HARARE – Andy Waller, the Zimbabwe national cricket team coach has set his team a target of playing in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 that gets underway in Bangladesh next week. Zimbabwe is scheduled to fly out to Bangladesh this evening and Waller appears undeterred by the valuable preparation time lost due to…
BULAWAYO – How Mine’s African Confederation Cup opponents St Michel are praying that the artificial playing surface at their home ground will work to their advantage when the two teams meet in the second leg of their first round tie. Speaking after their 5-1 loss to Chikurupati in the first leg encounter at Barbourfields Stadium…
HARARE – Dynamos treasurer Webster Marechera was arrested on Monday for allegedly fleecing the club off close to $30 000 in gate takings from last season. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday confirmed the arrest. “Yes he (Marechera) was arrested and he will be appearing in court tomorrow (today). At the moment…
HARARE – All-round sportsman Rukudzo Gona has been appointed his country’s Youth Olympic Games Ambassador. The announcement was made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which published an impressive list of over 100 inspiring young people who will serve as Young Ambassadors for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in China…
HARARE – After enjoying a good early start to the Honda Classic on the PGA Tour, Zimbabwean golfer Brendan de Jonge quickly faded in the penultimate round to eventually finish 39. De Jonge was in contention to win his first ever PGA Tour title after carding 66 and 68 in the opening two rounds. Playing…
HARARE – Three American football coaches will give a number of local budding footballers a chance to get university scholarships through football when they grace the Friendly Academy talent showcase next month. The programme is set to run from March 11 to 13 and will be open to players who are not contractually tied to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe internationals Kuda Mahachi, Milton Ncube and Peter Moyo – who were involved in a road accident at the weekend – travelled to Blantyre with the Warriors yesterday for tomorrow’s friendly international with Malawi. The three Highlanders players were part of the delegation that left Harare around 3am yesterday by road. The trio…
HARARE – Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter is concerned with the unavailability of Zimbabwean midfielder Willard Katsande for this weekend’s trip to Mozambique to face Liga Muculmana in the African Champions League. Katsande, who picked up his second yellow card for the tournament, and injured goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune will not be available to the second…
HARARE – Dynamos team manager Richard Chihoro is certain the Glamour Boys can still progress to the second round of the African Champions League after a nil all draw against AS Vita in the first leg of the first round left them staring at early exit again. Playing at home at the National Sports Stadium…
CAPE TOWN – A protest over salaries by Zimbabwe’s cricketers has again brought to the fore Zimbabwe Cricket’s financial problems, which have continued despite at least US $9 million being loaned by the ICC to the board. ESPNcricinfo can reveal that one reason for the financial mess is that ZC’s top leadership apparently used a…
