KARIBA – FC Platinum scored three second half goals to dump wasteful Harare City out the Mbada Diamonds Cup yesterday. After playing second fiddle to City in the first half, the Zvishavane-based miners were a rejuvenated side in the second stanza. Barely two minutes into the second half, Allen Gahadzikwa thrust the miners into the…
HARARE – There is no doubting the natural flair and ability of both South Africa and the home side Sri Lanka, who are in the same group with Zimbabwe at the upcoming ICC World Twenty20, with both sides having the luxury of powerful batting lineups as well as match winning bowlers. Looking at South Africa,…
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…
HARARE – Back in the days when Navy Masuku was a goalkeeper for Highlanders Royals, she would vehemently protest against refereeing decisions that went against her team and accuse match officials of bias. This tendency to protest and mobilise fellow players to complain even earned her the nickname Mai Musangano. Fast forward to today, and…
HARARE – Old Georgians player-coach Grant Mitchell expects a “mental” game when the defending Zimbabwe champions clash with Matabeleland Warriors at Hartsfield Stadium in one of two blockbuster National Rugby League (NRL) semi-finals this afternoon. OGs, who have won the Zimbabwean rugby title for the past three years, narrowly lost 21-20 to Warriors in their…
HARARE – The Mbada Diamonds Cup first round match pitting Zimbabwe champions Dynamos and struggling Castle Premiership newcomers Quelaton will be beamed live on SuperSport 9 tomorrow as one of five matches the pay-per-view channel will broadcast this season. SuperSport last week sealed a landmark six-year broadcast rights deal with Zimbabwe’s Premier Soccer League to…
HARARE – Mamelodi Sundowns are keenly following the last stages of the Asiagate match-fixing scandal in Zimbabwe that has sucked in two of their key players — Method Mwanjali and Nyasha Mushekwi. The long-running scandal is now in its final phase, with Zimbabwe’s football authorities soon expected to deliver their judgement on players found guilty…
HARARE – Struggling Blue Rangers believe they have what it takes to finally end Highlanders’ unbeaten run when the two sides clash this afternoon in the Mbada Diamonds Cup at Barbourfields Stadium. Rangers’ outspoken coach Partson Ndabambi believes Zimbabwe’s richest knockout competition has the right incentives to spur on the so-called small sides to victory….
