HARARE – The name Eliah Zvimba has been very dominant in local cricket circles starting towards the end of last year. Zvimba, the secretary-general of the newly formed Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association (ZPCA), successfully negotiated a pact with Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to pay local cricketers their outstanding dues. Since then, the lawyer has been at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe booked their place at the Toyota World Youth Golf Championship set for Japan in June after striking silver at the All-Africa Junior Golf Championship in Lusaka. The four-man junior squad combined for a final round 230 to the end the week on a score of 908, 35-strokes off eventual winners South Africa…
ZVISHAVANE – Shabanie Mine coach John Phiri will be gunning for an elusive away win when his side take on Chapungu in the Midlands Derby this Sunday at Ascot Stadium. The asbestos miners have done everything right at home winning all their three matches but have been woeful on the road. The Chinda Boys have…
GWERU – Chapungu coach John Nyikadzino feels Dynamos have lost their aura of invincibility and are more vulnerable this season than in previous years. Nyikadzino was speaking after his side, returning to the Castle Premiership for the first time since 2010, beat DeMbare 1-0 at Ascot Stadium in a midweek match. The Air Force of…
HARARE – Cuthbert Dube, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president, this week revealed his board will swiftly move to bring an end to the Asigate saga. Addressing journalists at an induction course at the Zifa Village, Dube admitted his previous board spent more time on Asiagate at the expense of helping the game to flourish….
HARARE – Taurai Mangwiro says his CAPS United side will not change their game plan when they travel to Bulawayo to take on Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium. The Green Machine has had an inconsistent start to the 2014 Castle Premiership season winning two games, drawing two and losing one in the five games they have…
BULAWAYO – A last gasp equaliser from super substitute George Majika rescued hosts Chicken Inn from the jaws of defeat against Highlanders in a well-fought out 1-1 draw in a Castle Premiership encounter here yesterday. The former Plumtree Chiefs midfielder struck four minutes into added time to cancel out a spectacular first half strike by…
HARARE – CAPS UNITED coach Taurai Mangwiro wants a permanent return to the National Sports Stadium after seeing his side brush aside the challenge of Triangle 2-1 to pick up their second win of the season. Goals from Tapiwa Khumbuyani and Ronald Pfumbidzai, sandwiched by Tinei Chitoro’s strike, ensured United would bag all three points…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have paid the prize for their recent slump which has seen them start 2015 African Nations Cup qualifiers in the preliminary round after world governing body Fifa ruled that clubs are not obliged to release players in these early stages. Fifa maintained that the dates for the opening qualifying rounds fall outside…
GWERU – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa bemoaned the absence of striker Washington Pakamisa after watching his team lose 1-0 to newcomers Chapungu at Ascot Stadium in Gweru yesterday to surrender the Castle Premiership top spot. The DeMbare striker was unavailable for selection for yesterday’s match as he was attending a family bereavement. The defending champions…
