HARARE – 2013 CASTLE Premiership title contenders Harare City’s miserable start to the season continued after slipping to their third straight 1-0 defeat of the season at the hands of newcomers ZPC kariba yesterday. Artwell Nyamiwa was the hero again for ZPC Kariba following his late strike that gave the Zimbabwe Power Company-bankrolled side a…
HARARE – Aspiring bodybuilders will get a chance to make a statement in the sport when the Mr and Ms Novice contest takes place in Harare next weekend. The traditional bodybuilding calendar season opener will be staged at the newly established Bodytech Gym situated along Chinhoyi Street in the CBD featuring athletes under the age…
JOHANNESBURG – Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter owned up in an exclusive interview a few weeks ago that when he arrived at Naturena in 2012, the first player he wanted to offload on a free transfer was midfield strongman, Willard Katsande. “He was accumulating yellow and red cards left, right and centre and I could…
HARARE – Two-time Zimbabwe Olympian sprinter Young Talkmore Nyongani still bears emotional scars over the treatment he received from the Zimbabwe athletics governing body (Naaz) due to his roots. The Millennium Athletics Academy (MAA) product says he felt like an outsider to a system that was supposed to support him, making it impossible for him…
HARARE – FC Platinum coach Lloyd Mutasa was a relieved man after his side beat defending champions Dynamos 3-0 in a penalty shootout to win the Independence Trophy for the second time here yesterday. What made the victory also sweet was that it was Mutasa’s son, Wisdom who scored the final and decisive penalty that…
LONDON – Liverpool visit Norwich City this weekend, determined to maintain focus on the task in hand despite growing national excitement about their bid to be crowned Premier League champions.Last weekend’s pulsating 3-2 defeat of title rivals Manchester City left Brendan Rodgers’s side two points above Chelsea at the summit and needing four wins to…
BULAWAYO – The inaugural Emakhandeni Legends Under – 18 tournament gets underway this morning with eight Zifa Bulawayo Province Serie A teams battling for honours. Five former football players who are all based in South Africa, namely Mthulisi “Mabhabhula” Sibanda, Albert “Mahobho” Tiago, Elias “Nyathi” Ngoma, Nhlanhla “Khandalebhasi” Ndlovu and Mlungisi “Malu” Moyo, all of…
HARARE – It is no secret that the last two and a half years have been years of turmoil for everybody who has a remote interest in the game of cricket in Zimbabwe. Players, administrators, staff and fans have all suffered hardships due to a chain of events that have left Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), down…
HARARE – Four Telecel subscribers on Wednesday booked their places at the 2014 Fifa World Cup after they were presented with tickets to the football jamboree by the mobile operator. The World Cup will run from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil. Sophia Muchechetere, Dumisani Dumisani, Victor Chakasikwa and Loyed Chakanyuka are part of…
HARARE – The country’s second-string cricket team, Zimbabwe A, is set to tour Bangladesh in June, a an official from the Asian country has said. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cricket operations chairman Akram Khan revealed the impending tour while reviewing the Tigers’ performance during last month’s World Twenty20 hosted in the country. He said more…
