HARARE – The Old Mutual High Density Schools Rugby Development Programme gathered momentum on Saturday with scores of emerging rugby players battling for honors in the Inter-Community Cup. The event staged at Harare Sports Club sought to provide the most talented rugby players in Mabvuku, Mbare, Seke and Zengeza with an opportunity to compete against…
HARARE – Team Zimbabwe’s chief de mission, Addison Chiware, says Zimbabwe are in buoyant mood ahead of the Africa Youth Championship slated for May 22 to 31. At least 61 athletes will carry the hopes of Zimbabwe in Gaborone, Botswana where top young athletes from 53 other African countries will battle for supremacy. The Africa…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro yesterday was overwhelmed by emotion after watching his team breaking Dynamos’s five year dominance in the National Army Charities semi-final with a 1-0 win. Dominic Mukandi scored the only goal for CAPS to pile pressure on Dynamos who have now gone for four games without a win. CAPS…
HARARE – Zimbabwe came unstuck in Dar es Salaam yesterday as their hopes of getting a positive start to their 2015 African Nations Cup campaign took a huge dent with a 1-0 defeat. The Warriors fell behind as early as the 13th minute through John Bocco and tried as they may they never recovered from…
LONDON – Manchester United have confirmed their decision to appoint Louis van Gaal as their new manager to replace David Moyes. The current Dutch manager has vowed that he will “make history” at the club when he takes over in July after the World Cup. He has signed a three-year deal and will make Ryan…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has dispelled fears the local game could also have been caught in a web of globally corruption following stunning claims by a former international cricketer that fixing was rife in the cricketing world. Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent was this week reported to have furnished authorities with damning evidence…
HARARE – Fomer Zimbabwe bowling coach Heath Streak says compatriot Grant Flower’s defection to Pakistan to take up the same role does not surprise him, revealing that the ex-Test opener confided with him that he “was tired” of Zimbabwe Cricket. Flower, 43, was this week appointed new Pakistan batting coach on a two-year contract, joining…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football team coach Ian Gorowa says his team will take a cautious approach when they take on Tanzania in tomorrow’s 2015 African Nations Cup (Afcon) preliminary qualifier. The Warriors flew out of the country yesterday afternoon abroad an Ethiopian Airways flight and spent the night in Addis Ababa before connecting to Dar…
LONDON – Atletico Madrid top scorer Diego Costa was back in training with his teammates on Thursday and looks likely to be fit for today’s La Liga showdown at Barcelona.The Brazil-born Spain forward, who has 27 goals in La Liga and eight in the Champions League this term, missed Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to…
LONDON – The pressure is all on Arsenal ahead of today’s FA Cup final against Hull City, but if they can end their nine-year trophy drought then good times lie ahead with Arsene Wenger at the helm, former midfielder Ray Parlour has told Reuters. The future of the French manager has been called into question…
