Harare Province Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club – Wednesday club was sponsored by Spar Braeside (Andre De Beer) and the format was Chicago modified stableford of which the winners were: 1. C. Macmillan and M. Rhodes +7; 2. M. Sly and C. Coetzee +4; 3. M. Tambling and B. Buckley +3; 4. S. Dunn and B….
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…
HARARE – The intense fight for the Castle Premiership crown between log-leaders Dynamos and second-placed Highlanders has stolen the limelight from the equally frenzied battle for survival at the log’s basement. With Quelaton’s drop to the lower division now confirmed, five other clubs are still enmeshed in a relegation scrap which is proving to be…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe champions Monomotapa believe they can win the Mbada Diamonds Cup as a befitting finale to a season in which their attacking brand of football won them many admirers. The 2009 PSL champions head into the Mbada semifinal at Sakubva Stadium against FC Platinum on Saturday, having completed a league double over…
HARARE – Former Midlands governor and ex-football administrator Cephas Msipa while backing Zifa’s efforts to rid Zimbabwean football of corruption, pleaded with the association to show mercy on players found guilty of match-fixing in the Asiagate scam. Msipa, who ran a football club in the years before Independence in 1980, quoted from William Shakespeare’s book,…
HARARE – Mbada Diamonds Company, the country’s biggest football sponsor, has issued a thinly-veiled ultimatum to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to “get its house in order” or risk losing the lucrative deal following the shambolic handling of the Mbada Diamonds Cup semi-final fixtures. In an embarrassing draw blooper by the league, the semi-final pairing…
HARARE – A strong factor in Dynamos winning last year’s Castle Premiership title was the never-say-die spirit shown by their players and the technical shrewdness of coach Calisto Pasuwa. While many doubted the Glamour Boys’ ability to successfully defend their title this season – with Pasuwa almost losing his job in the mid-season following a…
HARARE – Gunners keep their slim Castle Premiership relegation survival hopes alive with a victory over Harare City yesterday. Willard Gondo scored with a header after 26 minutes to instil some hope in Gunners’ survival ambitions with just two games remaining before the season ends. The 2009 Zimbabwe champions are still in the relegation zone…
HARARE – Dynamos surged closer to a 19th Zimbabwean Premiership title yesterday, maintaining a two-point lead by beating Monomotapa 2-1 while rivals Highlanders won 2-0 at Hardbody. The Glamour Boys have two games remaining to extend their title record after rattling off 10 points in their last five matches. Second half goals from striker Simba…
