Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE wicketkeeper-batter Brendan Taylor has described his return to the national squad for the ongoing second test match against New Zealand at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo as a new lease of life. Taylor’s comeback follows a three-and-a-half-year ban imposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching both the Anti-Corruption…
SPORTS WRITER THE stage is set for this year’s edition of the Carling Black Label National Pool Championship finals which will be staged in Bulawayo tomorrow. Indications are that 148 players will be involved in tomorrow’s finals, with 74 men and a similar number of women, aiming to claim the coveted title from Mutare’s Godknows…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER MORE than 100 schools competed in the 16th edition of the Herentals Group of Colleges Principal’s Trophy football tournament that ended in the capital yesterday. Both primary and secondary schools battled for honours in the tournament with teams in the former section divided into three categories — under-9, under-11 and…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER THE Chibuku Super Cup will kick off this afternoon with the spotlight on Dynamos who have become the first defending champions in the competition’s history to suffer the disgrace of featuring in the knockout competition’s preliminary round. It’s indeed a case of how the mighty have fallen as DeMbare, for…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER HERENTALS Queens have been drawn together with Costa do Sol of Mozambique and Olympic de Moroni of Comoros in Group C of this year’s Caf Women’s Champions League Cosafa Qualifiers. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 22 to 31 at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. And Herentals…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER THE Zimbabwe Chess Federation (ZCF) has announced a team of four talented young players who will represent the nation at the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad for the first time in Barranquilla, Colombia, from August 16 to 23. “We are thrilled to announce that Zimbabwe will be participating in the World…
SANDRA HOVE DEFENDING champions Takashinga Patriots 1 began their National Premier League title defence in style with a 134- run victory over Queens Sports Club at Kwekwe Sports Club. Opener Innocent Kaia was the standout performer, scoring an impressive 102 runs off 124 balls — the first century of the season. He received valuable support…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER BIG-SPENDING Scottland have put themselves in contention to emulate Black Rhinos who won the league title in 1984 in their first year in the then Super League title after buying some of the best players in the country then. Chauya Chipembere, as Rhinos are fondly known, opened the cheque book…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER A GAMA striker Tinashe Balakasi, the current joint top goalscorer in the Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL), has set his sights on winning both the league title and the golden boot this season. Balakasi, who won the NRSL golden boot after he scored 29 goals which also helped Shamva-based Simba…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER REIGNING champions ZDF Queens and Chapungu shone over the weekend as Premier Netball League (PNL) action resumed following a month-long break. Matches were played across three bubbles in Beitbridge, Bikita and Harare. PNL spokesperson Innocent Ndiya said teams had returned from the break rejuvenated. “The break allowed teams to regroup, recharge,…
