HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Friendly Academy are the 2017 champions of the annual Durban Friendship Soccer Tournament (OR Tambo Cup) after defeating Newlands FC 2-0 in the final over the weekend. This was the second time the Raylton Sports Club-based academy was participating in the eight-team tournament having reached last year’s final where they lost to…
HARARE – Champions CAPS United are leaving nothing to chance in their bid for a strong finish in the Castle Lager Premiership and are closing in on signing Equatorial Guinea striker Antonio Fugo for the reminder of the season. CAPS chief executive Cuthbert Chitima conformed to the Daily News yesterday that it’s almost a done…
HARARE – CAPS United forward Dominic Chungwa has wormed his way into the hearts of the Green Machine fans after enduring an indifferent start to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. The burly Chungwa got a lot of stick from the Makepekepe faithful with many questioning the wisdom of coach Lloyd Chitembwe in keeping a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe A denied West Indies after batting through the remainder of the last day of the three-day warm up match for 70 runs for the loss of four wickets after being set 486 runs to win at Bulawayo Athletic Club yesterday. The visitors declared twice in the match first on 365/7d in the…
HARARE – Ex-Test captain Brendan Taylor and pace bowler Kyle Jarvis are set to make their international cricket return after both were included in the 16-man Test squad to face West Indies in the two-match series that gets underway in Bulawayo this weekend. Taylor penned a four-year contract putting an end to his Kolpak deal…
HARARE – Reigning local Draughts champion Clifford Tsamba is in St Petersburg, Russia where he is representing the country at this year’s World Draughts’ Championships which kicks off today. Tsamba of Harare-based Inner City Club qualified for the tournament following his third straight triumph at the national championships held in Gweru earlier this year and…
HARARE – Ex-footballers home and away have joined hands to raise funds in support of ailing legendary CAPS United forward Friday “Breakdown” Phiri and David “Yogi” Mandigora of Dynamos who are currently battling different ailments. “Breakdown” has been admitted at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for the past five days and doctors are reportedly carrying…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Volleyball League resumed last weekend with Naba and Spartans taking early leads in their respective men and women log standings. The Non-aligned Bachelors Association (Naba) won all the three matches they played at the weekend, two on Saturday and one on Sunday to sit on eight points while Spartans lead with…
HARARE – Mountaineers kicked off their Logan Cup title defence with a hard-fought two-run win over Mid West Rhinos defending six runs needed by Rhinos from three wickets at Harare Sports Club on Friday. Rhinos’ stand-in captain Prince Masvaure had taken his side on the brink of a victory with a well-played 124 runs from…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe A perished for 143 runs on the second day of their three-day warm-up match against the touring West Indies at Bulawayo Athletic Club yesterday. West Indies had declared on 336 runs for the loss of seven wickets but technically they had only lost five wickets after two of their batsmen had retired…
