HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor has congratulated India for lifting the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, but insisted beating the Asian giants next month is a realistic target. India beat host England by five runs on Sunday in a final reduced to 20 overs aside following persistent rains at the Oval. This was the…
HARARE – Patrick Kumbula has not enjoyed the best of form for Dynamos thus far this season, but on Sunday, in the 3-0 demolition of How Mine, the former Hippo Valley forward turned on the style and exhibited his genius. Kumbula was the star of the show for the Glamour Boys after he scored a…
HARARE – Motor Action coach Joey Antipas admitted he has run out of ideas of saving the 2010 champions from relegation after they suffered their eighth defeat of the season going down 2-1 to Monomotapa at Rufaro Stadium on Monday. The Mighty Bulls are going through a lean spell this season and now find themselves…
BULAWAYO – Southern Region division one pacesetters Bulawayo Chiefs suffered their second loss of the season when they went down 1-0 to Tsholotshoon Saturday. Tsholotsho lived up to their pre-match vow that they would upset the log leaders with dreadlocked midfielder Ocean Ncube grabbing the all-important goal for Iziqholo Zezhwane. Second-placed Black Boots cut Chiefs’…
HARARE – Seasoned campaigners DStv Rangers were handed their first defeat of the season following a 2-0 loss to newboys Starbill on Saturday while log leaders ZPC Kariba marched on with another important win. Rangers’ defeat left DC Academy as the only unbeaten team in the Zifa Northern Region division one league after Newton Chitehwe’s…
HARARE – The first half of the 2013 Castle Premiership season has been an intriguing 15 weeks of some fascinating football. As the season reached the halfway mark at the weekend, it is interesting to note that at least six clubs are in the running for the championship. Leaders Highlanders and sixth-placed CAPS United are…
LONDON – Former Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez made a thinly veiled dig at his successor at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho, in comments published yesterday, chiding him for his apparent win-at-all-costs attitude. Benitez was recently appointed as head coach of Napoli after a successful spell as Chelsea’s interim boss last season, as he led the Blues…
HARARE – Patrick Kumbula netted a brace to propel Dynamos to an easy 3-0 victory over Castle Premiership debutants How Mine on Sunday at Rufaro Stadium to move to within one point of log leaders Highlanders. DeMbare now occupy third position on the with 28 points from 15 games while Chicken Inn, who beat Shabanie…
ZVISHAVANE – Ten-man Chicken Inn reaffirmed their growing status as real title contenders after beating troubled Shabanie Mine 2-1 at Mandava Stadium to move into second place on the Castle Premiership log standings. With Sunday’s win the Bulawayo side climbed to 29 points, same as the log leaders Highlanders, however, they have an inferior goal…
LONDON – The fifth seed Sara Errani became the first major casualty of Wimbledon as she was upset by the teenager Mónica Puig on Monday. Errani, who reached the semi-finals of the French Open before losing to the eventual winner Serena Williams, went down 6-3, 6-2 to her Puerto Rican opponent. The 19-year-old had form…
