LONDON – Manchester United may have to rely on increased noise levels rather than current form to make their home advantage count when they host Real Sociedad in Champions League Group A tonight. Old Trafford will be trying out a new ‘singing section’ at the stadium, with up to 1,400 of their loudest fans sitting…
LONDON – Fit-again Fernando Torres sparkled on his 100th start for Chelsea, scoring twice to help the 2012 winners outclass Schalke 04 3-0 to go top of Champions League Group E on Tuesday. Torres produced a flying header at the far post after Branislav Ivanovic had flicked on a Frank Lampard corner in the fifth…
LONDON – Lionel Messi slipped past tight AC Milan marking to score in his first start since injury and give Barcelona a 1-1 draw on Tuesday that keeps them two points clear at the top of Champions League Group H. The Argentine struck in the 23rd minute with a slick finish to a breakaway move…
LONDON – Birthday greetings? Bottle of wine? The Beatles classic had a hollow ring for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund handed out a Champions League reality check on the day he turned 64. Robert Lewandowski’s late volleyed winner earned Dortmund a 2-1 victory at a rain-soaked Emirates Stadium to throw Group…
HARARE – Scores of runners will this weekend head to the mountains to take part in the 2013 Old Mutual Bvumba Mountain Run, which will take place in the Bvumba Mountains on Saturday. Chief organiser Byran Rocher, a resident golf professional at Leopard Rock, said this would be the third running of the event, hosted…
HARARE – ZPC KARIBA have played down title talk despite the team maintaining top position in the log table as the Northern Region Division One season moves towards the final phase. ZRC, who have amassed 65 points, beat former Premiership side Gunners 1-0 on Saturday to keep their seven-point advantage over Twalumba in the second…
HARARE – FC Platinum coach Lloyd Mutasa has urged his players to bounce back with a victory over town rivals Shabanie Mine after their defeat to Triangle in the Castle Premiership last weekend. The Platinum miners lost 2-1 to Triangle at Gibbo while Shabanie Mine were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Monomotapa at…
BULAWAYO – Castle Premiership campaigners Chicken Inn have appointed former Motor Action coach Joey Antipas as replacement for Mandla ‘Lulu’ Mpofu, who quit the Bulawayo club this week. Mpofu tendered his resignation on Monday following a poor run of form that left the Gamecocks off the pace in the championship race. This reporter Tuesday bumped…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson says he is “excited” by the availability of new overseas-based players for the Sables’ tour of Namibia next month. Centre Sean Moan, scrumhalf Hilton Mudariki and loose forward Kingsley Lang, all plying their trade at clubs in England, were confirmed as part of the Zimbabwe squad to take…
HARARE – While all the attention in the Castle Premiership title race has been firmly fixed on the clash between Highlanders and Dynamos, Harare City see it as a blessing in disguise. The Sunshine Boys are in third place on the log on 45 points together with second-placed Dynamos and trail Bosso by only two…
