BULAWAYO – Highlanders coach Erol Akbay and his executive have buried the hatchet after days of public bickering as they prepare for Sunday’s trip to face Dynamos at Rufaro Stadium. Akbay’s relationship with his bosses had deteriorated in recent weeks and following the side’s fourth loss on the trot last weekend to Chapungu, it reached…
HARARE – The mining town of Hwange is set to come alive today when scores of athletes converge for the Hwange Colliery Company and Old Mutual Zimbabwe Sports Extravaganza. The Old Mutual-bankrolled games will host 10 disciplines in the form of badminton, basketball, bowling, darts, golf, squash, tennis, netball, men and women soccer. Speaking ahead…
HARARE – Dismal results by successive Zimbabwe Under-18 rugby sides have robbed the country’s future rugby starlets of shot at next year’’ Under 18 Craven Week in South Africa. This comes after the country’s Under-18 team was booted out of next year’s Craven Week yesterday in a revised make-up which will see South Africa’s premier…
HARARE – Local schools are looking to end the dominance of their South African counterparts when the CABS T20 cricket tournament commences at St George’s College in Harare this morning. A total of 12 teams will be vying for the coveted title over the next three days with 10 local schools going against two teams…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) convener of selectors Tatenda Taibu has revealed that it took him a year before he finally accepted an offer to come back from Liverpool and be part of the game’s rebuilding exercise. Due to the deep scars he had suffered in his previous two stints as a player, Taibu was…
HARARE – At least 20 countries will take part at this year’s All Africa Golf Team Championships scheduled for next month at Elephant Hills Golf Course in Victoria Falls. The tournament which is a continental national amateur event is scheduled to start on October 8 to 14 and is being organised by the Zimbabwe Golf…
HARARE – Two South African sides are scheduled to take part in the CABS T20 Tournament to be held at St George’s College in Harare starting tomorrow. The three-day Twenty20 extravaganza running under the banner “Smashing Cricket” is set to feature St Benedict’s from Johannesburg, who arrived in the capital yesterday, and St Charles from…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby representatives Old Georgians (OGs) will begin their Gold Cup campaign with a home tie against Raiders of South Africa in Harare on Saturday. The Gold Cup is South Africa Rugby’s flagship three-nation champions’ league of non-university clubs. After participating in their maiden Gold Cup campaign last year, OGs head coach Grant…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket all-rounder Sean Williams will no longer be taking part in the Shpageeza Cricket League in Afghanistan after opting to stay back home and work on his fitness. The 30-year-old left-hander had been drafted to play for Speenghar Tigers in the T20 competition in the war-torn Asian country but had to cancel…
HARARE – Harare City coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube is hoping his team’s win against Tsholotsho last weekend will not prove to be a false dawn in their fight for survival in the Castle Lager Premiership. Following back-to-back defeats at the hands of Bulawayo City (0-1), and ZPC Kariba (1-2) in their previous two matches, the…
