HARARE – Botswana champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs, Dynamos’ opponents in the first round of the African Champions League next month, have reinforced their squad for the continental test test by recalling three players from a Congolese club. The trio of Penyo Mongala, Jerome Ramatlhakwane and Dirang Moloi were signed by DRC second-tier outfit Don Bosco…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders’ pre-season preparations have gone a gear up with the Bulawayo giants yesterday shifting base to Inyati, where they have gone for a week long training camp. A squad of 18 players made the trip to Nkayi alongside the technical team which is still without head coach Kelvin Kaindu, who is expected in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s golfer Brendon de Jonge cared a final round 66 to finish joint 18th at the $5.7 million Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California, over the weekend. De Jonge, who had signed for cards of 69, 68, and 66 in the opening three rounds, ended the tournament on 19-under 269 just nine strokes…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe’s football team on Monday night gave the nation a rare dose of good news after the Warriors qualified for the knockout stages of the 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan) after a remarkable 1-0 win over Burkina Faso at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town. Masimba Mambare scored the all-important goal for the Warriors…
BULAWAYO – Six-year-old grade one pupil Obey Makamu stole the show at the Bulawayo Athletics Board organized Nketa Park Cross Country event on Sunday. The Samatonga Primary School student took part in the Boys Under-16, 6 kilometre race and finished in position 14 with a time of 28:39:66. CATCH THEM YOUNG: Obey Makamu makes his…
HARARE – Prince Edward School’s basketball team completed their Canada tour with a 62-48 defeat to hosts Bodwell High School in the coastal city of Vancouver on Sunday. The Harare school lost all three games on tour, having earlier suffered defeats to Ashcroft Boys High and Carver Christian. The first two matches were however closely…
HARARE – The stage is seor for this weekend’s Zifa provincial elections at the weekend. The electoral court sat on Saturday to verify the nomination papers for candidates who are vying for the executive positions of chairman, secretary and committee members. In the Zifa, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province chairman Horace Ndubiwa will face stiff competition from…
JOHANNESBURG – I thought of touching on the standard of football at the ongoing Chan tournament that is currently taking place here in Mzansi on this platform but events taking place in the English Premiership and the way Arsenal continue to confound critics has forced me change tact. Arsene Wenger’s Gunners top the log standings…
ZVISHAVANE – He spent two months in coma after suffering a deadly electrical accident at work that left him paralysed. But Elliot Mujaji did not let the disability dampen his dream of competing at the highest stage in his chosen sport, athletics. DOWN AND OUT: Elliot Mujaji looks at the electronic board after a race at…
BULAWAYO – Forgotten former Zimbabwe international and Orlando Pirates defender Zvenyika Makonese has resurfaced at How Mine where he is hoping to earn a contract and re-launch his career. The giant defender’s career took a nosedive after he was released by South African Absa Premiership giants Pirates in 2011 and has failed to settle down…
