HARARE – It has been a trying season for Harare City. But on Friday, they can go some way towards salvaging their disappointing 2016. Their best, and perhaps only chance of silverware, will come when they take on relegation-threatened Border Strikers in the first round of the Chibuku Super Cup at Rufaro Stadium. The Sunshine…
JOHANNESBURG – A head of his move to Manchester City this season, there are those who had lots questions over about Pep Guardiola’s tactical shrewdness. Facts put behind this scepticism were based on the fact that the past two teams Guardiola presided over didn’t need that much push. There are varying arguments that Guardiola’s first…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Erol Akbay is convinced the title race will go down to the wire, while insisting their eyes are now firmly on the coveted Castle Lager Premiership trophy. Bosso’s 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Dynamos on Sunday has put pressure on both FC Platinum and CAPS United as the title race enters…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have been hit by injuries ahead of the two-today Rugby Afrique Women’s Sevens Championship that gets underway at the Police Grounds in Harare this morning. Seven other countries join hosts Zimbabwe in the two-day Sevens Rugby tournament and these are South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Madagascar, Uganda, Tunisia and Senegal. The Lady Cheetahs…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has welcomed the withdrawal of the proposed two-tier structure in Test cricket at an International Cricket Council (ICC) Special General Meeting of chief executives in Dubai last week. The two-day meeting ended in Dubai last Wednesday with the delegates agreeing to abandon the proposal which would have left lower ranked…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top female wheelchair athlete Moleen Majoni has set her sights on qualifying for next year’s Boston Half Marathon when she competes at the Lisbon 21km race in Portugal next month. The leading local female Paralympian is upbeat about participating in only her first half marathon race in Portugal on October 2. The…
HARARE – Prince Edward High School is set to host 40 schools during a basketball tournament this weekend. Some of the participating schools include Churchill, St John’s College, St George’s College, Peterhouse College, Watershed College, Westridge, CBC, Milton, Lomagundi College and Gateway. Heritage, Girls High, Petra, Convert (Bulawayo), Kyle, Northlea, Conway College, Royal College, Goromonzi,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) yesterday started dishing out central contract offers to national team players for the 2016/17 season which gets into effect from September 1. The local cricket governing body had extended player contracts by a month to allow cricketers to participate in the home series against New Zealand last month. But in…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Pool Association (Zipa) has set a roadmap that will see a substantive executive committee voted into office by the end of the year. With the sport growing popular across the country, the ministry of Sports together and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) had tasked the interim Zipa executive committee led…
HARARE – Defending champions Harare City strolled into the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup with a convincing victory over struggling Border Strikers here yesterday. In-form striker Jerry Chipangura, Ronald Chitiyo, Farai Madhanaga and Willard Manondo were on target for the Sunshine Boys as they seek to finish the season with some silverware after a…
