HARARE – England Independent Schools Under-18 turned on the power in the second half to force a dramatic comeback from behind 13-17 victory against the President XV side yesterday to end their tour of Zimbabwe unbeaten. The first half was a tightly contested affair as both teams went for the breather tied at nil nil….
CHIREDZI – Triangle coach Biggie Zuze is bracing for the first edition of the Castle Premiership Lowveld derby against rivals Chiredzi FC this weekend. The two teams had mixed fortunes in the opening weekend of the season with Triangle suffering a 3-1 humiliation at the hands of Shabanie Mine away at Maglas Stadium. New boys…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe karate teams which is set to travel to Japan is racing against time to secure sponsorship with two weeks left before the travelling date. The country’s top karateka Sensei Samson Muripo will be joined by fellow countrymen Naison Chituwa and Lovemore Nyamutswa for the tournament. The team is to travel on…
HARARE – When Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) made the announcement that the Masvingo-based franchise, Southern Rocks would no longer be part of the franchise/first class system, the news would undoubtedly have been met with mixed reactions. The first reaction would have been one of disappointment and possibly even anger by some of the Masvingo faithful who…
HARARE – Sepp Blatter, the president of the world football governing body, Fifa has congratulated newly re-elected Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president, Cuthbert Dube. Dube won the contentious poll to lead Zifa for a second term after beating the challenge of former Zifa chairman Trevor David Carelse-Juul by 44-14 in a run-off last month. In…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has confirmed dates and venues for the South Africa and Australia tours to Zimbabwe later this year. South Africa will arrive in Zimbabwe on August 5, for a month-long tour that will end with a triangular One-Day International (ODI) series including Australia. The Proteas tour will start with a Test…
HARARE – The current tour to Zimbabwe by the England Independent Schools rugby side has raised more questions rather than answers on how junior rugby in this country seems to be weakening with each passing year. The last time the British side toured in 2011, all four games were closely-contested affairs and the Lambs were…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telecommunication company, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited (Econet), has maintained it will not return to sponsor football in the near future due to “other pressing national issues.” Douglas Mboweni, Econet’s group chief executive, yesterday told Parliamentarians during a tour of the company’s operations in Harare that the listed firm was currently…
HARARE – The way South African media has been charmed by Zimbabwean striker Tendai Ndoro’s impressive goal-scoring ability gives us Zimbos a great deal of pride in one of our own. Having moved over to South Africa in the January mid-season transfer window, the former Chicken Inn hitman is only three goals shy of the…
HARARE – Tongo Charamba reeled in six birdies to keep within striking distance of pacesetter Le Roux Ferreira in the first round of the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open at Royal Harare yesterday. The Chapman-based golfer posted a five-under-par 67 to finish two shots behind the South African professional golfer, who was in a class of…
