HARARE – CAPS United assistant coach Saul Chaminuka feels his team’s next two matches will determine whether his side can force their way into contention for a shot at the Castle Premiership title. Premiership action resumed Tuesday after paving way for the Mbada Diamonds Cup at the weekend and Chaminuka insists the title race remains…
HARARE – Zimbabwe fringe cricketer Cephas Zhuwao opened his Vigne Cup League account with an unbeaten 168 as Old Hararians eased past Royal by seven wickets on Sunday. Zhuwao smashed 17 boundaries and 12 maximums from 77 balls while Ryan Butterworth, the former Zimbabwe batsman, was dismissed for 73. The Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association (HMCA)…
HARARE – The battle between Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa and his former boss Lloyd ‘Samaita’ Mutasa, now in charge of FC Platinum, will provide and interesting subplot to Wednesday’s potentially explosive Castle Premiership clash between the two clubs in Zvishavane. Dynamos legend Lloyd Mutasa was fired as the Harare giants’ coach midway through the 2011…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Sevens coach Liam Middleton was on Wednesday appointed technical director of the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) as the union continues with its drive to model its support structures in line with the world’s leading nations. The 36-year-old Harare-born, who resigned as head coach of English Championship club Bristol City in March,…
BULAWAYO – Veteran Highlanders midfielder Mthulisi Maphosa was instrumental in his team’s Mbada Diamonds Cup victory over Buffaloes last Sunday at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday. Maphosa’s introduction in the second half together with that of Beaven Chikaka and Milton Ncube proved to be a masterstroke by the Bosso technical team as the Bulawayo giants went…
HARARE – Dynamos might be sitting on top of the Castle Premiership table, but it is no exaggeration that their supporters are upset with the team’s recent performances which have left the Glamour Boys in real danger of surrendering their league title. The Glamour Boys’ dominance in the Mbada Diamonds Cup came to an abrupt…
HARARE – Despite being touching distance of the Mbada Diamonds Cup and still in with a chance of winning the Castle Premiership title, Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi has called on his players not to count their gains just yet. Mawiwi, lured 13 new players to the Sunshine Boys when the season kicked off, is…
HARARE – Just a few months ago Devon Chafa was being touted as Zimbabwe’s brightest central midfield prospect since Tinashe Nengomasha and Esrom Nyandoro, but the Dynamos star’s promising career came crashing down Monday when he was banned for six months by Fifa for failing a drug test earlier this year. In June Chafa tested…
SHANGHAI – Shanghai Masters champion Novak Djokovic said he still has unfinished business this season after delivering the perfect response to being knocked off the men’s top ranking. The soon-to-be-married Serb ceded the world No 1 spot to Rafael Nadal, but his reaction has been emphatic with an unbeaten run in China adding two titles…
LONDON – England are braced to play Tuesday night’s decisive World Cup qualifier in a hostile atmosphere whipped up by more than 20,000 Poland fans, the largest away following for a competitive game at the revamped Wembley stadium, for a fixture that will determine if Roy Hodgson’s side reach the finals in Brazil automatically or…
