HARARE – Fifa on Monday slapped Zimbabwe international Devon Chafa with a month-long ban after testing positive for a banned substance, sparking a wave of solidarity from Zifa and the local football fraternity. Dynamos midfielder Chafa, who was last week named in the Warriors squad to face Mozambique in a dead-rubber World Cup qualifier at…
HARARE – The International Cricket Council (ICC) general manager for cricket, Geoff Allardice, arrived in Harare on Sunday for a three-day visit. The visit follows comments made by the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman, Peter Chingoka, during the last ICC board meeting in the British capital London, relating to the ICC Future Tours Programme (FTP) and the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket coach Andy Waller has lamented the loss of strike bowler Kyle Jarvis and first-choice spinner Graeme Cremer ahead of the first Test against Pakistan, which begins at Harare Sports Club Tuesday morning. Twenty four year-old Jarvis quit international cricket last month following the Zimbabwe players’ payment dispute with the board before…
HARARE – Sean Williams has pulled out of Zimbabwe’s first Test against Pakistan because “he is not mentally fit to play” due to the ragging payment dispute with ZC. The first of the two-match Test series begins at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday morning. The Matabeleland Tuskers left-handed batsman and spin bowler, who has been…
BULAWAYO – Zvishavane top flight sides FC Platinum and Shabanie Mine hogged the limelight this weekend after securing passage to the final of the BancABC Sup8r Tournament. The bitter rivals will now meet at a yet to be named venue in what is expected to be a blockbuster tie. Platinum progressed to the final at…
BULAWAYO – Dynamos head coach Callisto Pasuwa believes his charges paid the price for losing concentration at a crucial stage leading to their elimination from the BancABC Sup8r tournament at the semifinal stage by Shabanie Mine. The Glamour Boys were eleven minutes away from reaching the final when they allowed Shabanie striker Tarisai Rukanda to…
BULAWAYO – Shabanie Mine goalkeeper Victor Twaliki may have been the hero in his team’s penalty shoot victory in the BancABC Sup8r semifinal victory over Dynamos, but on loan midfielder Frankson Bushire was definitely the most consistent player of the tie. Playing just in front of holding midfielder Tafadzwa Mombeshora and operating mostly on the…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa has warned against complacency ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Shabanie Mine in the BancABC Sup8r Cup semifinal clash at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow. Pasuwa conceded yesterday that Shabanie have the pedigree to derail the Glamour Boys’ chances of lifting the country’s richest competition for the second time in its five-year…
NDOLA – Zimbabwe qualified for the 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan) after a sensational second leg 1-0 victory over Zambia at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Saturday. FC Platinum midfielder Charles Sibanda scored the all-important goal on 63 minutes to silence the noisy 20 000 crowd in the Copperbelt. JUBILATION: Zimbabwe players sing and dance in the…
at HARARE SPORTS CLUB Z IMBABWE yesterday displaced a commendable batting performance but fell short by 19 runs to lose the Twenty20 series 2-0 to Pakistan here yesterday. The most senior batsmen came to party, temporarily managing double figures but could not hold on to inflict the damage on the visitors. It was, however, the…
