HARARE – Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley wants to beef up his squad for this month’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers from 23 players to 25 amid discord in the team over selection. The American coach has expressed he is worried about possible injuries on his squad ahead of this weekend match against Zimbabwe at…
LONDON – The nearer it gets to its denouement, the more you look at the format Africa has chosen for World Cup qualifying and wonder. It is brilliantly absurd, a guaranteed way of generating drama, with the very real possibility that many of the continent’s grandees will miss out. Pre-qualifying whittled it down to 10…
HARARE – It runs in the genes for the Jeans family. Their involvement in sport is not by accident, but a passion that they even inherited from their parents and in-laws, Pat and Brian Warren. Debi Jeans, former Olympian judoka, last week returned from the Tunfest International Fitness Convention in Heidelberg, Germany. This comes hard…
HARARE – Despite being out of the race for the 2014 World Cup, Zimbabwe national football coach Klaus Dieter-Pagels still believes there is a lot to play for when the Warriors host Egypt on Sunday. The Warriors have suffered two losses and a draw since their Group G quest began last year, which has left…
HARARE – Shabanie Mine have been slapped with a $8000 fine following crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Harare City early this month. The Zvishavane side were charged and found guilty of contravening Section 31 of the PSL Standing Orders by the league’s Disciplinary Committee chaired by Don Moyo. The match…
HARARE – Cuthbert Malajila has been recalled to the Zimbabwe national team for the first time since October for a dead-rubber World Cup qualifier against Egypt next week. The free-scoring striker, who had an impressive debut season with South African Premiership side Maritzburg United, will be competing for a spot up front alongside Knowledge Musona,…
HARARE – Entries for this Sunday’s 88th Comrades Marathon are much the same as they were for the last “up run” from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in 2011. While this year’s race has attracted 19 722 entrants, the corresponding number in 2011 was 19 603, with male entrants totalling 15 383 (14 256) and female participants…
HARARE – CAPS United’s attacking options for the Castle Premiership clash with Monomotapa tomorrow has been boosted by the return of striker Tawanda Nyamandwe. The former Kiglon and Monomotapa striker missed CAPS’s last two matches against Tripple B and FC Platinum as he was away in Malawi with the national side. The Green Machine,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe, who host their final phase of selection on Saturday to whittle down their 2013 season squad, have called-up South African-born twin halfbacks Guy and Ross Cronje – a clear indication of their determination to qualify for the 2015 World Cup. The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) yesterday released an enlarged squad of 67…
HARARE – FC Platinum assistant coach Tendai Chikuni has insisted his side will bounce back from their two back-to-back Castle Premiership defeats in quest for their first league title. Platinum’s billing as serious title contenders was given weight by their early season form, winning their first four games of the term before losing their way…
