HARARE – Monomotapa hope the return of striker Tawanda “Finger” Nyamandwe from injury will reignite their Castle Lager Premiership title charge that appears to be going off the rails. Nyamandwe, who was injured last month and missed the last three league matches against FC Platinum, Shabanie Mine and Blue Rangers, is expected to start training…
HARARE – Buffaloes captain Dananai Chinowawa, who at 34 is one of the oldest players in Zimbabwe’s Premiership, says it is only fitting that his club lift the prestigious Mbada Diamonds Cup for the province of Manicaland. Chinowawa — who has played top-level football in the country for 18 years — believes winning the country’s…
HARARE – CAPS United rookie midfielder Nyasha Chikazenga and Mzingwane High School’s goal keeper Paul Makotore, who have both been overlooked by the Zimbabwe Under-17 football team, were selected into the Under-17 Copa All-Star team. The duo was part of a 14-man team drawn from 140 players stemming from 15 African countries that descended on…
HARARE – Coach Moses Chunga succumbed to his eighth straight defeat with two different clubs this season after Buffaloes continued their prolific away form to condemn his Gunners further into the relegation zone yesterday. Michael Mageja headed home the priceless goal that saw the Mutare soldiers climb into fifth place with 36 points from 21…
BULAWAYO – FC Platinum registered their first victory in Bulawayo since gaining promotion into the first tier last season with an easy win over Quelaton in a one-sided Castle Premiership encounter yesterday. Basement side Quelaton were so lacklustre in their approach to the game and could have lost by a bigger margin had it not…
HARARE – Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club — Wednesday Golf Section better ball Stableford winners were: 1. B. leipe and B. Dale – 51 points; 2. R. Davenport and S. Mclellian – 48; 3. c/o F. Busanya and M. Chifodya – 47; 4. C. Morgan and B. Leipe – 47; 5. c/o G. Muteiwa and N….
HARARE – Shabanie Mine beat fellow miners Hwange 2-1 at Maglas yesterday to make it two-out-of-two this season over Chipangano. Shabanie dominated the first half but failed to beat impressive Hwange goalkeeper Timothy Sibanda, who pulled off a string of fine saves to deny the hosts. The Chinda Boys opened the scoring through Tafadzwa Mombeshora,…
HARARE – Harare City have set sights on completing a season’s double over reigning Zimbabwe champions Dynamos when the two clubs square off in a Castle Premiership match at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon. The top-flight debutants, who have not lost to the country’s traditional Big Three of Dynamos, Highlanders and CAPS United since gaining Premiership…
BULWAYO – Barbourfields Stadium comes alive this afternoon when Bulawayo rivals Chicken Inn and Highlanders clash in a potentially thrilling Castle Premiership match in the city. Both teams will be missing some of their regular players due to injury and suspension with the home side, Chicken Inn, being the most affected. The Gamecocks will miss…
HARARE – Unsettled Zimbabwean cricketer Mark Vermeulen — who recently turned to amateur golf for solace — has been thrown yet another cricket lifeline after Midwest Rhinos signed him on this week ahead of the upcoming 2012-13 season. Vermeulen, whose career has been blighted by a chequered disciplinary record, joins the Kwekwe-based franchise on an…
