HARARE – Highlanders coach Erol Akbay has demanded victory from his charges when they face PSL champions CAPS United in the ZNA Commander Charities Soccer Shield final showdown at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday. Akbay, who has transformed the Bulawayo giants into a powerful force since joining them last year, insisted he will be looking for…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has secured a international friendly match for the Warriors against former African champions Zambia on Sunday at the National Sports Stadium. The Warriors’ last competitive match was during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Gabon where they performed dismally before being knocked out in the group…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) insists Rufaro Stadium will be ready to be re-opened in the second week of April just before the 2017 Castle Lager Premiership season commences. The 2017 top flight season is scheduled to start sometime next month with two sides Dynamos and Harare City mainly using the facility. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) hopes the establishment of the Rising Stars Academy will help turn around the fortunes of the national team in the future. The academy, a brainchild of convener of selectors Tatenda Taibu, was launched in Harare at the weekend with the emerging group of cricketers set to tour the United Kingdom…
HARARE – CAPS United defender Hardlife Zvirekwi has hailed his team’s qualification for the African Champions League group stages describing it as a “huge accomplishment and the beginning of more great things to come”. The Green Machine defied odds to dump five-time African champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo out of the tournament courtesy of…
HARARE – CAPS United joined some of African football elite teams when they reached the group stages of the African Champions League at the weekend. Makepekepe defied odds by knocking DR Congo giants TP Mazembe out of the competition on Sunday in the final qualifying stage. Very few gave the Zimbabwean champions a chance to…
VICTORIA FALLS – Zimbabwe Sevens side won the first edition of the KweséSports Victoria Falls Sevens tournament when they beat Namibia 24-7 in the Cup final yesterday. The Cheetahs led 12-0 at the break after exploiting the Namibian defence down the blindside for both their tries. Namibia hit back with a try of their own…
HARARE – At the final whistle, there was hysteria inside the National Sports Stadium yesterday as CAPS United players, coaches, officials and their fans realised they had just made history. Makepekepe had just defied all odds to dump DR Congo giants TP Mazembe out of the African Champions League. When the draw for this competition…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has praised the fighting spirit of his players after they weathered a TP Mazembe storm to storm into the group stages of the African Champions League yesterday. Having played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Lubumbashi last week, Makepekepe held out for a goalless draw…
HARARE – Premier Soccer League champions CAPS United yesterday held their nerve to beat five-time African kings, the cash-rich TP Mazembe of DR Congo, on away goals rule following a goalless draw which earned them a berth in the lucrative Champions League group stages. In the process, Makepekepe wrote their own piece of history, as…
