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Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw DEFENDING Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions, FC Platinum will be looking to bounce back from last weekend’s morale-sapping defeat by Bulawayo giants Highlanders when they host Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Mandava Stadium this afternoon. The platinum miners’ 23-game unbeaten run in the league came…

Emmanuel Marambe AT NATIONAL SPORTS STADIUM Yadah FC………..………..0 Simba Bhora…………..(1) 1 ALEXANDER  Mandinyenya struck the winner as premiership debutants Simba Bhora got their first full set of points in the top flight as they edged a battling Yadah FC 1-0 here yesterday. In a largely uneventful match in which chances came at a premium, it was…

Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITER CAPS United gaffer Lloyd Chitembwe says his highflying Green Machine will have their sights on another set of maximum points when they date Black Rhinos at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow, but remain wary of the threat posed by the army side who have a reputation of being a thorn in the…

By Emmanuel Marambe TWO of the country’s biggest teams, Dynamos and Highlanders, who are currently riding high after an impressive start in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, are set to clash in this year’s edition of the Independence Cup. The match, which forms part of the country’s Uhuru celebrations, will be played in Mt…

Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITERmarambee@dailynews.co.zw REJUVENATED Highlanders’ clash with unbeaten Bulawayo rivals Chicken Inn headlines the five-day Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Easter holiday football fiesta, which will see top flight games being played every day from tomorrow up to Monday. The Easter programme begins tomorrow at the National Sports Stadium in Harare where Tonderayi Ndiraya will…

DEFENDING champion, Spencer Masango is part of a competitive field of players that are set to compete at the Steward Bank Easter Open Chess Tournament set for Harare. The annual four-day tournament, which has been played over the Easter holidays for more than three decades now, will run from April 7-10 at Joina City Building…

Cloud Fusirefusirec@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE National Karate Federation coach Winston Nyanhete will lead a team of female karatekas that will represent the country at the Gaborone Open International Karate Championships in Botswana this week. The four-day event will run from April 6 to 10 at Botho University in Gaborone with karatekas from South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe,…

THE suspended Zifa board members yesterday fired back at Sports minister, Kirsty Coventry, accusing her of issuing false statements before Parliament. This comes after last week, Coventry spoke about the decision to suspend the Felton Kamambo-led Zifa board, stating that the local football mother body’s executive had failed to account for US$2 million received from…