HARARE – The Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) Division One 2013 season will start this weekend with former Zimbabwean champions Monomotapa and Motor Action, relegated from the top-flight last season, unable to take part. Monomotapa, who won the PSL title in 2008 and 2010 champions Motor Action, had been weighed down by financial challenges, leading…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading junior golfers face a daunting task to lift the All-Africa Junior Golf Championship and eclipse South Africa who are undefeated in 15-years of the 19-year history of the competition. The All Africa Junior Challenge will be a 72 holes stroke play format staged over four days at Chainama Hills Golf Club…
HARARE – Saul Chaminuka, who coaches newly-promoted Castle Premiership side ZPC Kariba, fears his charges will be underprepared in the early stages of their top-flight due to a rocky off-season. Chaminuka, who was CAPS United assistant coach last year, moved to Kariba at the beginning of the year to become head coach. ZPC Kariba’s participation…
HARARE – After a fairytale run in the African Confederations Cup in which they were eliminated in the last round of qualifiers, How Mine coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube has now set his sights on wrestling the Castle Premiership title from Dynamos this season. How Mine, who are in their second year in the top-flight league,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) director of rugby Liam Middleton, who dabbles as the national Sevens side coach, has likened rising sensation Stephan Hunduza to the legendary Welsh winger Shane Williams and believes the new Cheetahs star is in prime position to launch a successful career. The Mbare Academy protégée, who plays scrumhalf at…
HARARE – Last week, one of our fellow papers published two articles lambasting Zimbabwe cricket players for their early World Twenty20 exit, labelling them “flops.” Depending on which side of the fence you sit, you may possibly agree with the writers, or you may find this rebuke baseless and brash. So, let’s take a bit…
HARARE – Eight years of failure to win the title and constant decline have had their toll on CAPS United. A club known as the Cup Kings because of the trophy cabinet laden with honours, Makepekepe are no longer the feared side they once were at the turn of the new millennium when they swept…
LONDON – Chelsea’s quarter-final of the Champions League will see them confront a Paris Saint-Germain side who believe they have the quality to claim a first European Cup this season, with the runaway French league leaders undaunted by the prospect of taking on José Mourinho’s side tonight. PSG are transformed these days, bankrolled by Qatari…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo giants Highlanders have received a boost ahead of their trip to the Midlands to play Chapungu in a 2014 Castle Premiership opener on Saturday with the recovery of their key players from injury and sickness. Warriors linkmen Peter Rio Moyo and Milton Moyo have recovered from the ankle injuries that kept them…
LONDON – As Real Madrid struggle to maintain their La Liga title bid, a greater emphasis has been placed on winning a 10th European crown and this week they face a Borussia Dortmund side who famously blocked their path last season. As each year passes, the desire for Real to claim a 10th European Cup,…
