HARARE – After Zimbabwe’s win in the warm up match, the words quietly confident were more than likely been used in the team’s changing room when they arrived at the ground for the first of three One Day Internationals on Friday. The decision of Brendan Taylor to bowl only sparked a mild raising of the…
HARARE – Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has denied writing letters to former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya authorising some of the Warriors’ controversial trips to the Far East in 2009, where several invitational matches were fixed by an Asian betting syndicate. Mzembi told the Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Court yesterday during the on-going trial of Rushwaya that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor says the omission of West Indies captain Darren Sammy and all-rounder Chris Gayle from the hosts’ ODI squad will not necessarily weaken the hosts. Taylor flew out to the Caribbean yesterday days after returning home from the Bangladesh Premier League for a mandatory fitness test in Harare. The…
HARARE – Touring Zimbabwe might have arrived in the Caribbean at the weekend like a lamb to the slaughter, ripe for a tour whitewash, but stand-in West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has warned the African side “are going to beat us if we don’t do the right things.” Bravo, standing in for the rested regular…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) yesterday commissioned the much-awaited Zimbabwe Football Trust (ZFT) which has been tasked to help mobilise funds for all national representative teams. Zifa, who are currently reeling with a ballooning $4million debt and are desperate to spruce up the local game’s after the world-famous Asiagate match-fixing scandal, is in…
HARARE – A lawyer representing Zimbabwean football legend Peter Ndlovu has announced his client “categorically denies” culpable homicide charges being levelled against him, but says he “saw it coming.” The troubled ex-Warriors captain briefly appeared before the Victoria Falls Magistrate Court yesterday facing culpable homicide charges emanating from a fatal car crash which killed his…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwean female tennis prodigy Tanya Gombera has turned to coaching in the United States following a modest playing career. One of a handful of young black players once anointed as heir apparent to leading Zimbabwean female star Cara Black, Gombera did not scale the dizzy heights of international success as a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe women football coach Rosemary Mugadza has expressed satisfaction with her team’s preparations ahead of their next month’s tour of Uruguay. The Mighty Warriors were invited for a five-team tournament that involves hosts Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina between March 4 and 10. The team went into camp last week without two of…
HARARE – Dynamos forward Farai Mupasiri failed to travel to Turkey yesterday to take part in the 2013 European Showcase Tour trial. Mupasiri was scheduled to leave the country for a two-week stint organised by United States-based football firm Pro Soccer Consulting (PSC). The Dynamos rookie’s place at the showcase had been facilitated by locally-based…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe international Clement Matawu has resurfaced at former club Motor Action ahead of the upcoming domestic season. Although he has not yet inked a deal with the Mighty Bulls, the 30-year-old is one of over 50 players currently taking part in the club’s pre-season training at Motor Action Sports Club, with club…
