HARARE – Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) director general Charles Nhemachena was elected into the executive Committee of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (CSCSA) on Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho. Nhemachena is now the chairperson of CSCA’s Zone Six finance and marketing commission. The new Zone Six chairperson is Namibian Vetumbuavi Veii with…
JOHANNESBURG – Former Dynamos striker Takesure Chinyama’s beautifully- curled effort helped South African champions Orlando Pirates beat struggling Sundowns 3-1 at the Loftus Versfield Stadium on Wednesday night in an Absa Premiership match. Sundowns got off to a brighter start right from the whistle where they immediately threatened at goal with a Teko Modise free-kick…
HARARE – Three Zimbabwe cricketers have been shortlisted twice in different categories for Saturday’s Zimbabwe Cricket Player Awards in the capital. The three — captain Brendan Taylor, batsman Hamilton Masakadza and seamer Brian Vitori — were some of the most outstanding players for Zimbabwe in international cricket in the 2012 calendar year. Taylor has been…
HARARE – Footballers and officials found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting in the Asiagate scam have to fork out $6 000 for their cases to be heard by a Zifa Special Appeals Committee commissioned in Harare yesterday. Zifa president Cuthbert Dube yesterday appointed a three-man committee composed of two eminent advocates and a veteran…
HARARE – The Mbada Diamonds Cup, which resumes at semifinal stage in Bulawayo and Mutare this weekend, is the last opportunity for silverware for three of the clubs involved. Apart from Dynamos — who are well-placed to retain the Castle Premiership title they won last year after a four year wait — the other semifinalists;…
HARARE – The depressing news of the Zimbabwe Under-17 football team’s failure to travel to Congo-Brazzaville to fulfil an important African Youth Championship qualifier delivered another dose of bad news that could signal a new low in local football. Having recently fired the entire national side en masse following the 2013 African Nations Cup finals,…
HARARE – Hwange Football Club secretary Burzil Dube was dispatched to the capital on Tuesday to pursue the club’s fight against the Zifa Appeals Committee’s decision to reinstate Dynamos’ 4-2 victory over the coalminers. The Zifa Appeals Committee’s decision effectively quashed the decision by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) Disciplinary Committee, which had nullified DeMbare’s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have fallen nine places to 98 in November’s Fifa football rankings, which were announced yesterday. The Warriors are back in their October position after jumping nine spots last month. The Warriors had rose to position 89 after beating Angola 3-1 in the first leg of the decisive African Nations Cup qualifier in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe batsman Hamilton Masakadza and St John’s College schoolboy Eddie Byrom’s 145-run second-wicket partnership inspired Country Club to a one-wicket win over Old Hararians in a Vigne Cup match on Sunday. Old Hararians totalled 234 all out in 49,3 overs with Stuart Matsikenyeri top scoring with 78 runs. Masakadza and Zimbabwe captain Brendan…
HARARE – Edward Kanhanyu, owner of Central Region Division One champions Tripple B, says his club’s recent promotion into the Castle Premiership is “poetic justice” after failing to secure a PSL ticket last season. The Friday Phiri-coached side beat Tongogara 1-0 to seal passage into the Zimbabwean top flight next season. However, their ascendency has…
