HARARE – A young boy was left battling for his life after being struck on the head in a messed-up paratrooper display which has left Zimbabwe at the mercy of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Sunday. The second leg of the African Women’s Championships qualifier between the Mighty Warriors and Botswana was delayed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cricketers have resolved not boycott the ICC World Twenty20 competition, but will continue to demand that the board to set aside 25 percent of the tournament revenue to guarantee payment for the next 12 months. The team’s participation at the tournament had been thrown into further doubt after players threatened not to…
LONDON – It’s not as if the International Rugby Board has missed many opportunities to promote Rugby in the African continent but one of its key aims for 2014 is to make its development initiatives even more efficient. The IRB introduced four new posts in Africa in 2013 with one Confederation of African Rugby (CAR)…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfer Ryan Cairns closed with a final round of 71 to finish four under-par at the European Tour sanctioned Tswane Open in South Africa yesterday. Cairns, who was the country’s sole representative at the tournament, had earlier shot rounds of 70, 69 and 74 as he tied for 39. Former Ryder Cup…
HARARE – The name of the sponsor had become synonymous with the tournament, but after bankrolling one of the world’s biggest schoolboy festivals for 15 years, cotton processing company Cottco has called it quits. The Schools Rugby Festival, known to many as just Cottco, will now be sponsored by Dairibord Zimbabwe starting this year. Cottco…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby international Andrew Rose has hailed his club Boroughmuir’s promotion into the Scottish Premiership as one of the highlights of his career. The Boroughmuir captain, who also skippered his country once against Kenya in the Windhoek Draught Tri-Nations in November, led the club back in the top-flight just a season after dropping…
BULAWAYO – How Mine head coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube says his team will not let down their guard when they travel to Seychelles for the second leg of their African Confederation Cup tie against St Michel next weekend. The gold miners took a big step towards the final qualifying round of the competition after a…
HARARE – Dynamos face their third early exit from the African Champions League in as many years unless they can produce something special in the second leg of their first round tie against S Vita next weekend. DeMbare spurned the chance to go further in the tournament as they were held to a nil all…
HARARE – Zimbabwe star striker Knowledge Musona has revealed he will return to German club 1899 Hoffenheim at the of his loan spell with South African champions Kaizer Chiefs in July. Musona joined Chiefs at the beginning of the current season, having failed to make an impact at Hoffeinheim, who had also initially loaned him…
JOHANNESBURG – It looks like there are no dull moments in the English Premiership. In a season in which football fans might be suffering from the hangover of seeing one of the greatest managers, Alex Ferguson retiring from coaching, re-enters yet another robust character in the form of Jose Mourinho. The former Porto, Inter Milan…
