17 basketball titles in the boys and girls sections respectively over the weekend. Mashonaland West select basketball team beat Harare Province 34-26 in the finals to win the prestigious schools basketball title in the boy’s category. In the semi-finals, Mash West beat Bulawayo 39-16…
HARARE – St Georges College is set to host the Conference for Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe, (CHISZ) Soccer Tournament this Friday and Saturday. This year, at least 13 schools will take part in the tournament which will kick off at 8am on both days. The participating schools include the hosts, Gateway, Watershed College,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top order batsman Vusi Sibanda is poised to return to his opening spot in the on-off Test against South Africa that starts this Saturday at Harare Sports club. Sibanda was dropped by the selectors after scoring just four runs in the opening match of the drawn One Day International series against Afghanistan…
HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas is confident that his team will to bounce back to winning ways when they face Dynamos at Gwanzura Stadium this afternoon. The Gamecocks, who have been blowing hot and cold this season, are currently in 10th place on the log with 20 points, just one above the last…
HARARE – Ian Gorowa last night quit as the Zimbabwe national football team coach ahead of today’s crucial Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board meeting that was set to decide his fate. The resignation is a pre-emptive move to today’s Zifa board meeting that was expected to sack the coach as part of the recommendations made…
