HARARE – The new 2017 Castle Lager Premiership season kicked off yesterday after a four-month hiatus during the off season break. The traditional Zimbabwean giants Dynamos, Highlanders and CAPS United are all in action this afternoon as they hope to have their name on the coveted trophy come the end of the year. Throughout the…
HARARE – South Africa underlined their dominance when they won the boys and girls categories at the BancABC Africa Junior Golf Team Championship at Royal Harare Golf Club yesterday. South Africa were the defending champions in the boys’ category while this was the first time the girls have been incorporated in this tournament. Led by…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and Spanish top-flight league — La Liga — yesterday sealed a landmark deal that could go a long way in opening opportunities for local sport. Antonio Barradas, who is La Liga’s representative in Africa, signed the deal with Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa in Harare that will see among…
JOHANNESBURG – Now that the Caf elections are over and we have a new-look executive committee, it is now time to start working on changing the face of how things are done on the African continent. Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad is the man in charge and the entire Cosafa region is upbeat about the prospect of…
HARARE – Leading South African elite female triathlete Cindy Schwulst is gunning for a gold medal in today’s Bonaqua Troutbeck ATU Triathlon African Cup building on her experience of competing on this course. Today’s race in the female elite will be her fifth uninterrupted year of dedicated participation here and only last year she finished…
HARARE – After a four-month break, the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League kicks off this afternoon with the rest of the teams hoping wrestle the title away from CAPS United. Makepekepe get their title defence tomorrow with an away game to Maglas Stadium to take Shabanie Mine. New boys Yadah FC will get the ball…
HARARE – The newly-established First Instances Body (Fib) says it has lowered the requirements for teams to meet Club Licensing requirements as the 2017 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) starts today. Only CAPS United and Ngezi Platinum Stars are the two PSL clubs which have been awarded Club Licenses after meeting the minimum requirements….
HARARE – Confederation of African Football (Caf) secretary-general Hicham El Amrani has resigned from his post as he becomes the first casualty following the end of long-serving Issa Hayatou’s reign. Hayatou, who had been Caf president since 1988, was disposed by Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad during elections held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia earlier this month. During…
MUTARE – Shabanie Mine are ready to challenge for honours with a young technical team structured along European standards for maximum strength and conformity to Zifa’s new standardisation regulations. At first, the Zvishavane-based side appointed Taku Shariwa as the head coach but the side was forced to rethink as he only holds a Caf B…
HARARE – Norman Mapeza got a glimpse of the huge task that lies ahead of him in the event he gets the Warriors job on a full-time basis following Sunday’s goalless draw against Zambia. Mapeza was picked by Zifa to oversee the international friendly match against Chipolopolo following the sacking of Kalisto Pasuwa last month….
