HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket were two week ago kicked out of their head offices of more than 20 years after defaulting on rents for several months. The ZC headquarters at Harare Sports Club had become a symbol of the game and many cricket lovers will have fond memories of their old HQ, which had become…
HARARE – Turbulent CAPS United, winless in their last seven league games, have sacked goalkeeper Edmore Sibanda and defender Nyasha Mukumbi in a desperate bid to arrest the slide at the former Zimbabwe champions. Club president Twine Phiri last night confirmed the dismissal of the two former Makepekepe captains. “It is true, we have expelled…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Appeals Committee says it will early next week deliver judgment into the annulled Dynamos-Hwange match after holding a hearing into the matter yesterday. Dynamos beat Hwange 4-2 in a Castle Lager Premiership match back in May, but the coalminers played under protest after their coaches Nation Dube and…
HARARE – One of the saddest stories of the 2012 Castle Premiership season is, to many neutrals, the decline of FC Platinum to a weekly punching bag, merely a season after losing the league championship on goal difference, only in their debut top flight season. Platinum’s entrance onto the top flight scene last season was…
HARARE – Namibia stands between Zimbabwe and a fourth straight Under-19 African rugby title when the two sides clash in a potential thriller at Prince Edward School tomorrow. The winner of the match, the last of Group A action in the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Under-19 Championships, automatically qualifies for the 2013 Junior World…
HARARE – The last time that Arsenal won the English Premiership was back in 2004 powered by the brilliance of two Frenchmen; Arsene Wenger as manager and Thierry Henry as the chief striker. This is a memorable season for all die hard Arsenal fans like me because the Gunners did not lose a single match…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) yesterday told Sports minister David Coltart that the Independent Disciplinary Committee on the Asiagate scandal will wind up its work within two weeks. The promise was made during a meeting between Coltart, Zifa and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) on the state of Zimbabwean football. “While noting…
HARARE – Denver Mukamaba’s well-taken brace against 10-man FC Platinum yesterday helped Dynamos move to within three points off Castle Lager Premiership log leaders Highlanders. Dynamos, who still have a one game in hand, are now on 40 points while Bosso have 43 points making it a two-horse race for the league championship. Third-placed Monomotapa,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cricketers leave Sunday for a three-day team bonding camp in Matabeleland ahead of next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. Bowling coach Heath Streak will host the traveling party at his family farm in Esgodini, near the country’s second largest city. The farm also has a cricket ground. The team will…
HARARE – Monomotapa coach Biggie Zuze believes the Castle Lager Premiership title race is still wide open after seeing his youthful side embarrass FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium on Saturday. The 2008 Zimbabwe champions knocked the ball around with a swagger that illuminated Mandava and bamboozled the home side. Monomotapa were menacing from the first…
