LONDON – More than 60 Zimbabwean players have been banned over the “Asiagate” match-fixing scandal without a fair legal hearing, the world soccer players’ union FIFPro said on Wednesday. The players were banned by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) in 2012 after it ruled that matches played by the national team in Asia in 2007…
HARARE – A prominent local football supporters association has called on Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Cuthbert Dube to resign from his post and “save what is left of his dignity”, the body’s leadership said yesterday. The Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association (ZNSSA) says it has positioned the country’s supreme sports regulatory body, the Sports…
HARARE – Zimbabwe international and How Mine striker Simba Sithole has joined Ajax Cape Town, the South African Absa Premiership side confirmed Friday. Sithole starred for the Warriors at the ongoing African Nations Championship (Chan) in South Africa where Zimbabwe were knocked out of the semi-finals by Libya on Wednesday. “Ajax Cape Town is proud…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe crashed out of the 2014 African Nations Championship at the semi-final stage after losing 5-4 to Libya on penalties at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa on Wednesday. The match had finished goalless after regulation time. In the penalty shoot-out, the Warriors, however, were found wanting as Peter Moyo,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), reeling under a crippling player strike, has turned down a request by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to play a one-off Test match before the ICC World Twenty20 scheduled for Bangladesh in March. ZC is scheduled to host South Africa for two Test matches, three One Day Internationals and a T20…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders head coach Kelvin Kaindu is expected in the country today to take charge of the team’s pre-season’s preparations. This was revealed by Bosso Chairman Peter Dube on the sidelines of the team’s Annual General Meeting at the Highlanders clubhouse at the weekend. Kaindu has been furthering his coaching knowledge in his native…
GWERU – Austin Chishanga has retained the Zifa Midlands chairperson seat after beating Solomon Nyathi in elections conducted in Gweru on Sunday. Chishanga, who has been at the helm of the Midlands province since 2002, beat Nyathi who is the outgoing treasurer by 12 votes to five in an election conducted at Chaplin High School….
HARARE – Dynamos team manager Richard Chihoro is pleased with the way the Glamour Boys have been preparing for their 2014 African Champions League tournament. Despite the absence of head Calisto Pasuwa, who is on national duty with the Zimbabwe national football team in South Africa, the Glamour Boys have been training feverishly at the…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe have emerged as dark horses for the 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan) title after making it through to the last four with a spirited win over Mali on Saturday. The Warriors now face Libya at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein Wednesday for the right to play in the final. Against…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe national football team slippery winger Kuda Mahachi has revealed his desire to play in South Africa’s Absa Premier Soccer League. Mahachi has been in great form at the ongoing African Nations Championship (Chan) tournament. He put in a man-of-the-match display as Zimbabwe surprised everyone by knocking Mali out in the quarterfinals…
