THE Lady Chevrons crumbled to a 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Ireland in the first match of the three-match One Day International series at Harare Sports Club yesterday. In a rain-interrupted match, the Lady Chevrons were bowled out for 170 runs with Ashley Ndiraya top scoring with 47 runs, while Precious Marange chipped in…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE ZIMBABWE’s U14 girls’ tennis team shone in the ITF/CAT Southern Africa Championships in Namibia recently. The local U14 girls, namely Kuzivaishe Chapepa, Rutendo Tom and Akeelah Khanye secured gold after overcoming neighbours South Africa 2-0 in the decisive match. The South Africa U14 girls’ team was made up of Jordan Edwards, Charlotte…
Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER THE Zimbabwe football Association (Zifa) has taken the first step in its bid to clamp down on illegal football dealings by revealing the identity of the only five local Fifa registered player agents. This comes as there has been an increase in unregistered “football agents” in local football circles exposing innocent…
IT’S all change at Harare giants Dynamos who have released the duo of striker Tinashe Makanda and left-sided defender Brandon Mpofu ahead of the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League that is expected to kick-off next month. Makanda and Mpofu’s departure comes after the Glamour Boys decided against renewing the contracts for the duo, who…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons will be looking to rescue the T20 series when they face off against Sri Lanka in Colombo today, with captain Sikandar Raza upbeat ahead of the crucial encounter. Raza, who shone for the Chevrons in the first T20 which Sri Lanka won after forcing two runs off the final…
By Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER THE iconic Rufaro Stadium is set to be available to host Premier Soccer League matches in the 2024 season with the facility’s custodians the Harare City Council planning to reopen the venue on February 10 by staging a friendly match between Dynamos and CAPS United. The match, which will be…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons had victory snatched from their grasp by a last-gasp Sri Lanka surge, eventually losing the opening T20 of the three-match series by three wickets after the hosts scored two runs off the final delivery of the day in Colombo yesterday. In what turned out to be a dramatic opening…
GALLANT centuries from Nkosana Mpofu and Hamid Ali could not prevent Rhinos, who lost only three wickets in this Logan Cup match, from defeating Tuskers by an innings and 40 runs at Takashinga Sports Club on Saturday. Overnight Tuskers were 143 for two wickets, with Mpofu on 65 and Brian Chari 26, needing to score…
FOURTEEN local referees have been inducted into the Fifa panel for 2024, after a two-year international exile following the ban by the football motherboard. The country will have four male centre referees and a similar number of assistant referees that will be led by the Castle Premier Soccer League Referee of the Year Brighton Chimene…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBESports Writer CHEVRONS skipper Craig Ervine is hoping for a turnaround in fortunes in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka that gets underway in Colombo today. The Chevrons fell to a two-nil ODI series defeat by Sri Lanka last week, barely a month after also losing both the ODI and T20 home…
