HARARE – Sean Mitchell will lead a Zimbabwean motocross team hard-pressed to impress at the much-anticipated Summer Series which gets underway today at Donnybrook. The motocross extravaganza is spread over four days on selected days between December 6 and 18. The former Europe-based Mitchell will be one of the local riders expected to carry the…
HARARE – Zifa yesterday unveiled a new Warriors technical bench to assist newly-appointed coach Klaus Dieter Pagels. The Geman — who was appointed last week as replacement for Rahman Gumbo — will be assisted by Warriors legend Peter Ndlovu as well as former Dynamos midfielder and coach Lloyd Mutasa in an interim structure. Ndlovu is…
HARARE – With 15 core teams on the HSBC Sevens World Series, just one place is available for a qualifier at each of the nine rounds. Tonga were present on Australia’s Gold Coast and next year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens hosts Russia competed in Dubai last weekend. Both sides could only reach the Shield semi-finals…
Nigel Matongorere HIGHLANDERS are hoping for a favourable outcome when the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Bureau of Interclubs Committee meets this weekend to determine their fate. The Bulawayo giants are currently serving a three-year ban imposed by Caf after they pulled out of the Caf Confederations Cup last year. Zifa took the flak for…
HARARE – It’s off-season again in Zimbabwean football, that time of the year when the speculation machine goes into overdrive regarding player movement and activity in the transfer market. One topical issue which often dominates football debates during this period is the great trek of Zimbabwe’s finest football talent to the South African league at…
HARARE – Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) division one secretary-general Sweeney Mushonga has warned clubs demoted from the Castle Premiership and those promoted from the third-tier that they will be deregistered if they fail to prove their financial stability. “Teams promoted or demoted should be able to show their preparedness in terms of whether they…
JOHANNESBURG – Willard Katsande says Kaizer Chiefs will not change their attack-minded style of play when they meet bitter rivals Orlando Pirates in a top-of-the-table clash tomorrow. The forceful Zimbabwean player says Amakhosi will go all out to consolidate their lead on the log against a Buccaneers team that will be looking to bounce back…
HARARE – The second edition of the $10 000-worth Startrack Freight Under-20 football tournament gets underway on Sunday at Highfield’s Zimbabwe Grounds, with 16 youth teams expected to battle for honours. Startrack come into the tournament as defending champions after they overcame their Highfield rivals DC Academy in last year’s final. They will however, be…
HARARE – Excessive rains forced the abandonment of the Nelson Mandela Championship yesterday with just one ball been struck at the Royal Durban Golf Course in South Africa. Sunshine Tour contender Ryan Cairns is the only Zimbabwean taking part in the $1,3 million co-sanctioned event after fellow compatriot Tongo Charamba failed to make the grade…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s bodybuilding federation says South African Shameen Adams will keep his unofficial African title won in Harare last month despite being banned for life by the South African International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) for using banned performance-enhancing drugs. The former Mr Universe won the Harare title on November 17, but National Federation…
