HWANGE – Hwange have taken aim at Dynamos saying they will be the next to choke under the sweltering heat of the Colliery when the two sides clash in a Castle Premiership fixture on Wednesday. The coal miners cannot afford to lose any of their remaining nine PSL matches if they are to survive the…
HARARE – Coach Heath Streak has left Matabeleland Tuskers ahead of the on-coming 2013-14 domestic cricket season scheduled to start in November. The former Zimbabwe captain opted out of the Logan Cup champions over a contractual dispute. He has since assumed a new role as the head coach at his old school, Falcon College. Streak…
HARARE – Presidents Cup International Team captain Nick Price, 56, will be banking on his passion for golf as his side hopes to get one over the US Team at Muirfield this week. The Internationals are under pressure to win the goblet-shaped bowl which has eluded them since the drawn match in 2003. Since then…
CHIREDZI – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa has remained modest after watching his charges negotiate their passage into the Mbada Diamonds Cup quarterfinals with a first round win over Tripple B at Gibbo Stadium on Sunday. The Glamour Boys needed a solitary Clive Kawinga strike deep in the second half to keep alive their hopes of…
LONDON – Arsene Wenger has warned his Arsenal stars that Napoli will be motivated to prove a point in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Wenger’s side are brim full of confidence after opening up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Swansea on Saturday. That success…
LONDON – The All Blacks headed to South Africa Monday banking on the return of talismanic captain Richie McCaw to put the seal on another successful season. Although New Zealand require just a single bonus point to retain their Rugby Championship title, they are determined to seal it by beating arch rivals South Africa in…
HARARE – Sean Williams’ hat-trick ensured that Brothers Union remained on top of the log in the Dhaka Premier Division with a nine-wicket win over Kalabagan Cricket Academy on Monday. The Zimbabwean all-rounder finished with career best figures of seven wickets for 25 runs from seven overs. Williams showed no mercy to his fellow countryman…
BULAWAYO – The Joshua Nkomo National Foundation has plans to organise a Joshua Nkomo Charity Shield football match in honour of the country’s late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo. Joshua Nkomo National Foundation chief executive officer Jabulani Hadebe said the match would feature the country’s biggest football teams Dynamos and Highlanders. “We have plans to…
BULAWAYO – The future of local football looks bright if the performance by young footballers during Sunday’s Mbada Diamonds Cup first round double header at Barbourfields is anything to go by. Young Turks Timothy January of How Mine, Highlanders’ Gabriel Nyoni and Triangle midfielder Pasca Manhanga hogged the spotlight with some sublime performances that captured…
JOHANNESBURG – Danny Jordaan was elected as the new South African Football Association (Safa) president at the organisation’s elective congress at Helderfontein Estate in Midrand on Saturday. Jordaan beat Mandla “Shoes” Mazibuko to the top spot and would replace outgoing president Kirsten Nematandani. Jordaan garnered 162 votes to the 88 Mazibuko received from the 52…
