HARARE – with a top drawer performance on Sunday, there is now a strong feeling amongst Dynamos faithful that newboy Anesu Gondo could be the answer to the club’s striking woes. Gondo was the star of the show for the Glamour Boys after he scored a brace that powered DeMbare to the top of the…
HARARE – CAPS United Taurai Mangwiro cried foul over the weekend alleging that match officials influenced his team’s 2-1 defeat to FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium. The loss was Makepekepe’s first defeat of the new season and Mangwiro alleges that Chiredzi referee Masakadza Makonese and his assistants played an influential part in handing the home…
HARARE – Four-year-old geldings Menacing and Coltrane are the frontrunners to clinch the Castle Tankard that will be run over 2 000metres at Borrowdale Race Park on May 10 with a stake of $50 000 on the cards. Menacing from the Lisa Harris stable carries a merit rating of 88 and enters the race on…
HARARE – Under-fire Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi says he will turn around the Sunshine Boys’ fortunes in the next three Castle Premiership matches. City, who were league runners-up last season, have had a disastrous start to the news season losing their opening four matches so far and at the weekend they were clobbered 3-1…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe rugby coach Brighton Chivandire has been appointed national team manager, the ZRU announced this afternoon. Chivandire, who distinguished himself as a lock forward for Old Hararians Sports Club and Zimbabwe, is a well-respected figure in local rugby circles. He coached the Sables in the mid-2000s and has also taken charge of…
MUTARE – Buffaloes and ZPC Kariba played out a dull goalless draw in a Castle Premiership match here yesterday. ZPC coach Saul Chaminuka, who quit Buffaloes mid-last season, blamed his side’s poor showing to fatigue after taking off for the nearly a 1 000-kilometre journey to Mutare late on Friday. His opposite number, Luke Masomere,…
ZVISHAVAVNE – FC Platinum coach Lloyd Mutasa has recommended Ralph Kawondera to the club’s executive as a replacement for the sacked Masimba Dinyero. Speaking after his side’s first victory of the season, a 2-1 win over CAPS United at Mandava Stadium on Saturday, Mutasa said: “Yes, it’s true that I have recommended Ralph. I know…
BULAWAYO – A draw was the fairest result in this uninspiring Castle Premiership encounter between hosts Highlanders and visiting Hwange which ended 1-1 here yesterday. The match, which was hyped up as a top-of-the table-clash, failed to live up expectations with both teams putting up an insipid display of football. HIGH-FLYER: Hwange forward Rodwell Chinyengetere…
HARARE – Anesu Gondo poured misery on struggling Harare City as he scored a brace for Dynamos to send the reigning champions to the top of the Castle Premiership table for the first time this season with a 3-1 win here yesterday. The Harare giants took an early lead in the third minute when Gondo…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have been given a golden opportunity to end their African Nations Cup appearance drought after they were handed a fair route to next year’s continental football extravaganza. The Warriors have been pooled in Group F but will first have to win play-offs between Tanzania and the winner between Mozambique and South Sudan…
