HARARE – The Zimbabwean rowing team put up an impressive show at the eighth African Rowing Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt, where rowers from nine countries competed. Led by Micheen Thornycroft, the Zimbabwean team scooped eight medals including three gold, three silver and two bronze. Thornycroft won the women’s single sculls whilst Amina Rouba of…
HARARE – A South African football insider has described Zimbabwe’s Asiagate match-fixing scam as “Sunday picnic” compared to that country’s recent fixing revelations, which claimed the scalp of federation president Kirsten Nematandani and other top officials yesterday. Nematandani was suspended yesterday alongside incoming Safa CEO Dennis Mumble pending an independent enquiry into their alleged roles…
BULAWAYO – The country’s second-largest city, Bulawayo, was plunged into mourning as news of the death of Zimbabwean football legend Adam Ndlovu dawned on the city yesterday. Bulawayo mayor Patrick Thaba Moyo said the death of Ndlovu had shocked the city, saying council would give all the support to the Ndlovu family during the difficult…
HARARE – Tributes poured in yesterday for former Zimbabwe football international Adam Ndlovu, who tragically passed away in a horrific car crash which left his brother Peter hospitalised and a female passenger dead. In a condolence message yesterday, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said he was deeply saddened by the passing of the Warriors legend. “I…
HARARE – Adam Ndlovu, who was killed in a tragic accident in the early hours of yesterday, will remain forever one of my favourite Zimbabwe national team players of all time, and I dare say many local football fans share my feelings. For a man who lived in the shadow of an extremely talented…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe football international Adam Ndlovu’s untimely death has proved right the old cliché – God takes the best! It is tragic that Zimbabwean football has been robbed of a coach with enormous coaching potential. A man who had just led Castle Premiership rookies Chicken Inn to third position in his first season…
HARARE – Dynamos star midfielder Denver Mukamba was an elated man after he was crowned the 2012 Castle Soccer Star of the Year on Friday night in the capital. Mukamba, who also bagged the DeMbare Player of the Year award, came first while Highlanders midfielder Masimba Mambare was the first runners up. Monomotapa midfield dynamo,…
HARARE – On the surface, it was a match made in heaven. But deep inside it was one of the most uneasy and lopsided partnerships in Zimbabwean football. In the aftermath of the dramatic fallout between ex-CAPS United (CAPS) co-owners Twine Phiri and Farai Jere, this sad and regrettable episode has raised serious questions about…
HARARE – Former CAPS United captain Limited Chikafa has expressed his desire to return to the Green Machine as long as the club is interested in rehiring him. Chikafa was a member of Charles Mhlauri’s all-conquering Makepekepe side which won back-to-back Zimbabwean titles in 2004 and 2005. The 31-year-old striker, who won a number of…
HARARE – Cricket has undergone many transformations over the last 20 years, with the introduction of the third umpire back in November 1992, as well as the use of technology when having to refer unclear decisions. But the biggest and most significant change has been the introduction of Twenty20 cricket which came on to the…
