HARARE – Joseph Mutambiranwa came off the bench to hand CAPS United a dramatic victory against a wasteful Triangle in an entertaining Castle Premiership match here yesterday. In truth, CAPS were somewhat fortunate to escape the win having played second fiddle to the home side for the entire 90 minutes. Makepekepe, who were coming in…
HARARE – After the high drama and nail biting finish on Saturday, everybody felt that Sunday’s game would be another closely contested encounter. But, it was not to be. Ironically, both teams played pretty poor cricket, but Bangladesh came into their own in the field. Zimbabwe would probably have felt that they were in with…
HARARE – It’s hard to believe it has taken eight good years, since I visited this football-crazy country, for a German team to win the European Champions League as will be the case on May 28 at London’s Wembley Stadium. Fewer countries live and breathe football like Germany, and that for the first time in…
HARARE – Buffaloes coach Saul Chaminuka says last weekend’s Castle Premiership defeat to Highlanders will not spark a slide at the Mutare side. The army side crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Bosso to see their five-match winning streak go up in smoke. Chaminuka said his team will bounce back strongly against How Mine at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have dropped four places on the latest Fifa rankings released by the world football governing body yesterday. The Warriors are now ranked 105th in the world and 29th in Africa. Klaus-Dieter Pagels’ men have lost ground after a 2-1 defeat to Egypt in a World Cup qualifier in Alexandria in March and…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Road Cycling Association (ZRCA) will this weekend host the Manicaland Cycle Challenge in Vumba. The challenge is open to both professional and non-professional cyclists with the race scheduled to start from Mutare, heading into the scenic Vumba Mountains over Saturday and Sunday. Elite riders and mountain bikers will take off from…
HARARE – FC Platinum are on a mission to end Highlanders’ stranglehold on the Zvishavane premiership side when the two table-topping teams clash in a blockbuster Castle Premiership tie Mandava Stadium on Saturday. The Bulawayo giants visit, who lead table ahead of second-placed Platinum on goal difference, carry a psychological advantage having dominated this fixture…
HARARE – Local golfers Ignatius Mketekete, Greg Bentley and Micky Hough are in the hunt going into today’s final round at the Sunshine Big Easy Tour’s Centurion tournament. Mketekete, who shot a 67 at the Centurion Country Club in South Africa yesterday, is just three shots behind overnight leader Derik Ferreira, who carded an opening…
HARARE – Out-of-contract Midwest Rhinos medium pace bowler Richard Muzhange has signed a five-month summer contract with Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club in England. The 22-year-old from Kadoma, who has failed to cement a place in the Zimbabwe national side since showing promise in an official Twenty20 triangular series with South Africa and Bangladesh mid-last…
HARARE – A report carried in this paper last week – disclosing that an unnamed South African businessman had tabled a bid around $5 million for Zimbabwean football giants Dynamos – has broken deafening silence from a splinter faction which five years ago lost a bitter battle to take control of the club. The group,…
