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HARARE – Midwest Rhinos and Mashonaland Eagles completed a domestic Twenty20 double over Southern Rocks and Manicaland Mountaineers respectively with convincing wins over their opponents in as many days yesterday. Rhinos followed up their 113-run win over Rocks on Wednesday with a thumping 10-wicket victory at Kwekwe Sports Club yesterday. The Midlands outfit restricted Rocks…

HARARE – Irishman Sean Connor arrived in Zimbabwe earlier this year hoping to have a big impact on the game in the country. But his stay has ended with him taking his club, CAPS United, to court for a settlement after he was fired following a run of poor results. Connor believes his assistants conspired…

HARARE – Belgium blitzed Zimbabwe 28-11 in the two teams’ second game of the Emirates Airline Cup of Nations at The Sevens in Dubai yesterday. The result means the African champions have now lost four tests on the trot following their opening Emirates Cup defeat to title holders Hong Kong on Saturday. The Sables were…

HARARE – Caps United director Twine Phiri has come to the rescue of Makepekepe players implicated in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal after he yesterday guaranteed to pay their admission of guilty fines before the December 31 deadline set by Zifa. Tendai Samanja, Asani Nhongo, Charles Chiutsa and Nqobile Mpala were a relived lot yesterday after…

HARARE – Zambian driver Mohammed Essa and Zimbabwean navigator Greg Stead were officially crowned FIA African Rally Champions at the end-of-season FIA prize giving ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey last Friday. The annual prize giving gala sees the champions from all of the FIA’s series honoured with silverware in front of racing legends. ESSA and his…

HARARE – Dynamos will have to be at their very best if they are to reach the group stages of the 2013 African Champions League, says the club’s assistant coach Tonderai Ndiraya. The record 19-time Zimbabwe champions were handed a difficult path by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) draw on Sunday in Cairo. DeMbare…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Sunshine Tour contender Ryan Cairns had a torrid time at the just-ended Nelson Mandela Championship played at the weekend in South Africa. Cairns finished the rain-affected tournament at the Royal Durban Golf Club tied for position 139 together with South Africans JG Claassen and Titch Moore after carding a gross total of…

HARARE – Sables coach Brendan Dawson has surprisingly relegated captain Costa Dinha to the bench for today’s second match of the Emirates Airline Cup of Nations against Belgium in Dubai as the Sables technical bench rung three changes to the side that lost 22-7 to Hong Kong in the opener on Saturday. Today’s match against…

HARARE – The second edition of Zimbabwe’s motocross Summer Series enters its third day tomorrow night with local riders having experienced mixed fortunes thus far. Captain Sean Mitchell, who was expected to be one of leading lights in the Zimbabwean team, saw his hopes of adding another accolade to his season go up in smoke…

HARARE – Zimbabwe champions Dynamos have been drawn to play Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) in the preliminary round of the 2013 African Champions League, but face a difficult path to reach the mini-league stage. The 19 times Zimbabwe champions will host the Basotho side at home for the first leg on the weekend of February…