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…
LONDON – A fifth consecutive win for Sebastian Vettel – the first time he has achieved such a feat – was not quite enough to secure the world championship in Suzuka on Sunday. It was, however, a fine drive, won on strategy, that remained close to the dying laps. To take the title he required…
LONDON – Timothy Bradley warned the boxing world that Juan Manuel Márquez would be the toughest opponent of his career, and after Saturday night, it would be hard to disagree with him. For the third consecutive fight, Bradley had his hand raised after a disputed verdict, defeating the Mexican legend by 12-round split decision to…
ACCRA – Egypt coach Bob Bradley says Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan has what it takes to trouble his side when they line-up against Ghana in Tuesday’s 2014 World Cup play-off. Gyan has been in rich vein of form in the qualifiers aside his impeccable scoring statistics at club level in the UAE pro-league. Bradley…
ADDIS ABABA – Emmanuel Emenike scored twice in Addis Ababa as African champions, Nigeria, defeated Ethiopia 2-1 in the first leg of the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier on Sunday. Behailu Assefa opened score for the Ethiopians before Emmanuel Emenike levelled the game and then scored the winner from the spot. The Ethiopians dominated the…
TUNIS – Former Liverpool goalkeeper Charles Itandje made a string of superb saves to help Cameroon force a 0-0 World Cup Africa play-off draw in Tunisia on Sunday. Given a second chance after Cape Verde were disqualified, the Tunisians attacked relentlessly in the early stages only to be foiled by the 30-year-old France-born shot-stopper. Cameroon…
MASVINGO – Highlanders stormed through to the semifinals of the Mbada Diamonds Cup after putting up a flawless second half performance to dispatch Buffaloes 3-0 in a thrilling quarterfinal at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday. Inspired second half substitutions by Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu led to goals by super substitutes Mthulisi Maphosa and Milton Ncube while…
