LONDON – Brazil’s sports minister, Aldo Rebelo, has acknowledged that his country’s 7-1 loss to Germany would leave a “deep scar” on the nation’s football psyche but said it could not be compared to the 1950 Maracanazo. Rebelo, who was a key driver behind a congressional inquiry into the Brazilian Football Confederation and the way…
LONDON – An emotional Neymar cried as he recalled the challenge that ended his World Cup and said he felt blessed not to have ended up in a wheelchair. Colombia’s Juan Zuniga kneed the Brazil forward in the back in the closing stages of the hosts’ 2-1 quarter-final victory, ruling him out of the tournament…
LONDON – Lionel Messi is struggling at the World Cup because he is suffering from exhaustion, his father Jorge has claimed ahead of Argentina’s final showdown against Germany tomorrow. The Argentina playmaker, who was being hailed as potentially the star player of the tournament, has faded to become a peripheral figure in his past two…
JOHANNESBURG – Tomorrow’s World Cup final between Argentina and Germany is being described in most football circles as a dream final. I am not aware what those analysts would have said if hosts and Argentina’s arch-rivals Brazil had avoided the 7-1 humiliation and reached the final. While tomorrow’s final has all prospects of providing a…
HARARE – There was a time when Black Aces was a household name in the Zimbabwe Premiership. Many teams used to dread travelling to Gwanzura Stadium to take on the Highfield-based side as they would leave the venue empty handed on most occasions. The now defunct club’s outstanding record at Gwanzura would earn the club…
MUTARE – Mutare-based Castle Premiership side Buffaloes have been left the club’s patron, Brigadier General Eliah Bandama passed on yesterday. Bandama, who was the commander in charge of the 3 Brigade battalion based here, passed away yesterday morning at around 1 am after “an extremely short illness”. Captain Luke Mafere, the 3 Brigade Public Relations…
HARARE – South Africa’s women football team was left to book their own hotel in Harare after Zifa chief executive Jonathan Mashingidze apparently left the country for the last stages of the World Cup in Brazil without making arrangements. Mashingaidze had previously clashed with the women football boss Miriam Sibanda for accepting the friendly on…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba continued to hit all the right notes in their fairy tale story after notching their sixth win that extended their unbeaten run to 15 games in their debut season in the Castle Premiership. Although yesterday’s match never really rose to expected heights, the Kariba outfit was still able to keep their…
LONDON – Ahead of their crucial Rugby World Cup 2015 repechage semi-final against Zimbabwe on 2 August, Russia invited Total Rugby behind the scenes, including one trailblazer with rugby in his blood. While many of Russia’s players have converted from more mainstream sports to get to the top of international rugby, star fly-half Yury Kushnarev…
HARARE – After a long wait, the Harare derby has finally arrived with bitter rivals Dynamos and CAPS United set to battle at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow. Since the fixtures list was released in February, all eyes were on Week 14, the date these two giants of Zimbabwean football were set to collide. Moral…
