HARARE – Judo Association of Zimbabwe (Jaz) took the first step in its next four-year long term athlete development plan by winning two bronze medals in the South African Open Judo Championships held last weekend in Port Elizabeth. Zimbabwe won their medals through Liberty Arufandika in the Under-60kg division and Tatenda Guta Under-90kg. Arufandika fought…
HARARE – Neighbours Churchill Boys High and Roosevelt Girls High School sailed past their opponents to book places at the Volleyball National Finals set for September. The two schools qualified for the finals after winning the Under-20 Greater Harare Volleyball tournament that was held at Ellis Robbins Boys High last Friday. The tournament was played…
HARAE – The country’s biggest cricket franchise, Mashonaland Eagles paid its workers a salary of only $23 over the last two months. The Mash Eagles workers, who had last got their full salaries in March, got the shock of their lives when they received the meagre payments last week. In a country were the poverty…
BULAWAYO – Former Premiership side Quelaton have progressed to the quarter finals of the Machache Meat Tournament after beating New West City 1-0 at Portuguese Sports Club in Bulawayo on Wednesday. Quelaton got their only goal of the match through striker Toto Banda in the 70th minute to seal their passage into the round of…
HARARE – Thomas Sithole has promised to introduce new and efficient ways if elected to be the new secretary general of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (Anoca). The veteran Zimbabwean sports administrator, who is the outgoing IOC Director of International Cooperation and Development, will be up against incumbent Khaled Eldin of Egypt…
BULAWAYO – Zambian Kelvin Kaindu enjoyed a magnificent debut season as the Highlanders head coach by leading the Bulawayo giants to a second place finish in the league race last season. This was unexpected as Kaindu had inherited a team made up mainly of players who had been off-loaded by their former teams after being…
POLOKWANE – A bullish and precise Zimbabwe schools side kicked off their 2013 Coca-Cola Craven Week by pounding Griquas 17-35 at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Monday. Young Sables operated like a well-oiled machine and dominated proceedings in all spheres of the match. Toast of the day was fullback, Brendon Mandivenga, who proved to…
BULAWAYO – CAPS United have positioned themselves as the dark horses for the Castle Premiership title after putting up a breathtaking show against Highlanders and the referee in a goalless stalemate on Sunday. Referee Philani Ncube had a terrible game at Barbourfields Stadium as he made a lot of inconsistent decisions that left the visitors…
HARARE – It has become customary at the beginning of each season for football punters to tip one of either Dynamos, Highlanders or CAPS United to lift the Castle Premiership title. But the form exhibited by Harare City in the 2013 season thus far coupled with the slump in form of the so-called big three…
LONDON – Joe Root has already been a central figure in the buildup to his first Ashes series and Australia’s captain Michael Clarke fired an unsubtle message to the young Yorkshireman on the eve of his first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge. Root’s selection to open the batting with Alastair Cook has been the…
