HARARE – Monomotapa have vowed to retain most of their key players who steered them to a remarkable 2012 season, fending off interest from bigger local clubs, particularly champions Dynamos. Midfielder Tendai Ngulube, the striking duo of Tawanda Nyamandwe and Osborne Mukuradare as well as goalkeeper Artwell Mukandi will be free agents at the…
HARARE – Highlanders’ influencial midfielder Masimba Mambare has showered Bosso coach Kelvin Kaindu with praise for turning him into a “new player” in a season the Zambian came agonisingly close to guide the Bulawayo giants to their first Premiership title in six years. Mambare had a brilliant season with Bosso in the just-ended season, helping…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Sevens rugby team has a strong chance of making an impression at the South African leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in Port Elizabeth next weekend after being handed a fair draw yesterday. The Cheetahs were expected to leave the country yesterday for the leg, now called the Cell C…
HARARE – Sean Williams and Charles Coventry both scored centuries yesterday to guide Matabeleland Tuskers to a workmanlike three-wicket win over Midwest Rhinos in a closely-fought Logan Cup match. The two purebred Bulawayo cricketers —who are hoping to reclaim their places in the Zimbabwe national side after lengthy absences from the team — engineered Matabeleland’s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s rugby team has confidence it can still leave a mark on the Emirates Airline Cup of Nations in Dubai next week despite losing key players to the Sevens national side which leaves for South Africa tomorrow for the second leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in Port Elizabeth. The Sables were…
HARARE – Midfield wizard Denver Mukamba was last night, as largely expected, named Dynamos’ player of the season following a dazzling season with the record Zimbabwe champions. The 20-year-old playmaker was crowned in absentia at a glittering club end-of-season awards ceremony in the capital last night. Mukamba is currently undergoing trials at South African Premiership…
HARARE – Zimbabwean football has over the years been graced by football family dynasties. But if ever there was a crown to honour Zimbabwe’s first family of football, then it would go to the Chieza family of Mhangura, a family of no fewer than eight competent footballers who enjoyed first team football during the infant…
JOHANNESBURG – Next Saturday, December 8, 2012 Mzansi’s sporting world comes to a standstill when the first instalment of Africa’s biggest derby takes place at the country’s Soccer City precinct just outside Soweto. The Orlando Pirates/Kaizer Chiefs derby is considered one of the fiercest derbies around the world and on the African continent, probably has…
HARARE – Nelson Maziwisa, Zimbabwe’s deadliest striker in the just-ended 2012 domestic season, quietly slipped out of the country last week for trials with debuting South African Premiership side Chippa United. The Shabanie Mine forward, who scored 18 Premiership goals to clinch the Castle Golden Boot award, joined the fledgling Cape Town outfit early last…
HARARE – Dynamos fullback Thomas Magorimbo has said he is keen to extend his two-year stay at the Glamour Boys. The 27-year-old will be out of contract at the end of next month, and will seek an extension to his current deal in the New Year. The utility player, who can play at right-back or…
