HARARE – Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi says the Castle Premiership title race is still wide open despite defending champions Dynamos’ win over rivals Highlanders on Sunday, a result which saw the Glamour Boys shoot back to the top of the table. “There is still a lot to play for. All the top four teams…
BULAWAYO – Chicken Inn Inn midfielder Kudakwashe Mahachi is in South Africa for a one-week trial period at top Absa Premiership outfit Mamelodi Sundowns. Mahachi’s manager, Mlungisi Moyo, confirmed to the Daily News that the offensive midfielder is trying his luck at the rich Pretoria club. “The player left for South Africa yesterday (Monday) for…
HARARE – Triangle coach Gishon Ntini – whose side face both title chasers Dynamos and Highlanders in their last four games of the season – claims the destiny of the championship is also in the Lowveld club’s hands. Ntini issued the bold statement yesterday ahead of Triangle’s clash with defending champions Dynamos on Sunday. The…
HARARE – So chuffed by his maiden Zimbabwe national rugby team call-up that scrumhalf Hilton Mudariki was the first of the foreign-based contingent to arrive in the country this week ahead of next month’s tri-nation series in Namibia. The 21-year-old halfback, a second-year Sports Psychology student at Bucks New University in England, has welcomed the…
LONDON – Six players from Bayern Munich’s treble-winning team were included among the 23 nominees for the World Player of the Year award announced by Fifa on Tuesday. Jose Mourinho was included on the shortlist for Coach of the Year despite failing to win any major trophies with Real Madrid last season, a performance the…
LONDON – Fifa released their shortlists for the 2013 edition on Tuesday, and unsurprisingly there were some glaring omissions and unfair inclusions The Fifa Ballon d’Or shortlist, revealed on Tuesday, has once again shown that players and coaches are rewarded based on reputation and not on their form and achievements over the course of the…
HARARE – Harare Sports Club edged city rivals Old Hararians by nine runs on Sunday to end the Old Boys’ promising start to their Vigne Cup season. The defeat saw Old Hararians slide to number four on the log table, tied on nine points with Harare Sports Club and Country Club. Rainbow now top the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe international Pieter Joubert was at the weekend named Old Georgians Player of the Year following an outstanding season with the Lion Lager National Rugby League (NRL) finalists. The loose-head prop, who has been capped eight times by Zimbabwe, shrugged off the challenge of club captain and his bother-in-in-law Jacques Leitao, who had…
BULAWAYO – Giant Dynamos goalkeeper George Chigova played a pivotal role in his team’s crucial 1-0 victory over their bitter arch-rivals Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday. DeMbare could have easily been overrun by Bosso in the second half had it not been for Chigova’s ingenuity as they struggled to cope with life after the…
HARARE – Victor Hungwe has pulled out of this weekend’s Mr and Ms Zimbabwe contest to fulfil an international World Championship contest set for December. The Body Active Gym athlete came second at the WPF South Africa Nationals last month to qualify for the World Championships set for Naples, Italy from December 6-8. Hungwe is…
