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…
HARARE – Ignatius Mketekete rallied from behind to win the first tournament on the Zambezi Tour 2014 calendar, the Tour Players Championship at Wingate Park Golf Club on Saturday. Mketekete won the tournament on the first play-off hole after finishing tied on five-under 136 together with defending champion Tongo Charamba. The Chapman Golf Club-based pro…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe middleweight boxing champion Mordecai Donga (pictured) is on a mission to bring back the glory days in the sport. Speaking at the official launch of his Big Fish Boxing Promotions in Bulawayo last week, the former pugilist vowed to play a leading role in the revival of boxing in the country….
HARARE – Miriam Sibanda is the new Zimbabwe National Women’s Soccer League (ZNWSL) chairperson after edging Mavis Gumbo in a tightly contested election held at Zifa Village in Harare yesterday. Sibanda, who is the boss at Northern Region Division One side Twalumba FC, garnered 22 votes while Gumbo came in second with 20. The newly-elected…
HARARE – An illustrious cast of rugby icons is set to descend on Marondera’s Watershed College next month for the Dairibord Academy Week. The coaching clinic runs from April 14 to 19 and will be facilitated by former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, former All Black captain John Mitchell and former Sables flyhalf Kennedy Tsimba….
HARARE – African Boxing Union champion Charles Manyuchi won the World Boxing Championship (WBC) welterweight title after handing Ghanaian boxer Patrick Allotey the first defeat of his career and it came via an eighth round technical knockout (TKO) on Saturday evening in Lusaka, Zambia. Allotey was punished in the fourth round with points deduction for…
HARARE – Dynamos recorded another psychological victory over their arch rivals Highlanders to lift the Bob 90 Cup in a match of fluctuating tempers on Sunday at Rufaro Stadium. A fortuitous goal from Masimba Mambare and Ronald Chitiyo’s second half drive inspired confidence into Dynamos’ ambitions of sweeping all before them this season. Under fire coach…
LONDON – Dereck Chisora is to face Tyson Fury in a world title eliminator on 26 July. Promoter Frank Warren revealed on Twitter that the heavyweight rivals will face each other at the Phones 4U Arena in Manchester. Fury won on points the last time they met, in 2011, but there has been plenty of bad…
HARARE – Zimbabwe slumped by two places on the latest Fifa/Coca-Cola rankings released on Thursday. The Warriors, who were ranked 100 last month, are now on number 102 in the world and 28th in Africa. Zimbabwe’s only match since their fairytale run at the Chan finals in South Africa was against Malawi in an international…
HARARE – Despite a lot of positive words spoken by senior players and the coaching staff, Zimbabwe couldn’t have got off to a worse and more embarrassing start when they went down by four wickets to… yes, you read correctly, Hong Kong, in World Twenty20 warm-up match on Wednesday. This latest disappointment is just another…
