HARARE giants Dynamos may have lost the joint fewest number of matches in the league this season, three, but a failure to win on a regular basis has been their biggest drawback. The Glamour Boys have played 21 matches, winning just six times and drawing 11 to find themselves in seventh position on the Castle…
VETERAN midfielder Allan Gahadzikwa has become the latest player to join ambitious Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) outfit Scottland. The seasoned playmaker, who lit up the premiership in the colours of Bikita Minerals in the first half of the year, joins King Nadolo and Johane Sibanda as the Scott Sakupwanya-owned side’s mid-season arrivals. Scottland, who…
INCONSISTENT Harare side CAPS United will head into their clash against reigning champions FC Platinum without defensive lynchpin Hastings Chapusha who will be serving a one-match suspension after picking up five yellow cards. Chapusha has been one of the better performers for Lloyd Chitembwe’s side who have been having a torrid time of late, and…
By Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER NEWLY-CROWNED African champions, the Zimbabwe Sables, returned home to a heroes’ welcome yesterday, with an enthusiastic crowd on hand to cheer them on their arrival at Robert Mugabe International Airport in the capital. The Piet Benade-coached Sables defied the odds to come up trumps in the Rugby Africa Cup staged…
ZIMBABWE’S Sables won the Rugby Africa Cup for the first time ever following a lopsided 29-3 victory over Algeria in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday. In what was a surprise final pitting two of the tournament’s unfancied sides, it was the Sables who stamped their authority on proceedings, racing to a 12-3 lead at the break with…
By Cloud Fusire at RUFARO STADIUM Dynamos………………….0 Bikita Minerals………..0 DYNAMOS coach Genesis Mangombe was once again left a frustrated man after his under-fire strike force drew blanks in a goalless draw at home to Bikita Minerals here yesterday. The Glamour Boys, who were coming from a frustrating draw at home to Yadah, are now 13…
THE Chevrons’ hopes of a victory in the first ever Test against Ireland went up in flames at Stormont yesterday as a record 84-run stand between Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine helped the hosts to a four-wicket victory. Following a sterling bowling performance by Richard Ngarava late on Saturday, Zimbabwe went into yesterday’s game with…
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) executives facing fraud charges have upped their fight for freedom and have approached the court to have the case referred to the Constitutional Court, describing their continued prosecution as lawfare. The five, Felton Kamambo, Brighton Malandule, Philemon Machana, Stanley Chapeta and Joseph Mamutse, are alleged to have written letters on…
By Cloud Fusire IT WILL be a jam-packed Sunday for the domestic top flight, the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League with eight matches scheduled across the country. Harare will play host to two matches, with record league winners Dynamos hosting one of the season’s surprise packages Bikita Minerals at Rufaro Stadium, while Yadah host Bulawayo…
DYNAMOS treasurer Musa Beadle Gwasira has resigned amid claims that his working relationship with club board chairman Bernard Marriott had become untenable. Gwasira, who was at Rufaro Stadium on Thursday to witness Dynamos’ 1-1 stalemate with Yadah Stars, tendered his resignation to club chairman Moses Maunganidze after the game. “Please accept this letter as formal…
