HARARE – Hat-tricks are hard to come by in Zimbabwe’s Castle Premier Soccer League. Before last weekend’s action, just two had been scored in the 2012 campaign. Only Highlanders forward Milton Ncube and former Dynamos star Takesure Chinyama had scored a treble, both coming in the opening weekend of the Premiership. Strikers have struggled for…
HARARE – With six games left in the race for the Castle Premiership title, it has become increasingly more likely that the better-equipped coach between Dynamos’ Calisto Pasuwa and Highlanders mentor Kelvin Kaindu will see his team to the finish line come season-end. As things stand, Pasuwa holds a slight edge in the battle of…
BULAWAYO – Southern Region Division One pacesetters Bantu Rovers have opened a three point lead at the summit of the log despite being held to a 1-1 draw by fellow contenders ZPC Hwange at the weekend. Tshintsha Guluva took their tally to 52 points from 24 matches while ZPC remain in third position behind second…
HARARE – Week 25 of the Castle Premiership shifts into higher gear this weekend with Supersport set to screen three matches from Rufaro Stadium. The broadcasts are a continuation of a series of trial runs ahead of the commencement of the five-year deal between the broadcasting giant and Zimbabwe’s top flight league, which begins in…
HARARE – Supersport United are still working around the clock to sign former Portsmouth and Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari to solve their goal scoring problems. United have only managed to score four goals in the League after six games and are eighth on the log with just eight points. Matsatsantsa have gone two League…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s weekend triumph in Morocco in the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) qualification tournament for the 2013 IRB Sevens Rugby Cup means the resurgent giant of African rugby is now the continental title-holders at both fifteens and sevens. Never mind that the Springboks do not play in continental rugby competitions at fifteens level…
HARARE – Zimbabwean domestic cricket side Southern Rocks have secured the services of two English County Championship players from Derbyshire ahead of the upcoming 2012-13 domestic season. The Masvingo-based franchise had an indifferent season in the last campaign, failing to challenge for honours in the country’s three domestic competitions. Following the arrival of coach Dave…
HARARE – Glenshire captain Denford Kumundati smashed a century before bagging five wickets in his team’s 85-run win over Old Hararians in a Vigne Cup League match on Sunday. Kumundati, who was playing in his first match of the season, won the toss and elected to bat, a decision which proved vital for his side….
RABAT – ZIMBABWE’S national sevens rugby team yesterday qualified for the 2013 IRB Sevens Rugby World Cup after beating Tunisia 32-12 in the final of an Africa Zone qualification tournament in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday. And since two qualification slots were on offer, both the Cheetahs and Tunisia sealed passage to the World Cup by virtue…
BULAWAYO – Resurgent Caps United’s revival efforts suffered a setback when they were held to a draw by bottom-placed Quelaton in an entertaining Castle Premiership encounter yesterday. The Harare giants had prior to this game gone on a three-match winning streak but a missed penalty and some heroics by Quelaton keeper Winston Chiwetu saw them…
