LONDON – Rory McIlroy dedicated his Open Championship victory to his mother, Rosie, after claiming the Claret Jug by two shots at Hoylake. The Northern Irishman, who has now won three major titles, was embraced by his mother after holing the winning putt. At 17 under par McIlroy saw off the challenge of Sergio García…
LONDON – Shakhtar Donetsk’s owner has confirmed six players have refused to return to Ukraine for the new season as conflict rages around the club’s home city. Brazilians Douglas Costa, Fred, Dentinho, Alex Teixiera and Ismaily plus Argentine striker Facundo Ferreyra remained in France following a friendly against Lyon on Saturday. In a statement on…
LONDON – Real Madrid are closing in on the signing of Colombia forward James Rodríguez, according to reports in Spain. The 22-year-old, who won the Golden Boot at the World Cup after scoring six goals in his country’s run to the quarter-finals, is believed to be back in Monaco after spending the weekend in the…
HARARE – Chidyamakono High School confirmed their growing status girls’ football giant after claiming the COPA Coca-Cola title for a second consecutive time at the weekend. Primrose Musiwa’s first half strike proved the difference as Chidyamakono ran out 1-0 winners over St Francis in the final. For their triumph, Chidyamakono walked home $3 000 richer….
HARARE – The image of Chemhanza High School’s Tatenda Tumba being hoisted into the air before his weary legs were dragged over a lap of honour by an appreciative crowd will rank as one of the most iconic moments of the 2014 Copa Coca-Cola tournament. He had just engineered Chemhanza’s second successive Copa Coca-Cola title…
HARARE – The Harare derby is one of Zimbabwe’s most mercilessly hyped football matches. Whenever Dynamos and CAPS United meet it is not only the capital that comes to a standstill but the entire country takes notice. The two teams first met last Sunday at the National Sports Stadium in the league and the match…
MIDDLEBURG – The Old Mutual Zimbabwe Under-18 rugby team ended their Coca-Cola Craven Week campaign with another heart-breaking defeat after going down 38-25 to rivals Namibia here yesterday. The Young Sables were their worst enemy again as they struggled to secure their own ball especially at the breakdown and lost a lot of possession at…
GWERU – Goalkeeper Ephraim Mazarura was the How Mine hero after the gold miners stormed into the semi-finals of the One Wallet Cup following their 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Highlanders here yesterday. Not even the interesting substitution on brining goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda for striker Ozias Sibanda prior to the penalty shootout could stop Bosso…
HARARE – The fall of our football has been so precipitate and catastrophic , it is tempting to believe in some super-natural retribution and you wonder if devilish forces have begun unleashing their tide of misfortune. Our game has been in regular tatters , it has fallen into terminal decline and painfully , it has …
LONDON – Pacemen Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel took four second innings wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Sri Lanka in the first Test of a two-match series. Sri Lanka were set 370 to win in Galle but they struggled with the bat, with South Africa winning by 153 runs. Steyn removed the two…
