LONDON – Zimbabwe notched a thrilling last-ball victory against a spirited Netherlands in a World Twenty20 qualifier on Wednesday to stay in contention for the main round. Needing one run off the last ball, Vusi Sibanda lofted Ahsan Malik over long on for a six to get his team over the line at 146-5. Tom…
ZVISHAVANE – After losing almost all of their entire 2013 squad, Shabanie Mine have embarked on a rebuilding exercise for the forthcoming season. The asbestos miners lost outspoken coach Luke Masomere to fellow Premiership side Buffaloes. Masomere is the man who defied all odds to help the Chinda Boys survive relegation despite the players going…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders and international sportswear manufacturer adidas on Tuesday unveiled the new kit the Bulawayo giants will wear this season. The updated home jersey was revealed to media at a local hotel in Bulawayo and the new strip stayed true to the club’s traditional black and white colours. ALL IN: Highlanders players parade their…
HARARE – Ghanaian boxer Patrick Allotey says he will protest to the World Boxing Council against his defeat to Zimbabwean Charles Manyuchi in Saturday’s WBC welterweight title fight in Lusaka, Zambia. Allotey’s camp is not pleased with the decision by South African referee Sylvia Makaida to stop the fight in the eighth round, giving the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s sevens rugby team can hold their heads high despite losing 21-15 in the final of the Harare International Sevens to a very well-drilled South Africa Sevens Academy. Liam Middleton’s charges are certainly in the right path as the new young guns incorporated in the form of newboys Lenience Tambwera, Boyd Rous, Ben…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa has hailed his new signings after the newcomers produced a flawless display at the weekend when DeMbare retained the Bob Super Cup with a 2-0 win over rivals Highlanders. The Glamour Boys, who have won the league title for the past three straight years, also extended their seven-year unbeaten…
HARARE – Seven years ago today, the world of cricket was rocked to its foundation when Ireland recorded their first major win in international cricket when they beat Pakistan in the 2007 addition of the ICC World Cup in the West Indies. Seven years to the day, the Irish were at it again as they…
HARARE – Liverpool legend John Barnes, who is visiting ?Harare, says African countries should improve on their mental approach if the continent is to win its first football World Cup. The 2014 World Cup will be staged in Brazil in June with Africa being represented by Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Algeria, Ghana and Nigeria. No African…
HARARE – Many have so often passed it off as a coffin on wheels, but for Blaize Thomas, motorcycling is just a misunderstood lifestyle. The seven-time Zimbabwe national motocross champion feels the two wheels are largely misunderstood, in fact they provide a thrill and adrenalin rush like no other. “Motorcycling is a lifestyle,” Thomas, who…
JOHANNESBURG – When Orlando Pirates welcome bitter rivals Kaizer Chiefs at the spiritual home of South African football (Soccer City) this afternoon, it will mark the 157th time the Soweto giants will be entering into the trenches against each other. Chiefs has had the better of their arch-rivals since the birth of the Soweto Derby…
