HARARE – It was serious business for the first time this week at the Zimbabwe national football team training session yesterday as players went through their fitness tests ahead of Sunday’s crucial match against Angola. Zimbabwe takes on the Palancas Negras in the first leg of the 2013 African Nations Cup qualifier at Rufaro Stadium…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Under-17 football coach Lloyd Chigowe has called on his charges to be worthy ambassadors for their country when they lineup against neighbouring Mozambique in an African Youth Championship qualifier on Saturday. The first leg of the qualifier will be played at Gwanzura Stadium in Harare, with the return leg scheduled for two…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cricket team returns to Harare tomorrow from Matabeleland after a three-day bonding camp at bowling coach Heath Streak’s family farm in Turk Mine. Assistant coach Steve Mangongo said the camp achieved its objectives ahead of next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, where they are pooled in Group C with…
JOHANNESBURG – Newly-promoted South African Premiership club Chippa United have dumped Byron Madzokere a month after agreeing to sign the Zimbabwean defender and applying for his work permit, with the club now having switched its preference to Nigerian centre back James Okwuosa. Okwousa — who has been playing for Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian Premier…
HARARE – Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club — Wednesday club Betterball Medal winners were 1. T. Chingwena and C. Jairos – 57 net; 2. J. Muchochomi and T. Chingwena – 60; 3. A. Jones and B. Dale – 61; 4. A.De Beer and B. Lowe – 63; 5. c/o S. Brown and V. Macmillan – 64;…
HARARE – Dynamos midfielder Milton Makopa must fight hard to reclaim his place in the team owing to Devon Chafa’s performance lately, says assistant coach Tonderai Ndiraya. Makopa has missed the last four DeMbare matches through suspension and illness, paving way for Chafa to take up the anchoring role in midfield for the defending Castle…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top bodybuilder, Victor Hungwe, has cut down on the number of contests for the remainder of the year, opting to participate only in two regional events. Hungwe won the Mr Musclemania Zimbabwe last month, making it two titles in the year following his victory in the Shameem Classic in Cape Town in…
HARARE – Navigator Greg Stead made it a fourth straight podium finish for Zimbabwe in four years when he steered Zambia’s youthful driver Mohammed Essa to the FIA Africa Rally Championship(ARC) title on Sunday. The two were crowned ARC champions after winning the 2012 Puma Energy Tanzania International Rally held in Dar es Salaam this…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will begin preparations for Sunday’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Angola in earnest today following the awaited arrival of several foreign-based players from their respective bases abroad. By last night, the only foreign- based players that had reported for camp were defender Arnold Chaka of Botswana side Mochudi Centre Chiefs and…
HARARE – Ryan Cairns shot to the top of the Golden Pilsner Zambezi Tour Order of Merit following his FSG Lowveld Pro-Am victory in Triangle late last month. Cairns shot a final round two-over-par 74 to finish with a gross total score of six-under-par 282 to win the $7 012 prize money for first place….
