HARARE – Gateway High School, set in the tranquil suburb of Emerald Hill in Harare, will be remembered in months to come as the place an entire nation’s dream started. Gateway was in splendid condition on Monday morning as Zimbabwe’s football players went through their paces on the perfectly manicured training facilities offered by the…
HARARE – Stand-in Zimbabwe captain Partson Jaure reckons Sunday’s showdown with Tanzania will show if the Warriors have the pedigree to qualify for the 2015 African Nations Cup finals in Morocco. The Warriors fly out to Dar es Salaam this afternoon for the first round, first leg tie against the Taifa Stars at the National…
HARARE – Zimbabwe are oozing confidence ahead of weekend’s 2015 African Nations Cup preliminary round qualifier away to Tanzania. The Warriors are expected to fly out this Friday to face the Taifa Stars on Sunday at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam as the journey to reach the Afcon finals in Morocco…
HARARE – Star midfielder Willard Katsande ruled himself out of Sunday’s 2015 African Nations Cup preliminary round qualifier against Tanzania, saying he is bed-ridden from the effects of a bug. Katsande’s explanation comes amid speculation he would rather attend the South African PSL awards ceremony on the same day when the Warriors will be clashing…
LONDON – Samir Nasri, who was instrumental in helping Manchester City to win the Premier League title, was left out of France’s World Cup squad when Didier Deschamps unveiled a 23-man list plus seven standby players on Tuesday. Nasri, who has a reputation of being a troublemaker and was disappointing in Les Bleus’s playoff first…
LONDON – The Ivory Coast coach, Sabri Lamouchi, has named several players with Premier League experience in his 28-man preliminary squad for the World Cup. Manchester City’s Yaya Touré is joined by his brother, Kolo, from Liverpool, the Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony, Newcastle United’s Cheik Tioté and former Chelsea winger Salomon Kalou. The former…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top junior tennis player, Courtney Lock, lived up to expectations at the just ended ITF South/ Central African Junior Circuit Under-18 in Windhoek, Namibia. Lock reached the finals of the tournament before he was eventually knocked out by the winner, South Africa’s Jd Malan 6-4 6-3. In the semi-finals, Lock struggled to…
HARARE – Recently, I met up with a colleague from Tanzania who has been working here for some time and we got chatting about football, especially the big game pitting Zimbabwe and his home country in the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifiers. The two nations clash in the first leg of the preliminary round of…
HARARE – Warriors striker Simba Sithole is racing against time to be fit by Friday when the team travels to Tanzania for Sunday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier. The Ajax Cape Town forward sprained a muscle in his right thigh during yesterday’s first training session at Gateway High School. Warriors coach Ian Gorowa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Ian Gorowa has expressed disappointment with midfielder Willard Katsande for failing to report for Warriors training, fuelling speculation the Kaizer Chiefs hardman would rather attend the South Africa Premiership awards ceremony on Sunday. The Warriors gaffer included Katsande in his provisional squad that began preparations for the 2015 African Nations…
