LONDON – Brazil are looking to send a message to supporters and rivals in the World Cup’s opening match, the right-back Dani Alves said, raising the stakes for the game against Croatia. A lacklustre 1-0 win over Serbia in Friday’s warm-up game brought jeers from the home crowd and raised doubts about the heavily favoured…
HARARE – Buffaloes Junior stayed on top of the Eastern Region Division One league after walloping Black Eagle 4-0 over the weekend. The Mutare side now lead the log standing with 21 points, one point ahead of second-placed Tenax, who beat Mwenezana 4-1 to maintain pressure on the log leaders. Buffaloes started their season on…
HARARE – Zimbabwean boxer Tapiwa Tembo put up an impressive performance to beat Sandi Loni in a Bantamweight non-title bout in East London, South Africa, on Friday. The victory was Tembo’s fourth consecutive win since turning professional in 2009. “I dedicate this win to my late trainer Frank Mutero, who passed away in April,” Tembo…
HARARE – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani described Zimbabwe and two other nations as a “liability” in world cricket, saying the leading nations earn nothing from playing against them. Mani was responding to an earlier threat by India to withdraw from ICC events in protest over a large share of the ICC…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s hopes of qualifying for next year’s Rugby World Cup continue to be frustrated after the team’s fine-tuning tour to South Africa was cancelled yesterday due to lack of funds. This is the second time the Sables have been forced to abandon warm-up matches ahead of the qualifying tournament to be hosted by…
ZVISHAVANE – Daniel Chakupe was once again the hero for Shabanie Mine after he scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw against an impressive Chicken Inn at Maglas Stadium yesterday. Shabanie shook off the effects of not training for the better part of the week with a spirited comeback late in the second…
NKOLOMA – Zambia’s national women’s football team pinned the final nail in the Zimbabwean football coffin after knocking out the Mighty Warriors from the African Women Championships (ACW) final qualifying round at Nkoloma Stadium yesterday. Shepolopolo booked their place at the ACW finals to be hosted by Namibia in October after beating Zimbabwe 2 –…
BULAWAYO – A draw 1-1 was the fairest result in the Castle Premiership encounter between hosts Highlanders and visiting FC Platinum at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday. Despite the draw Bosso remain on top of the log standing with 20 points, one point ahead of Hwange and Dynamos. FC Platinum were the first to score through Donald…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa bemoaned his team’s profligacy in front of goal despite collecting maximum points with a 1-0 win over Triangle here yesterday. Tichaona Mabvuara scored the only goal of the match in the 29th minute on a day where DeMbare strikers Patrick Khumbula and Simba Sithole took turns to miss glorious…
PARIS – At the French Open, there’s just no one better than Rafael Nadal. The “King of Clay” proved that again on Sunday, winning the title at Roland Garros for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in the final. Nadal improved his record…
