HARARE – Zimbabwe bounced back to beat Ireland by six wickets in their second match of the Africa Women’s Quadrangular series in Potchefstroom, South Africa yesterday. Having lost their first game to the hosts South Africa by eight wickets on Sunday, Zimbabwe did well to secure their first victory of the tournament. After losing wickets…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Marc Cayeux and Mark Williams missed the cut at the Royal Swazi Open which ended at the Royal Swazi Spar Country Club at the weekend. To make the cut, the duo needed to get at least 14 points after the first 36 holes of the Sunshine Tour sanctioned tournament. Cayeux finished…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa was yesterday appointed as the vice-chairperson of the influential Caf Afcon Games Committee at the Caf Extraordinary General Assembly in Manama, Bahrain yesterday. This committee is responsible for, among other things, deciding the host countries of all various Caf competitions and how the tournaments are organised. Chiyangwa and the…
HARARE – There was a dose of good and bad news for CAPS United yesterday regarding their chief striker Leonard Tsipa ahead of their African Champions League clash with Egyptian giants Zamalek. Tsipa did not feature in the qualifiers for the tournament but finally received his licence to take part in the group stages of…
HARARE – Yadah FC owner Walter Magaya risks destroying his ambition of running a successful football club by needlessly interfering with the technical affairs of the club. The ambitious Harare side, who won promotion from the Zifa Eastern Region Division One League last season, travelled to Bulawayo without their technical team over the weekend and…
MUTARE – The second edition of the Old Mutual Dangamvura Fun Run’s 10km was won by veteran campaigners Robson Chigora and Constance Nyasango in the men’s and women’s categories respectively. Although the number of participating athletes dropped by almost 100 from last year’s 671 down to 582 the event is firmly established as it again…
HARARE – Two-time African Rally champion Conrad Rautenbach is hoping to use the 2017 Africa Merzouga Rally in Morocco to sharpen his navigation skills ahead of the Dakar Rally 2018. The gruelling six-day rally began yesterday and runs up to May 12 over five stages through the desert. Rautenbach will be part of the UTV…
BULAWAYO – How Mine chalked up a fourth win on the trot when they defeated city rivals Chicken Inn 1-0 at Luveve Stadium in a Castle Lager Premiership match yesterday. A goal by defender Kudzai Chideu shortly before the half time break ensured Kelvin Kaindu’s side moved into third place on the with 13 points…
ZVISHAVANE – FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza was pleased after his side got back to winning ways with a slender 1-0 win over Hwange at Maglas Stadium yesterday. The platinum miners had gone for three games without a victory after consecutive draws against Bulawayo City (1-1), Triangle (0-0) and Black Rhinos (0-0). Those dropped points…
HARARE – Although he is still a greenhorn in the game, Liam Roche is determined to follow in the footsteps taken by many before him and one day graduate from schoolboy cricket to the Test arena. The bulk of the current national cricketers can trace their roots back to the formative years when Zimbabwe Cricket…
