BULAWAYO – Castle Premiership newcomers Plumtree Chiefs, formerly Bulawayo Chiefs, have vowed to stick to the squad that won them promotion into the Castle Premiership. Chiefs coach Thulani Sibanda expressed confidence in the majority of the players that did duty for the club last year. “I already have the players I want, we are just…
HARARE – Zimbabwean rugby legends will play against their South African counterparts in an exhibition match in Durban on February 22. The match will be curtain-raiser to the Super 14 clash between Sharks and Hurricanes at Kings Park. The ex-Sables hosted the Springbok Legends in Bulawayo last March, with the visitors cruising to a comfortable…
HARARE – Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) will next month send 10 junior players for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Under-18 African Junior Championships in Morocco early next month. Zimbabwe will be represented by Nicole Dzenga, Zarha Finnigan, Latifah Yasini, Keren Muswere in the girls’ category while in the boys category rising star Courtney Lock will be…
HARARE – A number of aspiring football players are set to travel to England in April for the Manchester United Soccer Schools UK Residential Camp. The trip, which will be facilitated by local sports agency, Friendly Academy, will run from April 11 to 17. The UK camp will see young players undergoing comprehensive courses covering…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa admits his Warriors now face an uphill task of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the ongoing African Nations Championship (Chan) finals in South Africa. The Warriors sit in a precarious position in Group B after back-to-back goalless draws against Morocco and Uganda. Both draws have left Zimbabwe in…
HARARE – Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi believes Silas Songani’s move to Danish top-flight side Sonderjyske furnishes ample proof of the winger’s rank as the finest player in the country for last year. Songani, who was pipped – controversially so in the eyes of many neutrals – to the 2013 Soccer Stars award by Dynamos’…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe need to be composed against Burkina Faso on Monday if they are to reach the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship (Chan), former internationals Stanford ‘Stix’ Mtizwa and Agent ‘Ajira’ Sawu have warned. The Warriors take on Burkina Faso this evening (kick-off 7pm) in a must-win match in Cape Town, eyeing a…
HARARE – If Zimbabwe is to reach the quarterfinals of the African Nations Championship (Chan) then Warriors coach Ian Gorowa needs to ring changes for Monday’s final group game against Burkina Faso. The Warriors have stumbled to two disappointing goalless draws against Morocco and Uganda and now find themselves in a perilous situation in Group…
MUTARE – Manicaland Mountaineers hopes to pay its players as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) continues to struggle with funding which has delayed domestic cricket games,. “We are looking for ways to pay our own players… We don’t want to see the local game die. We are trying every way we can to get funding,” Mountaineers Chief…
HARARE – Cara Black and Sania Mirza coasted through the first round of the Australian Open women’s doubles in Melbourne yesterday after making light work of Australian pair Tammi Patterson and Arina Rodionova. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair dominated their Australian opponents winning 6-1, 6-4 in an hour and seven minutes to move into the second round…
