MIDFIELD dynamo Tanaka Shandirwa scored the solitary goal as Dynamos edged Zambia’s Zesco United one-nil in a Caf Confederation Cup preliminary round first leg clash at the National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana yesterday. Shandirwa’s 31st minute strike ensured that coach Lloyd ‘Mablanyo’ Chigowe got the perfect start that he had demanded prior to the match,…
BRANDON Mavuta was the hero of the day for the Zimbabwe Emerging team as they edged their South African counterparts by just three runs in a thrilling finish to the third one-dayer at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Saturday, with the leg-spinner turning in a match-winning spell of six wickets for 39 runs. Winning…
SPORTS WRITER ARMY outfit Black Rhinos returned to the top of the Northern region Soccer League log standings on Saturday following a narrow 1-0 win over Ngezi U19 FC at Baobab Stadium. The win, coupled with MWOS FC’s goalless draw with Scottland at Ngoni Stadium on the same day, meant Rhinos took their points tally…
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders turned on the style to hammer GreenFuel 3-0 at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday and book a place in the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup. A goal in the first half from Melikhaya Ncube and two goals in the second half from Nqobile Ndlovu and Marvellous Chigumira were enough for Bosso to see…
CLOUD FUSIRE in Lusaka, Zambia Ngezi Platinum Stars………0 AS Maniema……………….. 0 NGEZI Platinum Stars were left ruing missed chances after playing out a frustrating goalless draw against AS Maniema of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the Caf Champions League preliminary round first leg match here yesterday. Madamburo were the better side from the…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE LOCAL women’s football got a timely boost on Friday when Walter Magaya unveiled a US$320 000 sponsorship package for the Zimbabwe Women’s Soccer League (ZWSL) one of his commercial arms, The Heart Group. For so long a benefactor of local football, the cleric, who also owns premiership side Yadah FC, Magaya has…
HERENTALS Queens’ dream campaign in the ongoing Caf Champions League Cosafa Women’s Qualifier continued yesterday as the Zimbabwean champions edged Zambia’s Green Buffaloes one-nil in a Group A clash at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre, Malawi. Maudy Mafuruse’s close range finish on the hour mark was all that the Lazarus Magayacoached side needed to register back-to-back…
LOCAL football giants, Highlanders and CAPS United this weekend turn their attention to the Chibuku Super Cup with both sides seeking a deep run in the country’s premier knockout competition amid far from satisfactory results in the league. Highlanders, the 2019 Chibuku Super Cup winners, are currently in fourth position in the Castle Lager Premier…
LOG leaders MWOS FC face off against ambitious Scottland FC in a top-of-the-table clash at Ngoni Stadium tomorrow in the highlight of this weekend’s Northern Region Division One fixtures. MWOS FC, who have 44 points from 21 games, will be looking to consolidate their position atop the NRSL log standings by getting a positive result…
ZIMBABWEAN champions Herentals Queens got their Caf Champions League Cosafa Women’s Qualifier campaign off to a perfect start after a convincing 3-1 win over Namibia’s FC Ongos at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre, Malawi. Herentals Queens are one of eight teams battling it out in Malawi this week for the sole ticket to the continental finals….
