BULAWAYO – Highlanders fans were on Sunday left a dejected lot after the Bulawayo giants succumbed to their sixth loss of the season in a 1-0 defeat to city rivals How Mine at Barbourfields Stadium. This result means Bosso now trails log leaders and bitter rivals Dynamos by four points with nine games still to be…
HARARE – Black Mambas were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal when Lloyd Katongomara scored for Buffaloes to win Monday’s Castle Premiership tie 1-0 at Morris Depot. Mambas had total control of the match from the first whistle but their strikers Honey Chimutimunzeve and Tsepo Ranthokoane were particularly guilty of squandering…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has urged his players not despair after another disappointing Harare Derby loss at the hands of bitter rivals Dynamos on Sunday. Makepekepe continued to leave in the shadows of their city neighbours Dynamos after going down 1-0 at Rufaro Stadium. Oscar Machapa broke the hearts of the United faithful…
HARARE – Gaths Mine are hoping for a top four finish in the Central Region Division One league. The Mashava-based club beat Hardbody 2-1 at Mkoba Stadium on Saturday to consolidate their fourth position on top of the log standings. Gaths Mine coach Andrew Chisunga said he wants to keep the momentum so that they…
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr, 36 and getting better, left Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 13 years his junior, swinging in the Las Vegas night as he cruised to his 45th straight win, and not even the eccentricity of one judge who reckoned it was a draw could detract from one of his finest performances. Quite…
LONDON – Mamadou Sakho, who could make his Liverpool debut at Swansea City Monday tonight, hopes to repair a career that began to unravel on a wintry night in northwest France in January 2012. Sporting the captain’s armband for Paris Saint-Germain, Sakho conceded a penalty with a rash sliding challenge on an opposition forward in…
LONDON – Mesut Özil shrugged off the after effects of a stomach virus to inspire Arsenal to a tricky 3-1 victory at Sunderland whose manager, Paolo Di Canio, was sent off. Özil, newly arrived from Real Madrid for £42.5m, picked up the bug but recovered in time to set up Olivier Giroud for Arsenal’s first…
MADRID – Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed a contract extension with Real Madrid, the La Liga club said on Sunday. Spanish media reported Ronaldo’s new deal extends his contract by three years to 2018 and lifts his net annual salary to €17m (£14.24m). The deal would appear Manchester United fans’ hopes that Ronaldo may return to…
CHRISTCHURCH – South African coach Heyneke Meyer refused to blame the referee for his team’s disappointing 15-29 loss to New Zealand on Saturday. The All Blacks took the outright lead in the Rugby Championship in Auckland. In a match marred by a red card for Springboks hooker Bismarck du Plessis, after two yellow cards for…
LONDON – Former Pakistan cricket greats and fans demanded a new national team captain and coach on Sunday after an embarrassing defeat against minnows Zimbabwe in the Harare Test. Zimbabwe, who only started playing tests in 2011 after a six-year exile due to lack of players and facilities, pulled off an upset 24-run win against…
