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…
HARARE – Motor Action dropped two crucial points at home after they were held to a frustrating draw by Black Mambas in a Castle Premiership encounter yesterday. The Mighty Bulls went 1-0 up after 10 minutes through Merciful Ncube, who headed in a Protasho Kabwe cross from the right past Mambas goalkeeper Tonderai Mateyaunga. Morris…
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 – Castle Premiership strugglers Quelaton believe today’s encounter with FC Platinum at Luveve Stadium will mark a turning point in their fight to prolong their stay in the country’s first tier football league. Quelaton anchor the 16-team log standings with a mere six points to their credit and trail the team that sits above…
HARARAE – Shabanie Mine coach Luke Masomere is seriously worried about a backlash from Hwange when the two teams meet in a Castle Premiership match at Maglas this afternoon. Masomere likened Hwange to a “wounded lion” after suffering an embarrassing 4-1 home defeat to Shabanie at the Colliery in the first half of the season….
HARARE – Matabeleland Tuskers chief executive Stanley Staddon has bemoaned the departure of head coach Dave Houghton for Masvingo-based franchise Southern Rocks. Houghton, a former Zimbabwe Test captain and coach, guided the Tuskers to successive Logan Cup titles in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons. The Bulawayo-based franchise reclaimed its title in style last year after…
HARARE – No one can deny Zimbabwe their moment in the sun following the spirit-lifting 3-1 win over Angola on Sunday, but the hard work still lies ahead for the Warriors, who must expect a strong comeback from the Palancas Negras in the return leg next month. If truth be told, Zimbabwe did not play…
NAIROBI – Robin Brown, the former Zimbabwe coach, has been temporarily put in charge of Kenya ahead of this month’s ICC Intercontinental Cup and two one-dayers in Namibia. The coaching post has been vacant since Mike Hesson, currently in charge of the New Zealand team, quit in May That month Brown, who played seven ODIs…
HARARE – Goalkeeper and captain Tapuwa Kapini, one of Zimbabwe’s driving forces behind their 2013 African Nations Cup qualification quest, faces a possible four-month layoff due to nagging injury. The inspirational Warriors captain aggravated his ankle injury in the team’s 3-1 win over Angola in the first leg of the last round of qualifiers at…
HARARE – How Mine are back on top of the Southern Region Division One log standings after eking out a 1-0 away victory over Ntabazinduna on Saturday. The gold miners regained the top spot after ZPC Hwange, who went into the weekend as the log leaders, were held to a 1-1 draw by Railstars on…
