HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is trying to lure Afghanistan to replace Bangladesh, who cancelled the Zimbabwe A tour that was scheduled for next month. The Zimbabwe national team hosts South Africa in a one-off Test match from August 9 before engaging the Proteas in three ODIs. Australia, who will be travelling to Zimbabwe for…
HARARE – After a depleted Zimbabwe national rugby team relinquished its African title with a hard-fought final 29-17 loss to Kenya at the African Championships in July last year, many remedial theories emerged. Losing to Kenya in the final was a cause of great disappointment as Zimbabwe travelled to Madagascar minus several key members following…
KADOMA – Triangle coach Biggie Zuze was satisfied with his team’s performance in yesterday goalless draw here against Black Rhinos in a Castle Premiership match. The sugar cane farmers, who have had a difficult start to their 2014 campaign, now have 10 points from 12 matches but are still in the relegation zone. “I think…
LONDON – Lingering doubts about the fitness of world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo have left Portugal in disarray ahead of their World Cup Group G clash with the United States in Manaus tonight. Already reeling from a crushing 4-0 defeat to Germany in their opener, Portugal face almost certain elimination if they lose…
RIO DE JANEIRO – The younger brother of Ivory Coast players Yaya and Kolo Toure died on Thursday, the same day his famous siblings were representing their country at the World Cup, the Ivory Coast Football Federation said. The 28-year-old Ibrahim Toure died in England, the Ivorian federation said in a statement, and Yaya and…
HARARE – With the epic clash between Dynamos and Highlanders on this afternoon at the National Sports Stadium, the Daily News on Sunday’s Deputy Sports Editor, Nigel Matongorere looks at the key battles that are likely to influence the result. Kuda Mahachi v Stephen Alimenda Mahachi has been Highlanders’ livewire this season whenever he is…
LONDON – The arch-realist in Carlos Queiroz refused to downplay the scale of the task. The Iran coach was never going to try the usual manager trick of talking about it as just another game. Quite the opposite.“Our match with Argentina will be the most important and biggest in Iran’s history,” Queiroz said of the…
HARARE – Dynamos midfielder Masimba Mambare has expressed displeasure of missing the clash against his former club Highlanders at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon. Mambare hogged the limelight during the off-season transfer window when he dumped Bosso for bitter rivals DeMbare at the start of the year. The move raised tensions between the two…
FORTALEZA – Germany will be hoping history doesn’t repeat itself when they tackle Ghana in their second World Cup Group G match at Fortaleza tonight. Historically, Die Mannschaft has a tradition of winning their opening group match at World Cup finals, only to struggle in their second game. At the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu believes that his players now have what it takes to end Dynamos’ dominance when the two giants of Zimbabwean football at National Sports Stadium this afternoon. You have to go back to 2006 to find the last time the Bulawayo giants were able to beat DeMbare in a league…
