HARARE – Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers hopes his visit to Zimbabwe has left an indelible mark on the lives of the teenagers he mentored during his week-long coaching stint in the country. De Villiers, the first non-white man to coach the Boks, having guided South Africa between 2008 and 2011, was in Zimbabwe…
BULAWAYO – Castle Premiership returnees Bantu Rovers have promised to give their all in their Easter Monday clash with defending Dynamos at Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon. Bantu, who lost 1-0 to Black Rhinos in their opening game of the season before bouncing back with an impressive 3-1 win over How Mine last week, are eager…
ZVISHAVANE – Shabanie Mine right-back Godknows Murwira scored a memorable brace to propel his team to a 2-0 win over Black Rhinos in a Castle Premiership match at Maglas Stadium. Murwira, who joined the asbestos miners from Monomotapa this year, got his first goal in the 45th minute with a blistering shot from outside the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association (ZPCA) has criticised Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) for turning down an International Cricket Council (ICC) bail-out plan designed to solve the association’s financial woes. Under the proposal, the management of the game in the country would be put in the hands, for a period of three years with immediate…
BULAWAYO – Bantu Rovers were on Sunday crowned the inaugural winners of the Emakhandeni Legends Under – 18 tournament after their 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Highlanders at Emakhandeni ground. Tshintsha Guluva went on to dominate the awards ceremony with their players sweeping most of the awards on offer. Outstanding goalkeeper Elton Sibanda walked away…
HARARE – Manicaland Mountaineers have won this season’s domestic franchise Logan Cup cricket competition with a match to spare following an impressive 293-run victory over struggling Southern Rocks at Mutare Sports Club on Friday. With the victory, Mountaineers took their points tally to 37 from six matches with one match left. Second-placed Mashonaland Eagles with…
HARARE – If you were to introduce Aussie rules football or trampoline in Zimbabwe, you will almost certainly find a good number of local folk trying a hand. I mean, didn’t we recently have someone at the Winter Olympics, when snow (albeit just a smidgen of it) was last seen in the country more than…
HARARE – Zimbabwean athlete Talkmore Nyongani, who trained Oscar Pistorius in the build up to the blade runner’s 2012 London Olympic participation – says he is saddened by the tragic turn of events in the life of the South African champion sprinter – who is being charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp…
HARARE – CAPS United yesterday paid the price for wastefulness prompting coach Taurai Mangwiro to warn his charges not to leave it until late if they hold any hopes of lifting the premiership title this year. The Green Machine could only play out a 0-0 draw with Buffaloes. United exhibited a refreshing brand of football…
BULAWAYO – Tendai Mukambi scored twice for Chicken Inn late in the game as the Bulawayo outfit salvaged an unlikely draw 2-2 against winless FC Platinum in a Castle Premiership match here yesterday. Mukambi rose from the bench to score a brace to earn Joey Antipas’ side a point against Platinum, who have not won…
