HARARE – A few years ago, Mzansi’s senior national football team went on an aggressive talent identification programme aimed at assembling only the best players for Bafana Bafana. The search was not only limited to the boundaries of Mzansi. It was diversified to cover the length and breadth of this universe. When Bafana won the…
HARARE – Zimbabwean forward Edward Sadomba has celebrated his reprieve in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal by making it among 32 nominees for the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) award. The former Dynamos star, who has been enjoying good scoring form for Sudanese club Al Hilal in the African Confederation Cup, was this…
HARARE – Harare Sports Club coach Blessing Chiutare has retained the entire backline that dismantled Old Hararians 24-6 in the semifinals for today’s NRL final against Matabeleland Warriors. Experienced Sables centre Daniel Hondo will captain the side, partnered by Simbarashe Chirimuta in midfield in what has become a formidable centre-pairing for Sportivo. Sports Club’s midfield…
HARARE – Matabeleland Warriors senior player Norman Mukondiwa says winning the National Rugby League (NRL) title today will help revive the game in the province, once a dominant force in Zimbabwean rugby. The Warriors take on hosts Harare Sports Club this afternoon in an epic NRL final hoping to end a 12-year title…
HARARE – Eight African countries are expected to muscle it out at the All-Africa Olympia bodybuilding contest at the Rainbow Towers in Harare next month. The battle for Africa will be held for the first time in Zimbabwe under the auspices of the National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) interim executive on November…
HARARE – Blue Rangers teenager David Temwanjira scored a brace to help his side beat Harare City yesterday in a result described by coach Partson Ndabambi as the turning point in their fight for survival. With that result, Rangers take their tally to 23 points from 25 games, two points shy of Hwange who occupy…
HARARE – The small mining town of Hwange will be burning for two reasons tomorrow when Chipangano host defending champions Dynamos in an emotional Castle Premiership match at the colliery in a match that has all the ingredients for a gripping thriller. Firstly, temperatures in the remote area of Hwange often rise to unbearable levels,…
HARARE – Harare Sports Club will look to shed their chokers tag tomorrow when they face in-form Matabeleland Warriors in what promises to be an explosive National Rugby League (NRL) final centred on the crucial breakdown battle. Sportivo last won a major title in 2009, but back then only teams from the country’s northern…
HARARE – A few weeks ago I received a “tipoff” from a Mutare football fan concerned about what he called dubious appointment of referees in the Premier Soccer League. The reader claimed, almost convincingly enough, that he had evidence pointing to the fact that referees from Mutare and Masvingo were getting preferential treatment in…
HARARE – Blue Rangers coach Partson Ndabambi believes no team is safe from relegation yet, adding that the last five Castle Premiership games will be an intense affair for all bottom eight teams. Ndabambi says in their survival quest, his club has targeted Hwange, who occupy the last safe slot with 25 points but is…
