HARARE – Treatment of the country’s senior women’s soccer team before and after their appearance at both the Rio Olympics in Brazil and the Africa Women Cup of Nations (Awcon) in Cameroon last year has come back to haunt Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane. Legislators concerned with the welfare of the Mighty Warriors last week put…
HARARE – A total of 34 players were picked for the final assessment during Yadah Football Club trials held at Alex Sports Club over the weekend. Yadah, who were promoted into the Premiership after winning the Zifa Eastern Region Division One championship, invited players for trials over the weekend as they prepare to assemble a…
HARARE – Chris Malunga believes Charles Manyuchi’s title defence in March is just another pit-stop for the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver welterweight holder on the way to becoming a world champion. Manyuchi (20-2-1, 12 KOs), became the WBC silver welterweight champion after beating Russia’s Dmitry Mikhaylenko in May last year and is set to…
HARARE – Warriors star forward Khama Billiat has been tipped to make the grade into any European league with one of Britain’s largest circulating newspapers — The Daily Mail — saying he is good enough to play in the English Premier League. Billiat had the entire continent spellbound by his outstanding performance in Zimbabwe’s 2-2…
HARARE – Newly-promoted Premiership side Yadah Football Club has appointed Jairos Tapera as their head coach for the 2017 season. Tapera, who is the former Young Warriors coach, replaces Kuda Masaraure who does not have the minimum qualification of a Caf A licence as required by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) for all top flight…
HARARE – Vodacom Bulls coach Nollis Marais is looking forward to his side’s clash against the Toyota Cheetahs at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow when the Old Mutual Super Rugby Weekend explodes. The Pretoria-based Super Rugby franchise arrived in Harare yesterday afternoon ahead of the weekend jamboree. This is the second year running the two-time…
HARARE – Harare City have reached an out-of-court settlement with former coach Bigboy Mawiwi for $25 000 in unpaid salaries and terminal benefits. Lawyer for the Premier Soccer League (PSL) club told judges they wanted to withdraw the case which had been due to start in the Supreme Court yesterday. [GoogleAd] Charles Kwaramba, who represented…
HARARE – Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Tonderai Ndiraya will have to deal with a growing list of injured players as his charges continue preparing for the African Confederation Cup tournament that gets underway next month. The Chibuku Super Cup winners began their pre-season preparations over a month ago but their progress had been severely hit…
HARARE – Drastic changes in all aspects of Zimbabwean football are needed to help resurrect the game which now resembles a “horror movie”, a leading junior coach has said. United Kingdom-based football coach Phillip Zulu described the Warriors’ recent poor performances at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in Gabon where they were…
HARARE – A lucky football fan will get to watch the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final after winning a competition conducted by Total Zimbabwe. The company yesterday handed over the prize to Gerald Mangena, who entered the competition after buying fuel at a Total service station in Warren Park last week. Mangena entered…
