HARARE – Rodreck Mutuma, for the second year running, was Dynamos’ hero as the Glamour Boys defeated Monomotapa to retain the Mbada Diamonds Cup yesterday and complete a remarkable league and cup double in as many seasons. Mutuma, who scored the winning goal in Dynamos’ 1-0 win over Motor Action in last year’s final at…
HARARE – Ugly scenes dampened the highly-anticipated grand finale of the Mbada Diamonds Cup, which Dynamos won 2-0 against Monomotapa to retain the country’s richest domestic football competition. It was a nightmare for journalists to enter the VIP area at Rufaro Stadium. After making it past the rigid security details, the fourth estate was again…
BULAWAYO – Bantu Rovers failed in their bid to win promotion back into the Castle premiership after suffering a shock defeat to lowly Rufaro Rovers here yesterday. The defeat handed the Southern Region Division One league title to How Mine after the gold miners edged police outfit Black Boots 1-0 across town at Fairbridge. A…
BULAWAYO – Mufakose Queens narrowly edged New Orleans in a Marange Diamonds National Women’s Football League encounter to move within a single point behind log leaders Black Rhinos. Rutendo Matongorere struck the winner for the visitors on 55 minutes after being sent through by Lydia Mapungure. The home side felt hard done by the match…
HARARE – Just when he was contemplating quitting cricket, an unexpected call up to the Mashonaland Eagles Castle Logan Cup team came up and saved his game from going into abyss. Three weeks before his debut, Glenshire Cricket Club seamer Tafadzwa Muzarawetu had decided to quit the sport he so loves. While he was still…
HARARE – In the year where Zimbabwean sports performed dismally, the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) through its premier event, the Annual National Sports Awards (Ansa), surprisingly increased the number of categories and nominations. Two more categories were added to the traditional 13 whilst 81 nominees were added to the last year’s 39. This effectively…
HARARE – Every aspect of anything has its “once upon a time”. Concentrating on golf for now, what is “its once upon a time” story to talk about. Golf’s origin is surrounded with controversy which break peoples’ heads if pursued further and further. Historians have up to now not convincingly come up with proven…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket coach Alan Butcher has revealed he gets far more satisfaction from coaching than playing, saying he has enjoyed a far much fulfilling career after retiring as a player. The former England Test batsman, a stylish left-hand opener who was strong off the back foot, revealed that winning the Test match against…
HARARE – Rufaro Stadium this afternoon provides the stage for a befitting end to an action-packed Zimbabwean domestic football season when league champions Dynamos and enterprising Premiership outfit Monomotapa clash in the Mbada Diamonds Cup final. What a befitting end to what has been by far one of the best seasons over the last few…
HARARE – Mashonaland Eagles coach Stephen Mangongo is set to wield the axe on under-performing batsmen following three successive defeats in the Castle Logan Cup. The latest in the series of losses came yesterday when the Eagles succumbed to defending champions Matabeleland Tuskers by 312 runs at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Eagles batsmen failed…
