HARARE – Zifa Northern Region Division One second-placed side Flame Lily engage wounded ZRP Morris in a potentially explosive derby at Chikurubi on Wednesday. Flame Lily is tied on 29 points with log leaders ZPC Kariba but they have an inferior goal difference to Jostein Mathuthu’s men. Last weekend, the Zimbabwe Prison Services outfit failed…
HARARE – Chapungu made a bold statement on their intent to return to the Castle Premiership next year after they demolished Gaths Mine 5-1 at Ascot Stadium over the weekend. With the Central Region Division One League now approaching the decisive second half, Chapungu have been in merciless form scoring nine goals in the last…
LONDON – Kirsten Flipkens and Sabine Lisicki, whose careers were almost wrecked by illness and injury, booked emotional places in the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday. Flipkens will be playing in her first Grand Slam semifinal at the age of 27 after knocking out 2011 champion Petra Kvitova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, The Belgian 20th seed goes…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba’s title aspirations received a knock following a 1-0 defeat at the hands of seasoned campaigners DStv Rangers at Old Hararians on Saturday. The win came as a huge relief for Shane Nemasango and his men who had gone for two matches without a win. But for the Kariba-based side they remain…
HARARE – Hartmann House beat arch rivals St John’s Prep in a thrilling final match to lift Hyundai Under-13 Five-A-Side Soccer trophy last Friday at Hellenic Primary School. Takunda Chisi scored a brilliant goal in the final fro Hartman which was the difference between the two teams in the final. On their road to the…
ZVISHAVANE – New FC Platinum caretaker coach Lloyd Mutasa heaped praises on goalkeeper Francis Tizai after his heroics at Mucheke Stadium earned them a BancABC Sup8r semifinal berth at the Highlanders expense. The Zvishavane-based platinum miners beat Bosso 3-1 on penalties after their tie had finished goalless on Saturday. Tizai, who made his name with…
TRIANGLE – Agrippa Murimba’s solitary strike, six minutes from regulation time, was enough to see Monomotapa into the semifinals of the BancABC Sup8r Cup at the expense of Motor Action on Sunday at Gibbo Stadium. In the semis, Monomotapa will now face FC Platinum, who beat Highlanders 3-1 on penalties on Saturday. Just a week after…
TRIANGLE – Dynamos healed the wounds of the league loss to Buffaloes by defeating the Mutare-based soldiers 2-0 on Sunday at Gibbo Stadium to storm into the semifinals of the BancABC Sup8r Cup. DeMbare sprung off the starting blocks with two first half strikes from defender Augustine Mbara and midfielder Russell Madamombe within the opening…
LONDON – Germany’s Sabine Lisicki caused one of the biggest shocks in recent history in the women’s event as she upended five-times champion Serena Williams 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Monday. The 24th-seeded German trailed 3-0 in the final set but stormed back to dump out the world No1…
LONDON – Formula One and tyre supplier Pirelli faced a full-on crisis on Sunday after the British Grand Prix came close to being stopped for safety reasons due to a spate of explosive high-speed blowouts. The spectre of Indianapolis 2005, when only six Bridgestone-shod cars competed in a farce of a US Grand Prix because…
