HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas expects a strong reaction from his charges when they welcome CAPS United at Luveve Stadium this afternoon after losing to the same opponents last weekend. The Gamecocks were beaten 2-0 by the Green Machine albeit in controversial circumstances in the reverse fixture at National Sports Stadium. Antipas could…
HARARE – Mamelodi Sundowns winger Kuda Mahachi headlines a strong cast of a Young Warriors squad that will face South Africa in the 2016 Olympic Games qualifier. The Zimbabwe Under-23 side will host South Africa next weekend at Rufaro Stadium for a first round, first leg assignment with the reverse fixture set for South Africa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket inability to successfully chase totals came to the fore again after they succumbed to an agonising four-run defeat against India in the first ODI here yesterday. India reached a total of 255-6 inside 50 overs after they had been asked to bat by Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura. Ambati Rayudu was the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national team — blighted by financial woes and often chaotic preparations for big matches — yesterday rose seven places on the Fifa rankings to make a mockery of the country’s current football status. The Warriors moved from 119 to 112 on the back of impressive showings in the last two months. And…
HARARE – With less than 15 days to go before the Russia 2018 World Cup preliminary draw, Zimbabwe’s participation in the qualifiers is looking less unlikely. The Warriors were expelled from the qualifiers by Fifa in March after the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) failed to pay former coach Valinhos. Zimbabwe can only be readmitted into…
HARARE – Police have opened a docket on former Zimbabwe football international Harlington Shereni who is accused of “vanishing” without paying the services of people he had “contracted” to prepare for his failed testimonial ma. Borrowdale police have opened a docket — CR 382/06/15 — after receiving reports that the former CAPS United, Air Zimbabwe,…
HARARE – John Zhuwao’s solitary strike compounded Gunners’ woes and kept ZRP FC within touching distance of log leaders Ngezi Platinum in yesterday’s top-of-the-table Northern Region Division One clash. The 2009 Zimbabwe champions were tipped as favourites when the season began but again dropped points, slumping to a spirited ZRP FC. ZRP FC were rewarded…
HARARE – Shunning any sense of inferiority and bringing their A game into the limited over series which begins today at Harare Sports Club is what Zimbabwe coach Dav Whatmore is hoping can catch India cold. Zimbabwe cricket are seeking a fiery start to the first ODI against the former world champions who are without…
HARARE – When Kennedy Mupomba Jnr first tried his luck as a footballer, he was considered too young and too small to make the grade. The budding attacking midfielder had arrived as a five-year-old in Harlow, Essex, about 40km from London where his family lives, chasing his dream of playing professional football. His parents would…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders Football Club yesterday had its property attached by the deputy sheriff following the club’s former midfielder Masimba Mambare’s court victory to recover $10 000 in outstanding signing on fees. Mambare, who is being represented by the Footballers’ Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ), last week successfully secured a writ of execution to attach the…
