HARARE – Champions Old Hararians have been bolstered by the return to competitive rugby of gifted back Danny Robertson, who joins alongside Zimbabwe wing Tafadzwa Chitokwindo. Robertson, who did not play rugby the whole of last year, had made the Zimbabwe fullback position his own before taking a sabbatical from the game. His return will…
HARARE – Midfielder Cliff Sekete will miss Dynamos’ Castle Premiership clash with Harare City on Sunday with a groin injury. Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa yesterday revealed the news about Sekete, who came in as a substitute last weekend as DeMbare trailed Bantu Rovers in Bulawayo and helped them turn the game on its head to…
HARARE – When a relationship has broken down so bad as in the case between Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and followers of the game here, spurning an offer that could have so rapidly overturned the fortunes of the sport becomes the final nail in that relationship. It is now well-known to the cricket-loving public, much to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe tennis ace Takanyi Garanganga has broken into the Men’s ATP top 300 prompting his manager Thabani Sithole to declare big results are around the corner for the Mbare-raised tennis starlet. The All Africa Games gold medalist this week reached a new career high ranking of 298, climbing four places in the positive…
BULAWAYO – South Africa-based Givemore Mudzinganyama became the 25th athlete to qualify for this year’s edition of the ZITF Coca Cola Four Minute Mile at Wednesday’s qualifying event held at Gifford High School. Mudzinganyama qualified with a time of 4:30:17 and was the only athlete among the 19 hopefuls who took part in the race…
HARARAE – Zimbabwe top karateka Sensei Samson Muripo said he is ready for the All-Japanese International karate tournament to be held later this weekend. Muripo left the country on Tuesday but his fellow teammates Naison Chituwa and Lovemore Nyamutswa are still trying to secure sponsorship for airfares to travel to Japan. “I have prepared for…
LONDON – Chelsea have the upper hand ahead of next week’s Champions League semifinal, second leg after holding Atletico Madrid to a frustrating 0-0 draw in Tuesday’s first leg, Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. Through to the last four of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time in 40 years, La Liga leaders Atletico…
LONDON – The last thing Real Madrid wanted was another Champions League semifinal clash against Bayern Munich and tonight they will need to get the better of a familiar foe who very much appears to have their number. Pep Guardiola, whose Bayern side play their last four, first leg at the Bernabeu, was appointed as…
ZVISHAVANE – He is nicknamed “Zizou” after the legendary France and Real Madrid midfielder Zinedine Zidane but Godfrey Murwira bends it like David Beckham. Murwira was the toast of Zvishavane on Sunday when he single-handedly propelled Shabanie Mine to a 2-0 win over Black Rhinos at Maglas Stadium in a Castle Premiership match. The fullback…
HARARE – Grandmaster Sergey Kasparov of Belarus won the tightly-contested 2014 Zimbabwe Easter Open Fide Rated A Section which ended on Monday in Harare. Kasparov, who narrowly avoided a defeat from Mozambican Candidate Master Persson Abrantes in the second round, had to fight a bruising battle to accumulate a total 5.5 points out of a…
