HARARE – West Indies cricket coach Ottis Gibson says this month’s tour to the Caribbean by a “modest” Zimbabwe side offers his team an opportunity to experiment at Test level. Gibson has hinted that the Windies will hand hard-hitting batsman Kieron Pollard his Test debut against the African tourists after the 25-year-old Trinidadian impressed with…
HARARE – Veteran midfielder Murape Murape says Dynamos must take a commanding first leg lead to Lesotho from their African Champions League preliminary round qualifier on Sunday against the mountainous Kingdom’s champions. DeMbare host Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) at Rufaro Stadium, and Murape feels the Zimbabwean champions must kill off the tie at home before…
HARARE – The agony of missing out on the just-ended African Nations Cup and the devastating effects of a world-famous fixing scandal have still not healed completely, but the Zimbabwean football fraternity need to show resilience in overpowering the pain to start afresh. The friendly international between the Warriors and Botswana last week marked the…
HARARE – Dynamos’ 2013 Africa Champions League quest got a major financial boost yesterday after BancABC and mining giant Mbada Diamonds agreed to bankroll the Glamour Boys. BancABC and Mbada agreed to a twinning sponsorship of DeMbare in the inter-continental club competition that begins this weekend when the reigning Zimbabwe champions host Lesotho Correctional Services…
HARARE – Lesotho Correctional Services coach Mosholu Mokhothu says his team will employ a cautious approach when they face Dynamos in the African Champions League at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday. LCS arrived in the Zimbabwean capital Wednesday night after a gruelling road trip and had their first workout at Raylton Sports Club yesterday morning….
PRETORIA – Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee “Blade Runner” who inspired the world by competing as a sprinter in the London Olympics, is under police custody Thursday after allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend, according to the South African news agency News24. Oscar Pistorius competed in the London Olympics and Paralympics. A Pretoria…
HARARE – Bulawayo’s Khumalo Hockey Stadium is set to host a new Southern Africa schools hockey tournament, known as Sabi Stars, in April. Tournament organiser Ginny Ross said they are expecting over twelve schools from the Southern African region for the hockey extravaganza. “Invites have been extended to schools from South Africa, Botswana and Zambia…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket coach Alan Butcher fears traveling with specialist squads could backfire on the upcoming West Indies tour. The Zimbabwean side returns to international cricket this month with a full series of three ODIs, twoTwenty20 internationals and two Test matches in the Caribbean. For the first time in the history of Zimbabwean…
HARARE – Dynamos skipper Tawanda Muparati believes the Glamour Boys have learnt hard lessons after suffering the double heartbreak of failing to reach the mini-league stages of both the African Champions League and the Confederation Cup last year. The Harare giants have shifted their attention to the Champions League where they are scheduled to get…
HARARE – On a Super Sunday belonging to sports teams wearing green, Sunday Mba delivered the African Cup of Nations trophy to Nigeria. Halfway across the world, Australia batsman Adam Voges’ ton against the West Indies in Melbourne gave the Baggy Greens a resounding 5-0 series whitewash. Back home at the Harare Sports Club (HSC)…
