HARARE – CAPS United are keeping their feet on the ground after their Mbada Diamonds Cup first round win over Motor Action last Saturday, according to assistant coach Mkhupani Masuku. Makepekepe, who have had a difficult 2012 league season, beat the last season’s runners-up 1-0 courtesy of Hardlife Zvirekwi’s last-minute strike at the match held…
HARARE – Dynamos began their defence of the Mbada Diamonds Cup with an unconvincing 4-2 penalty victory over Quelaton in the first round at Rufaro Stadium yesterday. Rodreck Mutuma, who has fallen out of favour with the DeMbare fans, was the hero after he converted the last spot kick in the shoot-out to send the…
GWANDA – Ishmael Lawe scored an injury time winner to send Gunners through to the quarter-finals of the Mbada Diamonds Cup in a tightly contested first round 3-2 win over Chicken Inn at Pelandaba Stadium yesterday. The youthful Gunners made their intentions clear from the onset by racing to an early lead when Valentine Ndaba…
HARARE – Shabanie Mine edged Hwange in an Mbada Diamonds Cup first round match at Maglas Stadium yesterday to set up an exciting quarter-final clash against bitterest rivals FC Platinum. Man-of-the-match Pervington Zimunya scored the all-important goal in the 38th minute with a beautiful curling shot. Shabanie won a free kick just outside the box…
MUTARE – Buffaloes progressed to the last eight of the Mbada Diamonds Cup after edging visiting Black Mambas in a first round match here yesterday. Double scorer Prosper Matizanadzo, who deservedly won the man-of-the-match award, provided both goals that propelled the army side into a quarter-final date with CAPS United. The Mutare soldiers had to…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe cricket team paid the prize of make-shift preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 after losing both warm-up matches last week in Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe succumbed to defeats to Ireland and Bangladesh, which gives them little hope when they start their campaign against the hosts Sri Lanka tomorrow in Hambantota. The locals,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean team might be young but they do have enough firepower to upset any major team in the World T20 starting with hosts Sri Lanka tomorrow. The guy that both the Zimbabwe team and their fans would be looking up to will be no other than their captain, Brendan Taylor. Taylor has…
HARARE – Richard Muzhange is a true athlete. Apart from being a budding cricketer, he was selected to represent Zimbabwe at the Under-16 athletics (javelin) and U-20 basketball. A medium-pacer, he took 3 for 37 against the Bangladesh Under-19s in an unofficial ODI in November 2009. His favourite player is Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif for his…
COLOMBO – Bangladesh registered a comfortable five-wicket victory against Zimbabwe, achieving the target of 135 with ten balls to spare. Led by opener Mohammad Ashraful’s 38, the chase was structured around two big partnerships of 52 and 50. There was a hiccup when Bangladesh lost three wickets for five runs to slip to 85 for…
HARARE – Suspended Zimbabwe football coach Norman Mapeza has pleaded with the Asiagate Ethics Committee, led by Retired Supreme Court judge Ahmed Ebrahim, to conclude its investigation so that he can get on with his life. Mapeza was suspended in February this year alongside over 100 players implicated in the Asiagate scam. The scandal involved…
